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B-to-C Events
Inside Jeans Country: American Eagle’s First-Ever Stagecoach Activation
“It wasn’t our first rodeo, but it was our first Stagecoach.” That’s how American Eagle cmo Craig Brommers describes the retailer’s grand debut as the country music festival’s exclusive apparel and denim sponsor. To bring the sponsorship to life, the brand activated a “Jeans Country” denim desert-themed experience on the festival grounds in Indio, CA, […]
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How Nikon is Winning Over Creators with a ‘Try Before You Buy’ Experiential Strategy
From Nikon’s perspective, you can’t fully appreciate the power of a camera until you’ve taken it for a test drive. It’s the philosophy that’s been putting the brand’s experiential marketing strategy into focus over the last year as the company strives to meet creatives where they are, get them hands-on with its latest products, and […]
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Stagecoach 2026: 11 Brand Activations that Fused Western Glam with Hydrating Oases
This year’s edition of the Stagecoach Music Festival brought the biggest names in country music to Indio, CA, including headliners Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone, with a few surprises (hello, Pitbull!) over the April 24-26 weekend. And while temperatures weren’t scorching as in years past, high winds came out in full force, causing […]
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B-to-B Events
Field Report: Product Demos That Delivered at NAB 2026
The 2026 NAB Show, April 18–22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, brought together more than 58,000 media professionals shaping the future of how content is created and delivered in entertainment, sports, news, and other forms of storytelling. Almost half of the audience members were first-time attendees, with 22 percent coming from outside the U.S. […]
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10 Things We’re Fired up for at the 2026 Experiential Marketing Summit
The 24th annual EMS arrives in Las Vegas this month with a theme that feels fitting for the moment: human connection in the digital age.
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The Brief: ‘Pouroscope’ Stations and Billboard Bars
This week’s hot topics in experiential marketing cover billboard bars, “Pouroscope” Stations and Sensoria: The Black Currant Experience.
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Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Miniaturized Touchpoints
Consumers who are fatigued by the overstimulation and grand gestures often associated with todays’ brand activations may take comfort in a growing industry trend: miniaturized touchpoints. Charming, playful and intriguing, these tiny tokens of engagement, from collectibles to micro-spaces, are earning big-time attention. MGA’s Miniverse MGA Entertainment drummed up a whole lot of buzz […]
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IBM Tees up a New Audience—Consumers—with a Masters Watch Party in NYC
Behind the scenes, IBM helps power some of the world’s biggest sports properties, and that means fans often interact with its tech, but not the brand itself. So during this year’s Masters Tournament, of which IBM is a 30-year partner, the b-to-b company teed up a strategy designed to expand its audience beyond customers and […]
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How Verde Farms Leveraged its First Pop-up and Influencer Dinner to Educate Consumers
For its first consumer activation, Verde Farms took a big swing, hosting not only a sampling pop-up, but also a five-course VIP dinner for media and influencers—all on the same day. And the two-part event on April 2 paid off, reaching 7,700 Nashville locals and tourists, as well as thousands of social media users. First, […]
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B-to-B Events
Meet the 2026 B-to-B Dream Team
For the last decade, EM has been championing the luminaries of the b-to-b event world, delving into their career journeys, portfolios, sources of inspiration, best practices and industry predictions. This year, as we mark the 10th anniversary of our B-to-B Dream Team recognition program, we’re celebrating nine new all-stars who don’t just execute events—they live […]
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