Sampling
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Pop-Ups
818 Tequila Bucks Influencer Gifting Culture with a Wedding Twist on 8/18 Day
Consumers are growing weary of the gifting culture between brands and influencers, so 818 Tequila decided to buck the trend while capitalizing on another. Serving up its own branded wedding moment, the brand surprised its biggest fans, rather than influencers, with complimentary bars and gifts for their weddings and bachelorette parties. As part of its […]
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Pop-Ups
The Brief: Flavor Interventions and Death Predictions
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover flavor interventions, coffee portraits and death predictions.
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Sampling
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Wine Windows
Sometimes it’s what people can’t see that unlocks the greatest potential for engagement. The mystery of not knowing what lies beyond the veil—a sample, an interaction, a giveaway—inevitably prompts attendees to take action. And marketers are strategizing accordingly. In a nod to aperitivo culture, brands have been turning the concept behind Italy’s historic “buchette del […]
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B-to-C Events
Inside Instacart’s Creator Dinner in a Pop-up Grocery Aisle
Foodies turn to social media to discover new recipes and see what their favorite content creators are cooking up. Instacart joined the conversation with its social-forward “Cart Classics” campaign, kicking it off with an intimate dinner experience for creators and VIP guests on Aug. 6 at Chain House in L.A. The brand partnered with Taiwanese […]
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Pop-Ups
The Brief: Billboard Houses and Diaper Rescues
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover billboard houses, wrench-themed pubs and pop-up diaper rescues.
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Festivals & Fan Cons
Lollapalooza 2026 Photo Tour: 10 Experiences from Grant Park
More than 45 partner brands showed up at Lollapalooza with experiential destinations (and weather escapes) to surprise and delight nearly 400,000 music fans. We highlight 10 sponsor activations that rocked the festival experience.
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Pop-Ups
The Brief: Boot Rooms and Beer Windows
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover the Febreze Boot Room Tour, folding pubs and Peroni Portals.
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B-to-C Events
3 Things We Loved from Laneige’s Wonder Lab Pop-up
The Laneige Wonder Lab is on the move, hitting six locations this summer with hydration-inspired experiences. We stumbled upon the tour’s first stop in Orlando, FL, in front of Sephora at Disney Springs, which took place July 18-21. The activation featured the brand’s signature color palette of blues and pinks with a tiled backdrop that […]
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Hut Originals and Running Vaults
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Run Vaults, Gold Squad goals and taking it Back to the Hut.
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B-to-B Events
Eat up 7 Exhibit Trends from the Summer Fancy Food Show
Across the sea of culinary items presented at the 2026 Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City (June 28-30), nearly 1,000 of them officially debuted at the event.
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