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Field Report: Things We’ve Never Seen at Trade Shows Until Shoptalk 2025

Event Marketer

Disco balls, a dj, fog and lasers… This wasnt going to be a regular trade show. Whats surprising is that this space, used for just about every trade show here, usually doesnt see anything beyond posters and banners and maybe a few small-scale activations. Mattel, Canada Goose and P&G. And its huge!

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15 Big, Bold Trade Show Ideas from EMS 2025

Event Marketer

The 23rd annual Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) brought over 1,500 b-to-b and b-to-c marketers, trade show pros and agency execs to MGM Grand Las Vegas, April 14-16, for three days of inspiration, perspectives and hands-on learning shaping event marketing today. Lean into localization. Scans dont equal quality leads.

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Roundup: 10 Things We Loved in Trade Shows in 2024

Event Marketer

One of our favorite perks of covering trade shows is exploring whats happening around the exhibit floor throughout the year, tracking next-level innovation in translating business objectives to immersive storytelling and, frankly, just getting our minds blown. That matchas a given. Have a story idea? Want us to cover your booth?

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Embracing a Trade Show Theme: Creative Ideas from the Exhibitors at VMX 2025

Event Marketer

Due to the serious nature of the conversations, solutions and sessions presented, that can translate to a buttoned-up, clinical approach to the design and attendee experiencebut not at VMX 2025. Steps behind the figure let attendees hover above them as the third dog in the trench coat tower.

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CES 2025: Booth Designs and Insights from Day One in Las Vegas

Event Marketer

Look out for even more coverage as well as exclusive interviews with corporate event trade show marketers on the show floor. Additional reporting by Anna Huddleston, Event Marketer trade shows editor. Event Marketer and its Chief Marketer Network of brands is an Official Media Partner of CES 2025.

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Trade Show Industry Updates: News, Data, Trends

Event Marketer

Welcome to this month’s exhibit industry news digest for corporate trade show marketers, featuring intel on research, trends, people and company updates. Starting in Spring 2025, the project will focus on modernizing the hotel’s expansive 85,000-plus square feet of meeting space.

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NRF 2025 Ideas: Four Experiential Tactics We Loved

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They call NRF Retails Big Show for a reason. For one, the sheer amount of market innovation and engineering presented at the New York City-based trade show is vast. Agency: Event Marketing Partners) CROSS-POLLINATION Teamwork makes the dream work, or at least it did for SUSE and its NRF 2025 comrades.

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