Experiential
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Pop-Ups
The Brief: Giant Hairballs and MomTok Battles
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Tumblehairs, Munchie Marts and MomTok battles.
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Trade Shows
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Eye Contact
This year, storytelling has propelled from buzzword to standard practice. As event marketers lean into it for their messaging to deepen relationships with audiences and “drop” products into real lives, human faces are serving as design themes across show floors. Let’s take a look at how eye contact is the new eye candy. But first, […]
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Pop-Ups
818 Tequila Bucks Influencer Gifting Culture with a Wedding Twist on 8/18 Day
Consumers are growing weary of the gifting culture between brands and influencers, so 818 Tequila decided to buck the trend while capitalizing on another. Serving up its own branded wedding moment, the brand surprised its biggest fans, rather than influencers, with complimentary bars and gifts for their weddings and bachelorette parties. As part of its […]
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B-to-C Events
‘They Didn’t Want to Leave’: Why Gen Alpha Stuck Around Sticki Rolls’ Pop-up
To kids 16 years old and younger, creative visuals and emotionally resonant content matter, as well as the perspectives of relatable influencers. Understanding these elements, Sticki Rolls made sure to zero in on its sticker products’ signature bright colors, cutesy icon designs and beauty trends to create a bold activation that captured the attention of its Gen Alpha audience. The result? The Sticki Salon.
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Festivals & Fan Cons
Inside Alaska Airlines’ Festival Sponsorships: 4 Tips for Takeoff
As Alaska Airlines continues its evolution from a regional to a global carrier, and settles into its merger with Hawaiian Airlines, its experiential marketing strategy is gaining altitude.
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Pop-Ups
The Brief: Flavor Interventions and Death Predictions
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover flavor interventions, coffee portraits and death predictions.
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Trade Shows
6 Brands That Unleashed Experiential at SuperZoo 2026
If you’ve never squeezed a poop-in-a-bag squishy or considered a calming mousse for your cat, you’ve never been to SuperZoo. Hosted by the World Pet Association (WPA), SuperZoo is the largest pet products marketplace in North America. The 2026 edition took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas on Aug. 12-14, bringing […]
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Trade Shows
3 Ways Exhibitors Are Tackling Education Through Experience
Attendees would ideally spend 54 percent of their learning time outside traditional session rooms, and at trade shows, that number rises to 64 percent, according a Freeman’s latest Trends Report, “The Future of Adult Learning at Conferences and Trade Shows.” While organizers continue to invest heavily in conference sessions and keynote programming, attendees increasingly value […]
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Trade Shows
Quiet, Fast, Sustainable: How Convention Venues Are Leveling Up
From private meeting pods to underground transit upgrades to green certifications, convention venues are raising the bar on the attendee experience. Here’s a look at what’s new at some of the industry’s busiest facilities. Private Meeting Pods at Moscone and GWCC ZenSpace has installed four semi-permanent meeting pods at Moscone Center in San Francisco, giving […]
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Sampling
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Wine Windows
Sometimes it’s what people can’t see that unlocks the greatest potential for engagement. The mystery of not knowing what lies beyond the veil—a sample, an interaction, a giveaway—inevitably prompts attendees to take action. And marketers are strategizing accordingly. In a nod to aperitivo culture, brands have been turning the concept behind Italy’s historic “buchette del […]
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