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30 Years of Essence Fest: Q&A with Executive VP-Experiential Michael Barclay
Social media threads and Reddit forums were lighting up ahead of the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture, presented by Coca-Cola, July 4-7, in New Orleans. This year marked the 30th anniversary of the annual multiday celebration of Black culture, music and food, and the media platform’s loyal followers were eagerly awaiting the release of the […]
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The Brief: Zenless Zones and Mega Mitts
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Zenless zones, airborne Nutella jars and mega mitts.
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Field Report: Our Visit to a Surprise Hennessy Sensory Pop-up in Orlando
You couldn’t miss it. A bright red, branded shipping container with its doors and walls propped open to reveal several interactive sampling stations surprised passersby when it popped up in the usually quiet parking lot at The Loop’s ABC Fine Wine & Spirits store in Orlando on July 11. It was Hennessy’s Made for More […]
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2024 Paris Games Preview: Rolling Coverage of Brands Activating Around the Summer Olympics
The Olympics have always ignited passion and a sense of camaraderie among sports fans around the globe, but the 2024 Paris Games, taking place July 26 to Aug. 11, may inspire even more fanfare than usual. The last time the world witnessed the Summer Olympics, it wasn’t at stadiums in Tokyo where the event was […]
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Potty Humor: 10 Ways Personal Care Brands are Cleaning up with Experiential Marketing
There was a time when personal care brands, and the consumers who used them, would rather not address the category head-on, often relying on metaphors rather than candid conversations. But those days appear to be coming to an end with an influx of straightforward, typically humorous, activations that tout bathroom-related products and services without shying […]
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The Brief: Basketball Bodegas and Dairy Deprogramming Zones
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover basketball bodegas, early retirement communities and dairy deprogramming zones.
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Bidet Brand Tushy Invites Consumers to Get ‘Butt-tized’ in its Mock Confessional Booth
There’s no room for bashfulness when you’re a company that sells personal care products, and irreverent bidet brand Tushy proved as much on June 20 with its Coming Clean Confessional activation in New York City. Leaning into the religious undercurrents often associated with cleansing routines, Tushy installed a mock confessional booth that doubled as a […]
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Event Moves: Sundance May Relocate, Collision Rebrands, ComplexCon Heads to Vegas
Sundance and Utah go way back. Since 1978, the annual January film festival, organized by the nonprofit Sundance Institute, has taken place in snowy Park City, UT, showcasing short films, full features and documentaries. But 2027 may see a shift for the long-running festival as its 13-year contract with Park City ends in 2026 (the […]
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Intel’s Encore AI Exhibit: Four Lessons on Harnessing Immersive Event Spaces
Step aside yummy museums. Immersive spaces are having their moment. From Artechouse in New York City, to the traveling Van Gogh Exhibition: The Immersive Experience, to Radiant Space in L.A., consumer obsession with tech has fueled a new era of Instagram-worthy experiences leveraging multimedia at scale. When it came time to create an additional touchpoint […]
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Grand Ex 2024: Taco Bell and a Cast of Partners Score the Campaign of the Year with ‘Live Más LIVE’
It’s a good problem to have: Fans so passionate, so hungry for a first taste of news, let alone a delicious taco, they’ve created actual websites and launched voluminous discussion forums
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