Event Marketer

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Sephora’s flagship event was always meant to travel to different U.S. markets, and this year, SEPHORiA made its way to Atlanta for the first time. host city that aligns values with Sephora,” says Kate Biancamano-Brown, senior director-event and experiential marketing at Sephora. We choose a [U.S.]

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Some good news for a change: Retail store openings are outpacing closures this year. After the pandemic dealt what appeared to be a death blow to brick-and-mortar retail in 2020, the sector is quickly recovering and talk of the “retail apocalypse” is largely in the rearview window. It’s a win-win. percent more visits.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 24, 2025

Were seeing hospitality brands, airlines, retail brands and universities ordering these towels seasonally and year-round, said exhibitor Jordan Ettien with Pop! and retail-grade quality of products. The post Six Trending Swag Ideas from PPAI 2025: Exploding Cakes, Traceable Wear appeared first on Event Marketer.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

“At Groceryshop, we wanted to reimagine how people experience our technology by creating an environment that mirrors what we do best: making shopping more interactive and engaging,” says Stephanie Paturzo Swingle, senior director-B2B marketing at Instacart. “We Anna Huddleston Photo) Sustainability was also a key part of this project.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 17, 2025

Millennials and Gen Z , in particular, are craving a trip down memory lane, and marketers are responding with events that evoke the warm-and-fuzzies, and as a result, foster personal, and memorable, connections. With 90s- and Y2K-era activations leading the waysometimes with a newstalgia twist nostalgia marketing is having a moment.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 10, 2022

The new year offers organizations a chance to reset and reevaluate, and AT&T has wasted no time in reshaping its approach to experiential marketing to meet the needs of the modern COVID-era consumer. What we’ve seen is every market that we’ve gone in, there’s a different expectation,” says Ward.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 31, 2025

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This weeks hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover personalized poetry, designer dogwear collabs and Sundances new home. BLUE SEVERANCE BALLOONS FLOAT AROUND LONDON LANDMARKS Apple TV+ has done it again. Well, its been real, Park City.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Sean Smith, Show Director, Outdoor Retailer OR’s 2024 format will include a Hosted Buyer program, Design + Innovation Show and Outdoor Adventure X festival. 2024 is set to be a year of growth for Outdoor Retailer (OR). You have to meet the consumer where they’re at and let them be part of that process.”

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Building on the shows successful social media engagement program, the two-day event is designed to bridge the gap between traditional trade show marketing and the rapidly evolving world of influencer partnerships. The post As Trade Shows Embrace Influencers, Exhibitors are Leveling up Engagement appeared first on Event Marketer.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 11, 2022

In our inaugural episode of Event Peeps, we discuss how the industry is doing and feeling in a mid-year update on the back-to-live with Erin McElroy, head of innovation for global events within IBM’s event and experience marketing group. Listen here: More episodes of Event Peeps coming soon.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Team Summit is DISH’s annual expo that brings together a global network of partners, retailers and vendors (approximately 3,500 attendees) over three days in one space where the brand can showcase new DISH products, strategies and technology through training and general sessions.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 29, 2022

So with myriad hotels to compete with and new post-pandemic lifestyles to consider, Kimpton Rowan Palm Springs transformed its property into a destination within a destination at the intersection of hospitality and high-end retail. Agency : A Non-Agency (campaign platform, event execution).

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Pink recycled leather jackets and feather clutches were just some of the trending pieces at MAGIC, Project and Sourcing at MAGIC, organized by Informa Markets, that brought the fab fashion and lifestyle vibes Feb. The post Provocative Sets, Mirrors and Community Building at MAGIC / Project Shows appeared first on Event Marketer.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 11, 2025

And as a retailer whose mall locations regularly experience gun violence, the cause felt personal to the brand, Pickard says. Cosmetics and Purdue University Activated an Educational Makerspace The post SXSW 2025: Lush Tackles Gun Violence with its Bloom A New Day Activation appeared first on Event Marketer.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A well-organized retail experience allowed athletes to make their purchases relatively quickly and be on to multiple branded photo ops for their first official pictures. The post You Got This: Five Standout Photo Activations from the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon Expo appeared first on Event Marketer.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

As marketers take cues from the sect of Buddhism, which focuses on meditation, mindfulness and maintaining a state of calm, theyre creating sanctuaries where attendees have an opportunity to get present with themselves and leave their worries behind, if only for a short time.

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 16, 2021

Most are familiar with the consumer side of Panasonic’s business, but not necessarily its thriving B2B enterprise in the manufacturing, retail, entertainment and mobility sectors. But the marketing insights it gained are invaluable. More B-to-B Insights: Meet the 2021 Dream Team: The Sharpest Minds in B-to-B Events.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 2, 2025

Shoptalk 2025, a global event for retail and ecommerce, owned by Hyve Group, took over the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, March 25-25, bringing together more than 10,000 attendees and more than 225 senior-level speakers from top retailers, including Macys, Inc., Mattel, Canada Goose and P&G. And its huge!

