B-to-B Events
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B-to-B Events
Crafted for the C-Suite
More b-to-b event marketers are focusing on an additional audience to engage—one that is not always strategized for, but that can make an impact on how events are perceived and supported, as well as on the brand itself. We’re talking experiences crafted for the c-suite, which allow senior executives to connect and dive into customer […]
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B-to-B Events
May 2025: The Brief, Live! News and Trends Commentary
A Monthly Editorial Video Recap: It’s The Brief, Live! Watch as Event Marketer’s Rachel Boucher, head of content; Kait Shea, senior editor and manager-digital, and Juanita Chavarro Arias, managing editor, recap and provide commentary on some of the top experiential stories, ideas, and trends of the month. Think: Nostalgia plays, stigma-busting campaigns, fourth spaces, and […]
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B-to-B Events
B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Adele Bencsik
Adele Bencsik is “someone who’s always up for a challenge,” and in her career, she’s dedicated herself to learning the business inside out, making connections and exceeding expectations.
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B-to-B Events
Six Steal-worthy Trade Show Engagement Ideas from Licensing Expo 2025
The licensing industry took to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas May 20-22 to explore brands and IP, unlock new licensing opportunities, and get inspiration from the show floor. And there was plenty of it. In fact, it started before even hitting the floor at Licensing Expo 2025… Branded Badge Printing …How […]
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B-to-B Events
Field Report: 10 Booths We Loved at Licensing Expo 2025
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Licensing Expo 2025 brought together more than 12,000 influential brand owners, manufacturers and retailers May 20-22 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas to shape the future of consumerism in the shifting global markets. Tariffs remain top of mind for this industry, with uncertainty surrounding the tariffs policy, major […]
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B-to-B Events
Low-Key Branding
The power of the logo is evolving, thanks to Gen Z and its cultural hold on the market. And as “low-key” has joined the library of modern-day colloquialisms—meaning “subtle, restrained or slightly” (kind of)—understated logo use is providing experiential marketers with an opportunity to embrace these vibes and push creative boundaries around the brand expression. […]
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B-to-B Events
2025 Upfronts: Disney Works its Magic with Storytelling and Supreme Star Power
If you ask Disney Advertising, static Upfronts are in the rearview mirror where they belong. Over the last decade, the media presentations have evolved from glorified business meetings to all-encompassing brand immersions, and on May 13 at New York’s Javits Center, the company did its part to raise the experiential bar. From the stage to […]
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B-to-B Events
B-to-B Maximalism
We might thank Barbie for the shift from sad beige to unabashedly bold color play over the past two years. The practice has been seeping into every corner of the event landscape, most interestingly in business conference and trade show environments. This year, however, patterns and textures have joined the mix in what Pinterest and […]
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B-to-B Events
Inside RSAC 2025 in San Francisco: AI Threats, Ninjas and Baby Goats
RSAC 2025 Conference, the world’s largest cybersecurity show, brought together a record 44,000 attendees to its 34th annual flagship event at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, April 28 through May 1. Among the most pressing topics discussed were Agentic AI, critical infrastructure, emerging threats and evolving policy, all part of the rapidly changing environment […]
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B-to-B Events
Ford Performance’s High-octane Season Launch Brings Stakeholders to the Speedway
There’s a time and a place for static auto shows, but for its 2025 Season Launch event, Ford Performance went full-throttle on a decidedly experiential strategy to unite stakeholders under one roof.