Year: 2025
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Trade Shows
Six Exhibiting Best Practices, Straight from Trade Show Organizers
Amid generational shifts and evolving attendee habits, trade shows are increasingly investing in exhibitor education long before the doors open, ensuring that brands get the most return on their investments and remain loyal and satisfied show exhibitors. For example, in preparation for CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026, taking place in Las Vegas next March, the show held an […]
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Trade Shows
Sustainable Exhibiting Shines at IMEX America 2025
Sustainability has become a key thought leadership path at IMEX shows, serving as a benchmark and an evolving toolbox for the trade show and events industry. For exhibitors, this means tapping into the maturing frameworks for sustainable exhibitors and also learning to tell their sustainability story. Billed as a zero-waste event, IMEX America diverts 93 […]
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Events
AI, Trust and IRL: Five Takeaways for Marketers From the DOOH DPAA Global Summit
The 2025 DPAA Global Video Everywhere Summit on Oct. 14 gathered approximately 1,000 marketing, media, agency, brand and ad tech executives to discuss digitization and innovation within the digital out of home space. Following are five takeaways for marketers on the topics of AI, building and maintaining brand trust, and establishing human connections through experiences.
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B-to-B Events
IMEX America 2025: Five Takeaways for Trade Show Marketers
IMEX America, a trade show for the meetings and events industry that took place on Oct. 7-9 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, set a new record with more than 17,000 participants and more than 90,000 scheduled meetings. EM was on the ground to bring you the latest thinking and activations inspo […]
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B-to-C Events
Ideas from NYCC 2025: Paramount’s Botany Lab, HBO’s Horror Show, Walmart’s Gaming Retreat and More
Like its counterpart San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic Con (NYCC) offered a treasure trove of activities and activations built for pop culture superfans this year. The 19th annual event (Oct. 9-12) was packed with panels, cosplay competitions, workshops, talent shows and, yes, brand experiences. From multisensory booths on the show floor at the Javits […]
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B-to-C Events
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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AI
A Novel Approach To AI Search: Pay Publishers For Their Content
Search.com has introduced a publisher-first AI search and chat tool that promises something radical in today’s ecosystem: compensation and consent.
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The Big Story
Prebid, Meet OpenAds
Shortly after Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green said the DSP would splinter off from Prebid, he showed up at the Prebid Summit. Then, at ScreenShift, we learn what the TV industry thinks about AI.
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CTV Roundup
Everything You Want to Know About Being (And Working With) Media Buyers At Cynopsis Screenshift
What does it feel like to be a media buyer and planner in 2025? That question launched a fascinating “Ask Me Anything”-style discussion at Cynopsis ScreenShift in New York City on Tuesday.
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Employee Conduct, AXE Creator Collaborations and Social News and Trust
This week’s PR Roundup explores the high stakes of personal conduct in a hyperconnected world, how AXE’s tongue-in-cheek TikTok collaboration proves the power of creator partnerships, and why new research shows PR pros must rebuild trust as young audiences turn to (but doubt) social media for news.