Kanaru Fukushima, center, marketing director at Fitforcommerce, speaks to a customer during ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Lance Wilewski skateboards inside a VISA booth during ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Lance Wilewski skateboards inside a VISA booth during ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Lance Wilewski skateboards inside a VISA booth during ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Christiana Vining, second left, brand ambassador at Shyft Workforce, speaks to a customer during ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Conferencegoers at a Predict Spring booth during ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
People attend ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
People attend ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
The Google booth during ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Andrew Ripka, cloud customer engineer, speaks to a customer at the Google booth during ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
The Google booth during ShopTalk, the world’s largest conference for retail and ecommerce innovation, at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Over 7,500 people traveled to Las Vegas this week for Shoptalk, which bills itself as the world’s largest conference for retail and e-commerce innovation.
Attendance is up almost 40 percent compared to last year, according to the conference’s website.
Visitors to The Venetian learned about new technologies, business models and consumer trends.
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