Description

Commerce Media Saturday brings together a full day of speakers and panels, and this year the agenda adds a 20-minute Peer Exchange where attendees turn what they've heard into shared insight. Guests are seated at numbered roundtables with assigned seat numbers, set before the event begins. Each table works together on a whiteboard at the center of the table to capture its key takeaways from the day so far. After the exercise, Rethink Retail judges review every board and select the winning table. The host then names the winning table and draws one seat number from it. The guest in that seat wins a $1,000 travel gift card, presented by you.

As a Peer Exchange Prize Sponsor, your brand is in front of the full room for the entire activity, on stage when the prize is awarded, and on a live graphic-recording mural an artist creates from the community's takeaways.

Event details

Date/Time: Saturday, January 9, 2027, 8:30 AM–6:30 PM
Location: Lavan Midtown, 641 W 42nd St, New York. A 9-minute walk from Javits Center.
Anticipated attendance: 400
Schedule: Arrivals and breakfast 8:30 AM; content 9:15 AM–5:00 PM - includes the 20-minute Peer Exchange - cocktails 5:00–6:30 PM.

Sponsor provides

• Two logos 
• 1 full-color, high-resolution vector file, due ASAP
• 1 single-color - black or white, high-resolution vector file, due ASAP
• Name of the representative joining the host on stage, due November 18, 2026

NRF / Rethink Retail provides

• The $1,000 travel gift card - included in the $20,000 sponsorship
• Peer Exchange facilitation, host, table whiteboards, and pre-assigned table and seat numbers
• Judging of table boards by Rethink Retail, live seat draw by the host, and prize presentation at closing remarks
• Live artist and graphic-recording mural

Sponsor receives

• Prize sponsorship: the $1,000 travel gift card, included in your sponsorship, is presented as the Peer Exchange Prize in your brand's name
• On-screen branding: your logo on the slide shown throughout the Peer Exchange, in view of the full room for the entire activity
• On-stage prize presentation: your representative joins the host on stage during closing remarks to announce and hand the prize to the winner
• Host mentions: the host acknowledges your brand when introducing the Peer Exchange and when announcing the winner
• Graphic recording mural: your logo on the live mural of community takeaways, created on site by an artist
• 2 Registrations for the event including presenter
• Branding - logo or text - in event graphics, communications, and print/digital assets
• A one-time send to the opt-in email list after the show. This is managed on your behalf by Rethink Retail.

NOTE: 
In purchasing this sponsorship after November 18, 2026, standard deliverables may not be able to be fulfilled, including but not limited to: napkins & cups, printed Quick Guide, onsite signage, and others. The Fulfillment Team will advise on updated deadlines and/or deliverable items.