Experiential
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Festivals & Fan Cons
Sundance 2025: Adobe Expands its Brand House, Keys in on Experience Design
Adobe’s signature red square logo adorns a new space this year in Park City, UT, as the brand enters its 14th year as a sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival and its second with a physical space. This year, Adobe, which is presenting sponsor and the official editing platform of the festival, took over 608 […]
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B-to-B Events
NRF 2025 Ideas: Four Experiential Tactics We Loved
They call NRF “Retail’s Big Show” for a reason. For one, the sheer amount of market innovation and engineering presented at the New York City-based trade show is vast. And, from an experiential marketing point of view, the expo floor is a feast for the senses. During our spin around the Javits Center this year, […]
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B-to-C Events
HOSTED CORPORATE PROGRAM FOR END-USER CLIENTS OF EDPA EXHIBIT HOUSE
EDPA members are invited to bring their corporate end-user clients with them to EMS—so your clients can experience the Experiential Marketing Summit for themselves… at no cost to them (or you). “The EDPA has always had a great relationship with Event Marketer,” says president Chris Griffin. “As the lines blur between corporate event teams and […]
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CES 2025
Video: 29 Questions with Panasonic at CES 2025
Ever wonder what the head of marketing and comms for Panasonic and a Czarnowski vp of accounts have to say about CES, experiential and emojis? We found out through 29 rapid-fire questions asked during a tour of the brand’s CES 2025 booth.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Ice Festivals and Big Rings
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover ice festivals, true crime spas and Big Rings.
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B-to-C Events
The Rise of Women’s Sports Activations
Endorsements of female athletes is an evergreen marketing strategy, but women’s sports is embarking on a new, more experiential era as the teams, leagues and individual players that once played to limited audiences find new fans, larger audiences and a fresh crop of passionate investors. For early movers in the event community, it’s an exciting […]
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B-to-B Events
Q&A: How One Event Speaker is on a Mission to Support Sober Lifestyles
Event networking experiences often revolve around the bar. Once those black-cloth topped carts roll out, it’s a signal to socialize and sip while doing it, often at the end of the day. For those who don’t drink alcohol, the bar cart can be triggering, and the timing of the networking, cumbersome. It wasn’t until Laura […]
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B-to-B Events
NRF 2025: Five Exhibit Design Trends from Retail’s Big Show
While the show floor at NRF 2025 was abuzz with talk of AI agents and retail media networks earlier this week, EM arrived at New York City’s Javits Center to explore how some of the world’s biggest retail brands approached exhibit design and engagement at the National Retail Federation’s “Big Show.” An estimated 40,000 people […]
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B-to-B Events
Deepfakes and Trust: Inside Accenture’s Experience at CES 2025
At CES 2025, Accenture invited clients and guests to explore the AI-powered future, showcasing the power of new technologies, reinvention—and trust—through experiences that broke through even at the largest tech show of the year. Just off the show floor at The Venetian Expo, the company’s branded lounge was about what’s next and how it translates […]
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