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Field Report: How Brands Fused Passion and Business at the 2025 SEMA Show

A drift demo shredding tires to a cheering crowd? Hundreds of meticulously decked-out rides and a wild after-party festival? You’re at the 2025 SEMA Show, the automotive aftermarket global business event, which took place Nov. 4-7 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. With more than 153,000 attendees from 140 countries and regions, including 2,300 exhibiting […]

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B-to-B Events

Heroes and Legends: Six Bold Engagement Ideas from HLTH USA 2025

No Entry. Flesh Eating Mutant Guppies with Perms said a sign on the door next to Registration at HLTH USA 2025 that took place at the Venetian Expo Center in Las Vegas, Oct. 19-22. What you wanted was the door where Petunia, the unicorn mascot, was sprinkling magic dust. Now in its eighth year, HLTH […]

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In the Works: Convention Centers Are Expanding to Meet the Next Era of Events

From Louisville to Los Angeles, a wave of convention center expansions is reshaping the North American trade show and convention landscape, adding continuous space, modern amenities, outdoor terraces, and pedestrian-friendly districts to accommodate more flexible, more experiential events. Los Angeles: A $2.6 Billion Expansion to Compete at the Top Tier Construction officially began Oct. […]

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Built Differently: How Carlyle Fired Up Next-Gen Technicians at SEMA 2025

At SEMA 2005, Carlyle Tools showed up with a single mission: to help attendees “turn their toolbox into a beast.” Part of NAPA since 2012, the brand recently underwent a transformation to appeal to a younger audience. “We felt like there was an opportunity to reinvigorate and reinvent how Carlyle tools are being presented,” says […]

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B-to-C Events

Consumers’ Leaked Data is Revealed at NordVPN’s Live Hacking Event in NYC

You don’t have to be the kind of person who uses “password” as their password to be at risk of a data breach. And that’s exactly the message cybersecurity company NordVPN aimed to drive home during a live hacking stunt on Oct. 16 in New York, where the brand educated consumers on just how vulnerable […]

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B-to-C Events

Brands Hit the Ground Running at the 2025 NYC Marathon with Signage, Stunts and Swag

For the second consecutive year, the TCS New York City Marathon broke the world record for the largest marathon ever with 59,226 total finishers on Nov. 2. Runners and their supporters from more than 130 countries and all 50 states flooded New York City to take part in what’s branded as “the best day of the […]

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Pop-Ups

The Brief: Panadería Pop-ups and Secret Confessions

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Panadería Don Julio pop-ups, a Stranger Things Radio Room and Chicago’s secret confessions.

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B-to-C Events

Field Report: Get a ‘Taste’ of Sabrina’s Secondhand Pop-up by Cash App

She’s short. She’s sweet. And she sold out five nights at Madison Square Garden last week. She, of course, is multiple Grammy Award-winning artist Sabrina Carpenter, and from Oct. 26-29, superfans in New York City could line up for a chance to step inside the “Cash App Presents: Sabrina’s Secondhand in NYC” pop-up, a ’70s-inspired […]

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10 Minutes With… Sam Hovick, Brand Manager at Skippy Peanut Butter

For our latest chat, we sit down with Sam Hovick, brand manager for Skippy Peanut Butter at Hormel Foods. The brand leveraged college tailgating at Southeastern campuses as a platform this season with the Skippy Crushin’ It Tour, combining activations, social content, donations, and giveaways. In this episode, Hovick talks timing, storytelling, and spreading love. […]

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A Toast to Experiential Marketing Month

Here’s a not-so trade secret: Experiential marketing isn’t just a trend. And it isn’t just a conference track, either. It’s a business-driving discipline built on the power of face-to-face engagement that, for decades, has steadily expanded and evolved; brought a whole new generation of brands, believers and experience seekers into the fold; and is central […]

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