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Get Ready! October is Experiential Marketing Month

31 days of live and digital experiences designed to help optimize your events There’s never been a better time to be a part of an industry that brings people together and creates live experiences. Which is why Event Marketer is partnering with some of the world’s most iconic experiential brands to declare this October as […]

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B-to-C Events

At the Hot Fellas Bakery, HBO Max Treats ‘And Just Like That…’ Fans to an In-world Experience

“Hot bread, hotter guys?” Sign us up. HBO Max brought to life the cheeky Hot Fellas Bakery from “And Just Like That…” with an activation in New York City’s East Village from June 14-15. In the “Sex and the City” sequel series, character Anthony Marentino launches Hot Fellas as a bread delivery service staffed by […]

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B-to-C Events

The Brief: Portal-Potties and Scrub Clubs

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Portal-Potties, National Rosé Day and Scrub Clubs.

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B-to-B Events

Banking on Vaults

Event profs are on an everlasting quest for meaningful ways to crack the code on engagement and connection. But some teams are turning the tables by encouraging their audiences to become the problem-solvers through vault-themed installations and experiences. Whether it’s a consumer company inviting fans to riddle their way into a life-sized safety-deposit box that […]

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B-to-B Events

Expo 2025 Osaka, Part Three: More Experience Design Ideas from the Pavilions

Just as it’s impossible to see everything at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan in one day, it’s hard to highlight outstanding experiential and engagement design in one story (see our Part One report on the pavilions). The World Expo runs through October, if you decide to hop on a flight, but in the meantime, here’s […]

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B-to-B Events

Inside Cannes Lions 2025: Activations from Amazon Port to Motel Yahoo

Word on the Croisette has it that Cannes is sizzling-hot, and we’re not just talking about the convergence of the world’s top creatives. High temps and humidity at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, this year June 16-20, have made cool spaces and cold treats a premium (hello, brand opportunity) as top advertising, […]

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B-to-C Events

How Gen Z Shopping Habits Led Urban Outfitters to Redefine its Back-to-Campus Campaign

Back-to-school season usually kicks off in mid-July, but Urban Outfitters is getting an early start, like really early. The brand launched its UO Haul back-to-campus campaign in May, before some schools around the country even let out for the summer. “We have a 365, ongoing platform for consumer insights. Our customers said, ‘My back-to-school season […]

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B-to-C Events

The Brief: BagMobiles and ‘Komboomcha Boxes’

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover BagMobiles, floating activations and Komboomcha Boxes.

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Trade Shows

Trade Show Industry Updates: News, Data, Trends

Exhibit industry news for corporate trade show marketers, featuring intel on research, trends, and company updates. Celebrate Global Exhibitions Day The world’s top exhibition organizers, Clarion Events, Comexposium, Emerald, Informa, and RX, joined forces on June 4 to celebrate the 10th edition of Global Exhibitions Day (GED). Under the theme “Exhibitions Unleash Potential,” the milestone […]

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B-to-B Events

Expo 2025 Osaka, Part Two: 10 Moments We Loved, and Some We Didn’t

Part architectural showcase, part trade show, part biennale, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, is taking place between April and October 2025 and is expected to attract more than 28 million visitors to the artificial island of Yumeshima, making it one of the largest gatherings of the year. Taking place 55 years since the Osaka Expo […]

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