Juanita Chavarro Arias, Author at Chief Marketer

From Barilla to Duracell, F1 US Grand Prix 2025 Draws New Brand Activations in Austin

Everything’s bigger in Texas, and Formula 1 is no exception. A staple on the F1 calendar since 2012, the Formula 1 MSC Cruises United States Grand Prix welcomed 380,000 attendees to the Circuit of The Americas (COTA), Oct. 17-19. Over the weekend, F1 announced a contract extension to host the race at the Austin, TX, […]

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How Your Reformer is Leveraging a Localized Experiential Strategy to Break into the U.S.

Breaking into a new market isn’t easy. Add in the factor that the new market is thousands of miles away from HQ, and it’s even trickier. Enter: Australian wellness brand Your Reformer, which is coming off its first year in the U.S. The launch has been full of learnings and successes that founder Emma Stallworthy […]

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Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Hotlines

The days of the landline are long gone. Pay phones are a rarity. And kids today don’t know what a rotary phone is. But with the takeover of digital communication, there’s now a kind of novelty to the phone call that brands are capitalizing on this year. Enter: the hotline. Not just for information, emergencies […]

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Nine More Brands Popping up at College Campuses This Fall

Last month, we rounded up five mobile tours that pulled into college campuses to capitalize on the hype around back-to-school season. Now that classes are in full swing, brands are still making their way around the country to reach Gen Zers where they are and offer some respite from studying for midterms. From makeup moments […]

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Lego Drives Formula 1 Hype Among Kids and Families with a Multicity ‘Off Track’ Activation

In a partnership launched this year with Formula 1, the Lego Group has gone full throttle to integrate its brand into the sport. Its family-friendly “Build the Thrill” activations have been popping up at U.S. F1 races, with the first taking place at the Miami Grand Prix and the next two coming to Austin, TX, […]

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CI Games Disrupts Gamescom with a Dark Fantasy Tattoo Sanctum

Fans of video game Lords of the Fallen are hard core, and CI Games knows its audience. So for the sequel reveal at Gamescom 2025, held Aug. 20-24 in Cologne, Germany, the independent video game developer and publisher brought the game’s dark fantasy world to life on the show floor with a themed activation called […]

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Experiential Trend of the Week: On Newsstands

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” hasn’t been shouted by street vendors in decades, but the nostalgia associated with classic newsstands continues to live on. Brands are incorporating newstalgic outdoor stalls into modern pop-ups with fresh, colorful takes that evoke a sense of time and place, and that replicate the material buzz of a headline-making […]

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Fashion Tailgates, Chaotic Bodegas, AI Newsstands: 10 Experiential NYFW 2025 Takeovers

Neutrals for fall? Groundbreaking… Brands broke out of the traditional warm color palette and cozy vibes for their activations during the Fall 2025 edition of New York Fashion Week. Instead, they leaned into off-beat collabs, bold designs, nostalgia and AI for experiences that had consumers waiting in lines to snag samples or catch glimpses of […]

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Q&A: evian Spices Up its 39-year US Open Partnership with a First-time Culinary Collab

For 39 years, evian has partnered with the US Open as the tennis tournament’s official water, and this year, beyond hydrating athletes and fans around USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center grounds, the brand added a new culinary component to its annual campaign. Collaborating with tennis star and evian Global Brand Ambassador Frances Tiafoe […]

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Back-to-Campus Tours: How Brands from Google to Skippy are Reaching Gen Z

Viral denim campaigns are dominating the back-to-school social media conversation this year (we’re still trying to master KATSEYE’s Gap choreography to “Milkshake”), and reactions to the ads on Instagram and TikTok have run the gamut. But some brands have opted to go offline and, instead, bring their latest fall fashion collections, beauty products and dorm […]

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