Description

This is an opportunity to present a topic with a retail client - required - and a senior level executive from sponsor’s organization. Topic and speakers must be pre-approved by NRF. Sponsor must meet deadlines provided by NRF, to include a potential retail speaker list.

Location: Javits North. Seating for approximately 500. 

Sponsor Content Deliverables & Deadlines

• Session Topic Identified & Submitted  |  By July 14, 2026
• Session Title and Description Submitted  |  By Aug 3, 2026
• First Retail or Brand Speaker Confirmed - including high-res photo and bio  |  By September 9, 2026
• Remaining Speakers - no more than 4 speakers total, including moderator  |  By September 24, 2026
• Speaker Prep Call  |  By October 20, 2026
• Presentation Upload & Speaker Support Delivered  - PPT deck, graphics, video, special fonts - if applicable  |  By January 4, 2027

Sponsor to provide:

• Logos 2 | DUE: ASAP | SUBMIT LOGOS HERE 
  • 1 full-color logo as high-resolution vector file.  .eps, .ai or .pdf files are preferred.
  • 1 single-color (black or white) logo as high-resolution vector file. eps, .ai, or .pdf files are preferred.
• Content deliverables as dictated by the NRF content team.

Sponsor agrees to meet all deadlines provided by the NRF Content team. Failure to meet deadlines, without NRF approval for extensions, will result in cancellation of the sponsorship and the sponsorship will not be refunded. Sponsor and speakers must attend at least one planning call. Badge Scanning is not permitted.

Topic and speakers to be pre-approved by NRF. Retail speaker required. Must be original content.

Sponsor may present a topic with a retail client (required) and a senior level executive from sponsor’s organization. Topic and speakers must be pre-approved by NRF. Sponsor must meet deadlines provided by NRF, to include a potential retail speaker list. Topic must be original.

• Sponsor agrees to meet all deadlines for speaker, and topic information, logo’s, and any other assets requested by NRF. Failure to meet deadlines, without approved extensions from NRF, can result in cancellation of the session and no refunds will be given.
• Sponsor and speakers agree to attend at least one planning call.

By purchasing this sponsorship opportunity, Sponsor commits to session-related deadlines as outlined below. All content must be approved through the NRF content review process.

• Session slot (day, time, and room placement) to be determined by NRF
• Session topic and guest speakers (any invited retailers/brands) to be pre-approved by NRF

Please Note:

1. Sponsor representative and all panelists speaking in the session must join at least one planning/prep call prior to the event.
2. At least one retail/brand speaker is required to participate in each sponsored session.
3. Please share which retail speakers you are planning on inviting so that we may review and avoid duplicate speakers on this stage and the conference at large.
4. If the final speaker confirmation deadline is not met in accordance with the date set above, Sponsor is at risk of losing its slot, and NRF reserves the right to program the session as we see fit without reimbursement of prior payment. If deadlines above are not met, and an extension is not requested and approved by NRF, Sponsor is at risk of session being programmed by NRF.
5. Upon request, a copy of the session recording will be shared with Sponsor to be used for internal purposes only within 2 weeks of the conclusion of the event.
6. We do not allow badge scanning on this stage.

GOOD TO KNOW: 

The retail client co-presenter is a requirement. These sessions are only open to full-conference attendees.