CHICAGO -- Attendance was up at GlobalShop, the world’s largest annual event for retail design, technology, and in-store marketing. Held at McCormick Place from March 27-29, 2018, GlobalShop welcomed more than 10,000 attendees including retailers, consumer product companies, and retail designers and architects.

More than 540 brands specializing in store design, visual merchandising, retail technology and shopper marketing exhibited at the three-day event. The GlobalShop conference, which ran concurrently with the trade show, covered a many topics and featured industry experts focused on sharing their insight on pressing topics in commercial design including leveraging virtual
reality and building impactful retail experiences.

Recently, GlobalShop announced it will co-locate with the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition, the world’s largest e-commerce event, and RFID Journal LIVE!, the world’s only RFID event dedicated specifically to retail application next June 25-27, 2019 in Chicago, to create RetailX.

RetailX is expected to welcome more than 20,000 attendees and upwards of 1,200 exhibiting brands. See http://www.globalshop.org