Retail Store Tours helps Retailers navigate New York CIty at Retail’s Big Show
Retail Store Tours helps retailers navigate New York City’s best practices, innovation and technology in partnership with the NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show
NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show kicks off on January 12, 2025, and continues through January 14 in New York City. Attendees will hear from leaders in the retail industry and visit the largest display of retail technology on the expo floor at the Javits Center, with more than a thousand exhibitors. The 2025 Retail’s Big Show features cutting-edge and innovative technology, experiences and business models.
The Retail Store Tour Experience
“New York City is the epicenter for retail innovation, and many retailers arrive early to experience the city’s vibrant and varied retail scene,” says Daniel Hodges, CEO of Consumers in Motion. Retail Store Tours (retailstoretours.com), in partnership with NRF 2025, offers Retail Store Tours, which are expert-led, highly curated, time-efficient guided walking tours of cutting-edge stores. Attendees experience the latest technology, store designs, employee training, and best practices. These tours, listed below, allow participants to gain insights from subject-matter experts, network with peers, and stay ahead of industry trends.
SoHo + NoHo: The New Connected Store Journey
We visit cutting-edge retailers in SoHo + NoHo, neighborhoods that are known worldwide for their innovative artistry and artfulness. Here, retail is unbound, spilling all over the streets in a kaleidoscope of forms. Side by side with iconic stores are avant-garde pop-ups that won’t be around tomorrow. The randomness is inspirational, and it adds to the neighborhoods’ excitement.
American Dream
Intelligent Retail – Perfecting the Consumer Experience
American Dream is the global epicenter of intelligent retail and technology innovation. It offers ski, swim, soar, luxury, fashion, beauty, grocery and dining experiences. Social media and the world’s most sophisticated intelligent digital network are on display here. Just like technology, the American Dream experience is always changing.
The Meatpacking District
Engaging Consumers with Technology and Experiences
In this neighborhood you can see engagement in technology, automotive, food and fashion stores. The Meatpacking District is on the far west side of Manhattan. Continuing a transformation that began in the 1990s, the area is now home to the famed High Line linear park and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In the last 20 years, fashion and graphic designers, architects, artists, restaurateurs, world-renowned stylists and corporate headquarters have moved in alongside existing meatpacking plants. It is the home of innovative stores such as the new Google store, Restoration Hardware, the Samsung Innovation Center, Warby Parker, Sephora and much more.
The Iconic Tour: Fifth Avenue – World-Class Loyalty and Excellence
On this tour, we meet with the best-in-class retailers on Fifth Avenue, home to the finest shopping, dining and cultural destinations in NYC. For more than a century, it has been the definition of glamour for both visitors and locals, and it continues to be a place to experience the best of the best. From flagship boutiques such as Tiffany’s, Gucci, Saks, and Bergdorf’s and cultural spots such as MoMA and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, to luxury hotels just a few steps away from Central Park, Fifth Avenue has something for everyone to enjoy.
Oculus: Where Future Technology and Storytelling Thrive
This survey of the Oculus district takes you on a tour of the recent history of retail disruption and adaptation. We’ll escort you to the Apple Store, which pioneered evaluating staff based on kindness and empathy. We’ll take you to Casper Sleep, which found a way to compress mattresses into boxes. We’ll stop by the stark Amazon Go, which has done away with checkout, and then take in the voluptuous Eataly, where children take cooking classes while the store sommelier educates parents on the latest Tuscan reds.
