# Department Store After Dark

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Canonical: https://watchfor.tools/events/department-store-after-dark

Status: Upcoming
When: 11 Jan 2027
Where: Zero Bond, New York, USA
Organizer: Shoplift (https://watchfor.tools/owners/shoplift)
Also from Shoplift: Camp Commerce 2026 (https://watchfor.tools/events/camp-commerce), The Holiday A-List (https://watchfor.tools/events/holiday-a-list), The Supper Club: Zero Bond (https://watchfor.tools/events/shoplift-supper-club)
Attendees: 40, by the organizer's count
First held: unknown, not published by the organizer
Focus: After-hours product preview evening for brand executives during NRF week
Summary: an invitation-only evening in new york during nrf week, where three brands preview products for retail executives
Who it is for: DTC founders, CMOs and ecommerce leaders, by invitation
For an app developer: Not built for app developers. Worth it only to meet the people who are there
Event site: https://department-store-after-dark-nrf.fondfly1.chatgpt.site/
Dates last checked against the organizer's site: 10 November 2026

## Watch for

Run by Shoplift, which sells an A/B testing app for Shopify. Attendance is by invitation. An app developer gets in as a paying partner: $15,000 to present, with 3 team invitations, or $7,500 to support, with 2. Shoplift calls these proposed packages, and says availability is confirmed by email. There is no public sign-up page yet.