B-to-C Events
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Margarita Caves and Dragon Solstices
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover margarita salt caves, museum spectacles and Dragon Solstices.
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B-to-C Events
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Think Pink
If you thought 2023’s “Barbie” movie summer was the end of the pink trend, think again. Brands have been leaning into the bubblegum palette to spark feelings of playfulness, creativity, coziness and, often, empowerment in their activations. While Barbie collabs have been driving a lot of the reenergized pink craze, companies have staked their own […]
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Watch: Sylvia Lopez-Navarro of Kia America in The Studio at EMS 2026
In this episode, Sylvia Lopez-Navarro of Kia discusses how brands are building real emotional connections with audiences, and what that actually looks like in practice.
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FIFA World Cup 2026: 11 Brand Activations that are Scoring Big with Soccer Fans
Fan fests for the FIFA World Cup 2026 are taking over 13 host cities across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, and enthusiastic attendees have been packing into venues to engage with sponsor activations, soccer-themed gaming experiences, concerts and match screenings. Last Thursday, the FIFA Fan Festivals reached the 2 million visitor mark, with the three […]
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B-to-C Events
The Power of Mentorship and Betting on Yourself, with Anna Nicholson of Yahoo
Anna Nicholson likes to feel challenged and excited about her work, and while her first job as an event marketer at a health care startup taught her a lot about executing b-to-b and b-to-e events, she needed more. Enter: Yahoo and what she calls “the best team on the planet.” Nicholson took a leap of […]
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Grand Ex 2026: Google Cloud, Opus Agency and Gramercy Tech Earn the Campaign of the Year with ‘Tech Immersion’
Impressing an audience of global technical go-to-market professionals with a technology-focused event is an ambitious request, but that was Google Cloud’s brief for its Tech Immersion training program.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Paws of Fame and Hidden Frequencies
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Dogsters’ Paws of Fame experience, Carrera Eyewear’s Paint My Ride Tour and Puma’s Hidden Frequencies.
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Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Scooping
Experiential marketers are practicing intentionality this year, trading in swiping and touch screens for what’s real. Whether it’s the always-nostalgic anticipation of receiving a heaping scoop of something that’s going to be all yours, or the proprioceptive feedback created by repetitive motions like digging, activation environments are going full tactile. Here’s the scoop. But first… […]
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The 2026 It List: Recognizing the Top 100 Event Agencies
The experiential marketing industry has always thrived on paradox—spectacle and intimacy, scale and spontaneity, the planned and the unexpected.
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The 2026 Fab 50: Recognizing the Event Industry’s Top Builders
“If you’re not putting on a show, you’re just paying for a spot on the carpet.” That’s Don Jeter, cmo of Torq, a company that recently hosted a 20-foot-tall inflatable skeleton and a monster truck in its booth at RSAC, strolling onto the show floor with more than 100 preset meetings. Because with the right […]
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