GlobalShop, the nation’s largest annual gathering for the retail design and shopper marketing community is slated to celebrate its 25th year, March 28th through 30th, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV.
New for 2017, GlobalShop will take place in Mandalay Bay’s newly built exhibit hall. The show will once again connect influencers of the design industry, leading brands, and emerging talent through a series of educational programs, and new to the show, The Experience Journey.
“As we celebrate 25 yrs. of GlobalShop, 2017 is gearing up to be our best year yet,” said Doug Hope, event show dir. “We’re looking forward to a great newly-inspired show and reconnecting with our GlobalShop community this March.”
The Experience Journey is comprised of experiential areas throughout the show floor designed to enhance and inspire new ideas as well as further develop existing ideas. “The Experience Journey will provide the audience an opportunity to experience the show floor as a true shopper, experiencing the show floor not only as a designer but as a shopper will lead designers in attendance to even better and more effective future designs,” he added.
GlobalShop is owned and operated by Emerald Expositions, a leading operator of large business-to-business trade shows in the United States, producing more than 80 trade shows and over 100 face-to-face events in total, including conferences, summits and other events. Emerald Expositions connects more than 335,000 sellers and buyers each year and operates within the U.S. in 10 end markets (Gift, Home, General Merchandise and Manufacturing; Sports & Apparel; Design; Jewelry, Luxury & Antiques; E-Commerce; Creative Services; Licensing; Healthcare; Military; and Food). More information about GlobalShop can be found at globalshop.org.