Kait Shea
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Micro-Restaurants and Pop-up Cathedrals
This week’s hot topics in experiential marketing cover the Hidden Valley Ranch Tiny Restaurant, Juice Force Tankers and pop-up cathedrals.
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B-to-C Events
Consumers’ Leaked Data is Revealed at NordVPN’s Live Hacking Event in NYC
You don’t have to be the kind of person who uses “password” as their password to be at risk of a data breach. And that’s exactly the message cybersecurity company NordVPN aimed to drive home during a live hacking stunt on Oct. 16 in New York, where the brand educated consumers on just how vulnerable […]
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Pop-Ups
The Brief: Panadería Pop-ups and Secret Confessions
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Panadería Don Julio pop-ups, a Stranger Things Radio Room and Chicago’s secret confessions.
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B-to-C Events
Openigloo’s Humorous Guerrilla Strategy Stays the Course at the NYC Marathon
Running the TCS New York City Marathon has a lot in common with the hunt for an affordable apartment in the Big Apple these days—both are grueling, prolonged and often painful. It’s a phenomenon that NYC rental platform Openigloo had fun with on Nov. 2 during this year’s event. In four locations along the route, […]
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Group Chat Bars and Credit Wreckers
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Group Chat Bars, Bodega Raves and the crushing of Credit Wreckers.
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B-to-C Events
Halloween 2025 Experiential: Hi-Chew’s Mystery House, Cutwater’s Sleepover, HBO’s Suburban Nightmare
Halloween is becoming big business. This year, consumers are expected to spend a record-busting $13.1 billion on products and activities related to the occasion (including $3.9 billion on candy), according to the National Retail Federation’s annual consumer survey. But tapping into the holiday is nothing new for experiential marketers. Halloween has long inspired some of the […]
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B-to-B Events
B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Nefra MacDonald
The road to a career in events is rarely without its twists and turns, and Nefra MacDonald’s path was certainly rerouted a few times before she arrived in the industry—look no further than her law degree.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Pedal-Powered Stores and Alternate Realities
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover pedal-powered mobile shops, colonial-themed commuter pop-ups and The Artifact.
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B-to-C Events
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Sweet Shops
“Little treat” culture has permeated the zeitgeist—and the experiential marketing industry. Indeed, what was once viewed as a fleeting trend has become a data-backed behavioral shift that is influencing the way marketers approach IRL engagement. With younger generations continuing to invest in small pick-me-ups as a means of self-care, brands have been activating pop-up sweet […]
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B-to-B Events
Canva World Tour: 10 Takeaways from the ‘World’s Biggest Design Education Movement’
Canva can’t be contained. Across the inaugural Canva World Tour, the whimsical brand burst into conferences, community hubs, brand campuses and local streets around the globe on a mission to accomplish 1 million trainings in the month of October, and nurture its robust community of users. From a mobile learning unit dubbed the Brandwagon, to […]