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Experiential

  • Field Report: Five Game-Changing Trends from Google Cloud Next 25

    A perfect mix of brand and business, Google Cloud’s flagship event, showcasing the transformative power of AI and its practical applications for companies, brought together over 36,000 industry tech professionals, developers, engineers, analysts and industry leaders to Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, April 9-11. The event opened with a keynote where Google Cloud […]

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  • Watch: Minute Clinic at EMS 2025, featuring the Experiential in Color Mentorship Program

    The Experiential in Color Mentorship Program came to life at EMS 2025 with an inaugural meetup. We caught up with Karlene Palmer-Mcleod, member of the Steering Committee, to discuss connecting BIPOC event professionals with industry leaders.  

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  • An All-New Series: The Brief, Live! News and Trends Commentary

    The editors of event marketer recap the top experiential trends and ideas from the month…

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  • The Brief: Daisy Gardens and Backseat Dining

    This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Daisy Gardens, Sperm Races and the “Cadillac of Reservations.”

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  • Deli Vibes

    What’s old is new again as consumers eat up tasty new takes on nostalgia marketing and flock to pop-up bodegas and delis that transform non-endemic products into corner store fare. Ahhhh, the corner deli. Whether you grew up with one on your block or just coveted bodega culture on TV, the convenience store is an […]

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  • Dress Like a Rockstar: What to Wear to Trade Shows

    Can’t decide what your team should wear to a trade show? How about roller skates?  At Natural Food Expo West, pet food and lifestyle brand Bundle X Joy drew a crowd to its 10×10 booth where staffers were decked in on-brand pearlescent outfits, complete with custom blazers, hair scrunchies and roller skates from Impala Skates. […]

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  • 15 Big, Bold Trade Show Ideas from EMS 2025

    The 23rd annual Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) brought over 1,500 b-to-b and b-to-c marketers, trade show pros and agency execs to MGM Grand Las Vegas, April 14-16, for three days of inspiration, hands-on learning, and perspectives on what’s shaping event marketing today. This year, the Summit’s trade show track featured several sessions and events, including […]

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  • Five Exhibit Trends from the 125th New York International Auto Show

    The New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) celebrated its 125th anniversary this year, and all of the biggest players in the automotive biz were in town to celebrate the show’s milestone. From April 18-27, hundreds of thousands of car buffs descended on New York City’s Javits Center to explore the exhibits, interact with their favorite […]

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  • EMS 2025: Nine Event Trends to Watch, from Creativity on a Budget to ‘Servant’ Sponsorships

    The 2025 Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) brought the high-octane energy, camaraderie and compelling perspectives the annual industry showcase is known for, and a global audience of more than 1,500 b-to-b and b-to-c marketers, trade show organizers, agency execs, meeting planners, event strategists, sustainability champs and technologists kept the good vibes and peer-to-peer education going strong […]

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  • Multicultural Marketing: How WSS Highlighted Latino Culture at Tienda Superstar in L.A.

    Celebrating 40 years, WSS is known as “your neighborhood shoe store” in Los Angeles, and for its first off-site activation, the Foot Locker-owned shoe retailer went into the community to meet its customers where they are with a pop-up rooted in Latino culture and authenticity. For the relaunch of adidas’ Superstar shoe, WSS partnered with […]

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