This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Fuel Stores, retro block parties and floral moms.

It’s time for the communication industry to reboot how it approaches PR, because in the next era of digital storytelling, strong journalist connections will be pivotal to both reporters and PR pros.

Almost 15 years since the franchise’s debut on AMC, “The Walking Dead” is still haunting our dreams as well as our IRL streets. Ahead of May 4’s Season 2 premiere of “The Walking Dead: Dead City”, the network hosted a series of zombie-filled events and spooky appearances across New York City. “Taking over the Big […]

The 23-year-old pet food brand highlights messy pet moments in its first full-funnel marketing campaign. Chief marketing officer Miki Dosen details the campaign’s inspiration, strategy and early results.   For the first time in its 20-plus years, pet food company The Honest Kitchen launched a full-funnel marketing campaign.   With its launch into PetSmart stores across […]

The power of fragrance to elicit deep emotional responses and improve memory recall at live events isn’t a new concept. But several brands have been offering a fresh take on scent-centric experiences to cut through a beauty category that is becoming increasingly oversaturated—and the data fueling the surge in pop-up perfumeries doesn’t lie. According to […]

It’s official: AI is coming for marketing jobs. CMOs’ ad budgets are flat this year compared to last year, according to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey. Fifty-nine percent of CMOs said they don’t have enough budget to execute their strategy this year. Overall, brand marketing budgets will average 7.7% of company revenue in 2025, the […]

Economic concerns may be in the headlines, but networks still pulled out all the stops for the splashy spectacle of the network upfronts Monday. They also announced some real news.

Instead of simply watching ads on the big screen, consumers are now being encouraged to interact with those ads – a shift in marketing that was particularly apparent at the 2025 NewFronts presentations in New York City this week.

Warren Buffett, long considered the “Oracle of Omaha,” mastered not just capital allocation, but the art of strategic storytelling.

The Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix took the city by storm last weekend, as fans braved heavy rain to watch their favorite drivers race around the Miami International Autodrome circuit at the Hard Rock Stadium complex, May 2-4. A sell-out crowd of close to 275,500 fans attended the three-day event that included practice and qualifying […]