Global retailers set to showcase innovation

Nearly 37,000 people from 99 coun- tries gathered on Sunday in New York City’s Javits Center to discuss retail trends, opportunities and challenges ahead. The NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show & Expo highlights include an expanded innovation lab which showcases the newest technologies that are changing retail’s future — interactive exhibits of drones, wearables, augmented reality/virtual reality, artificial intelligence, smart technologies, robotics and smart cars, a startup zone where the industry’s most innovative companies display their ideas, and curated expo hall tours that cover topics including digital commerce, blockchain and in-store customer experience technology.