Trade Shows
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Trade Shows
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Eye Contact
This year, storytelling has propelled from buzzword to standard practice. As event marketers lean into it for their messaging to deepen relationships with audiences and “drop” products into real lives, human faces are serving as design themes across show floors. Let’s take a look at how eye contact is the new eye candy. But first, […]
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6 Brands That Unleashed Experiential at SuperZoo 2026
If you’ve never squeezed a poop-in-a-bag squishy or considered a calming mousse for your cat, you’ve never been to SuperZoo. Hosted by the World Pet Association (WPA), SuperZoo is the largest pet products marketplace in North America. The 2026 edition took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas on Aug. 12-14, bringing […]
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3 Ways Exhibitors Are Tackling Education Through Experience
Attendees would ideally spend 54 percent of their learning time outside traditional session rooms, and at trade shows, that number rises to 64 percent, according a Freeman’s latest Trends Report, “The Future of Adult Learning at Conferences and Trade Shows.” While organizers continue to invest heavily in conference sessions and keynote programming, attendees increasingly value […]
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Quiet, Fast, Sustainable: How Convention Venues Are Leveling Up
From private meeting pods to underground transit upgrades to green certifications, convention venues are raising the bar on the attendee experience. Here’s a look at what’s new at some of the industry’s busiest facilities. Private Meeting Pods at Moscone and GWCC ZenSpace has installed four semi-permanent meeting pods at Moscone Center in San Francisco, giving […]
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Is Your Exhibit Strategy Ready for the Buyer-First Trade Show Floor?
When US Foods realized that its 15-year-old Food Fanatics show was starting to get too “vanilla,” the food distributor decided to change its approach. For the 2025 event, it completely reimagined its show floor and invited more than 5,000 food service operators, culinary professionals and industry experts to an experience designed around the customer journey, […]
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Guest Column: The Fee You Didn’t Know You Were Paying
Many exhibitor service manuals contain an EAC fee. Most exhibit and event marketers have never been told what it is, what it covers, or why it keeps showing up. Open the exhibitor services manual for your next show and scroll past the carpet and the electrical order forms. Somewhere in the labor section sits a […]
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Swag That Works: The New Rules for Trade Show Giveaways
When Middesk set out to build trust with Money20/20 attendees, it transformed its booth into “The Trust Club” filled with custom-designed merchandise created specifically for the trade show experience. From heavyweight crewnecks to limited-edition duffles, the brand designed exclusive items to drive engagement at different levels, all leading back to the overarching message. “Trust is […]
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How Beverage Culture is Weaving its way into Trade Show Programs
A Watermelon Basil Refresher? A frothy Strawberry Matcha Latte? An… IV? Beverage culture is exploding, and exhibitors are turning to unique hot and cold non-alcoholic sips to deliver deliciousness along with engagement throughout their trade show programs. Here are some of our favorite flavors and activations.
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Eat up 7 Exhibit Trends from the Summer Fancy Food Show
Across the sea of culinary items presented at the 2026 Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City (June 28-30), nearly 1,000 of them officially debuted at the event.
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5 Mid-Year Trade Show Exhibit Trends to Watch for 2026
Things are moving fast in trade shows and events, and we love being in the middle of it all. Over the past six months, EM’s team has logged in tens of thousands of steps around top shows across the nation. We sampled, shot hoops, and made perfumes, and, of course, mostly scouted the floor for […]
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