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This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential cover Duo’s death, Third Nipples and pop-up radio stations.

Super Bowl LIX brought a week’s worth of events to New Orleans, and while we hit 15-plus experiences, we couldn’t squeeze them all in. Explore 16 more activations that delivered engagement ahead of the Big Game.

New Orleans is one of the country’s most walkable cities, and we were among the 100,000-plus visitors in town for Super Bowl LIX who took advantage of sidewalks and side streets to cover the short distances between event and activation venues—even when it got a bit hot and humid outside. Strolling around the city allowed […]

This year marked New Orleans’ 11th time hosting the Super Bowl—tying with Miami for the most NFL Championship games—and, as expected, the Big Easy certainly showed it knows how to party. What else would we expect from the home of Mardi Gras? Local food, music, architecture and traditions shined through the events and experiences presented […]

Super Bowl LIX went beyond the splashy commercials to showcase a live experiment in how the ad ecosystem is shifting. Armed with data from AD-ID, EDO, XR, Zappi, AdImpact, and expert insights from industry leaders like Amy Leifer of DIRECTV Advertising and Sarah Lewis of ShowHeroes, we dug into this masterclass outlining advertising’s next moves, from data-driven playbooks to creative gambles that either scored big or fumbled hard.

This weekend, the rewards app Fetch is debuting its very first Super Bowl ad, which includes a live giveaway of $1.2 million.

For some brands, the Super Bowl doesn’t necessarily mean creating a multi-million dollar TV ad during the big game. Many notable promotions don’t even require an actual ad anymore, as the event is now a multi-platform experience for companies and consumers.

SharkNinja is working to level-up its customer experience with the Salesforce’s AI agent force, the brand recently announced.   SharkNinja is a manufacturer of household products including vacuums, blenders, hair dryers and other appliances. The brand selected Salesforce to replatform its ecommerce sites, deploy its AI customer service agents and enhance its personalization efforts, said chief […]

The CES campus stretches well beyond the convention center and expos proper, and into suites and ballrooms that brands have snapped up to create highly curated and intimate experiences. Intel is one of those brands, having famously vacated real estate at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the wake of COVID, in favor of, for […]

The PPAI Expo 2025 brought more than 10,000 suppliers and distributors to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Jan. 13-16. The largest and longest-running promotional products trade show, it’s a great barometer of the industry as the tide shifts towards more personalization, transparency, and experiential gifting. EM swapped our uncool ankle socks for […]