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Event Farm

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Businesses and organizations that once existed exclusively online—retail stores like Warby Parker and media sites like Mashable —have created real-life experiences by either opening brick-and-mortar stores or by fully embracing events and experiential as part of their business strategy. What does this mean for event marketing tech?

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 28, 2024

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover germ zones, extreme vending machines and cardmember cafés. More Love” messaging through a series of installations and activities, all wrapped into one experiential retail destination.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 15, 2025

Lets be honest: planning an event can feel like a big risk. You book the venue, organize speakers, send out tons of invitationsand then sit back, wondering, What is event marketing really doing for my brand? In this post, Ill break event marketing down into simple steps so you can plan successful events that get great results.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 30, 2023

was one of the questions asked during registration for Outdoor Retailer Summer (OR), which brought together outdoor brands, retailers and designers to the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, June 19-21. “Are you bringing your dog?”

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 1, 2025

Catherines career spans more than a decade, from digital marketing roles working with brands such as Spotify and ASOS, to high-profile communications work with two UK Prime Ministers and senior corporate leaders. At DRPG , she played a pivotal role in refining messaging across live events, marketing campaigns, and employee communications.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The retail scene is changing, which means it’s up to business owners to adapt in order to attract customers and ultimately drive sales. With this in mind, let’s look at how to create a retail strategy that […].

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Using beacon technology, the retailers sent participating attendees through a curated “maze,” leveraging push notifications throughout to encourage them to interact, create content, meet beauty brand founders and even request songs from the dj. Multicultural Marketing: How HBO Max’s House of Bachata Pop-up Tapped into Dominican Culture.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2025

Enterprising marketers have long leaned on celebrities to help them excite fans, gain traction with new audiences and generate media impressions. Unofficial Inspired By Experiences If slightly illegal experiential marketing is wrong, we dont want to be right. The Trend of the Week is coproduced with the support of Proscenium.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The pop-up will serve as the official kickoff of the Bring Your Flavor nationwide tour, which will hit major markets throughout 2025 with a goal of distributing 1 million almond samples. At each stop, consumers can enjoy flavor-packed activities and free snacks. The best part?

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Event Marketer

JUNE 21, 2021

Brands have leveraged cause marketing tactics to earn consumer loyalty for years, recognizing that younger generations in particular make purchase decisions based on a company’s ethos and whether its values align with their own. You Might Also Like: Diversity in Events: Forbes Offers Six Tips for Success.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Let’s talk everything at the 2024 Experiential Marketing Summit, April 24-26, in Las Vegas. Events are strategic, challenging, memorable, engaging, bold, exhilarating, and, most importantly, impactful. But applying these principles and practices within the event marketing function is often overlooked.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This weeks hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Tunnels of Love, Zero Bodegas and Lunar New Year celebrations. You (OK, we) might call the event the balm diggity. The video game-like scenario unlocked some winning results: The event led to a 25.2-percent Indeed, from Jan.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 27, 2023

As experiential marketing degree programs crop up, professors outline how the industry can better support students Florida International University recently added event-focused specializations and tracks.

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Event Marketer

JULY 16, 2024

From bidet and toilet paper brands to plumbing companies and retailers of period apparel, here’s how personal wellness brands are producing some stall -wart experiences.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Supporting a retail strategy that increases the availability of the iconic Godiva chocolate everywhere, the chocolatier, which is celebrating its 95 th anniversary, stood up larger-than-life installations of two of its iconic boxes in high-traffic locations in New York City. The next day, Feb. In the U.S.,

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Event Marketer

AUGUST 18, 2024

EM caught up with John Vertin, special projects manager, overseeing the brand’s trade show program and other marketing activities, to talk about the brand’s new booth, and the cat nip that inspires their campaigns at SuperZoo. Event Marketer: It’s not often that we see attendees inspired to take selfies with stickers in the restrooms.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

As large-scale events resume safely this year, Idahoan Foods is making a move to plant a stake in the ground in the comeback and engage consumers in the convenience of the mashed potato. More on Sampling: Mobile Tours: Wyman’s Kicks off a Brand Marketing Push with a Local Sampling Program. The tour began Sept. programs,” Myer says.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Following is a look at the experiential campaigns that caught your eye over the last 12 monthsEvent Marketer’s top 10 most-read stories of 2024. We rounded up some of the festival’s best experiential marketing ideas, from shower portals to manifest stations to self-care retreats.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 30, 2023

Much like event professionals, destination marketers are in the business of brand-building, content creation and engaging targets face-to-face to showcase the value proposition of a particular city, state or country. So we rounded up seven ideas to add to your experiential strategy, each inspired by destination marketing tactics.

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