Trade Shows
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Bloom Takes Us Inside its Flavor Innovation ‘Universe’ at NACS 2026
From a Shirley Temple lounge to a lineup of nostalgic, dessert-inspired energy drinks, Bloom Nutrition brought its consumer-facing experiential playbook to the convenience-store trade show floor at NACS 2026. “Everything we do at Bloom is building a world, whether online, in person, at trade shows,” says Erica Tam, senior vice president of brand at Bloom […]
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Trade Shows
AI Agents, the Joy Factor: Our 7 Takeaways From IMEX America 2026
The 15th annual IMEX America brought together over 17,800 event professionals, venues, and destinations to Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas Oct. 13-15. More than 96,000 scheduled meetings—an equivalent of five years—took place during the event’s largest edition to date. Here’s what stood out to us in sessions and on the busy showfloor. Who’s […]
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Dirty Sodas, Mini-Marts: Brands Share NACS 2026 Experiential Strategies
Pepperoni pizza drizzled with hot honey? Kraft Cheesy Ramen? These and other trending flavors, along with tech and services, captivated attendees at the National Association of Convenience stores (NACS), which returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center Oct. 6-9, bringing together over 1,100 exhibitors and over 24,000 convenience and fuel retailing professionals. Here’s how brands […]
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Trade Shows
Exhibit Design: 6 Experiential Ideas from Groceryshop 2026
Groceryshop 2026, the leading event for the everyday retail ecosystem, brought together more than 4,000 retail leaders at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Sept. 22-24. The expanding “Meetup” program featured more than 30,000 co-matched business meetings. Three themes dominated the event: AI becoming the consumer’s first stop in their shopping journey; value being […]
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Festivals & Fan Cons
How PM Studios Balanced Engagement and Exhibit Rules at Gamescom 2026
After years of sharing exhibit space in the Indie Arena Booth at Gamescom, PM Studios leveled up its presence at the world’s largest IRL gaming event this year with a booth of its own.
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B-to-B Events
Rewriting the Trade Show Playbook, with Robyn Davis, Author of ‘Exhibit Smarter’
When Robyn Davis “fell into” events, she started taking note of what worked and what didn’t in trade show environments and booth interactions. Her aerospace engineering background and problem-solving mindset helped her develop frameworks for exhibitor success, ultimately leading Davis to become a trade show trainer, consultant and speaker through her company, Exhibitors WINH. Now, […]
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Shopper/Retail
Whoop’s Marketing Shift Drives Hypergrowth and Demand Planning Woes
The brand’s marketing pivot to everyday consumers fueled 85% member growth and a surprise 300,000-unit holiday order. Here’s how the health wearable is retooling planning to keep pace.
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Trade Shows
Our Top 5 Experiential Trends from Dreamforce 2026
The park rangers are gone, and so is the canoe. Dreamforce 2026, Salesforce’s annual flagship user conference in San Francisco, still had the camp vibe, but felt more like a reunion before a space launch. On the ground at Dreampark, we discovered how AI innovation is inspiring an evolution in the storied event’s theming.
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Trade Shows
How Outdoor Retailer 2026 Took the Show Outside
On the final morning of Outdoor Retailer in Minneapolis, dozens of participants and volunteers gathered at Theodore Wirth Park for the inaugural 57hours Adventure Race, a 90-minute orienteering course built with the Minnesota Orienteering Club and supported by The Loppet Foundation. As OR attendees and content creators were getting ready to explore the “urban outdoors,” […]
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Trade Shows
Beyond Wellness: 5 Ways Trade Shows and Events Show They Care
It wasn’t that long ago when goat yoga on the trade show floor was the GOAT. Seeing your boss doing a downward dog at 6 a.m. was somehow a healthy thing to do. And bailing out on dinner because your sensory overload was real and you couldn’t deal with your colleagues anymore was plain rude. […]
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