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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. Health care conferences can often come off as sterile. When we stopped by on day two of the expo, the painting was halfway to being completed.

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NRF 2025 Ideas: Four Experiential Tactics We Loved

Event Marketer

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. Unlike its competitors, the brand presented a series of compelling retail-themed dioramas. Heres a snapshot.

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Q&A: 10 Minutes with Luiz Pustiglione of Caterpillar Inc.

Event Marketer

EM caught up with Pustiglione to talk about this brand-new build, and what’s trending in trade shows. We moved away from big presentations and instead focused on conversation stations in specific areas, where attendees can engage with our experts and talk about solutions we can provide. appeared first on Event Marketer.

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NRF 2025: Five Exhibit Design Trends from Retail’s Big Show

Event Marketer

EYES ON THE SKIES Large logos that dangle over trade show booths arent new, but we found that a number of NRF 2025 exhibitors went all in on crafting striking overhead installations that could be spotted from afar. While trade shows tend to be all business, it seemed that this touch of playfulness went a long way.

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Outdoor Retailer Teases New Trade Show Format and Events Coming in 2024

Event Marketer

–Sean Smith, Show Director, Outdoor Retailer OR’s 2024 format will include a Hosted Buyer program, Design + Innovation Show and Outdoor Adventure X festival. The 40-year-old b-to-b outdoor sports trade show will introduce an updated format for its shows, developed through feedback gathered from exhibitors and retailers.

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Seven Tunnel Ideas for Staging the Trade Show Exhibit Experience

Event Marketer

A wave of particles whisking you along, favorite characters close enough to touch, precious artifacts and soothing waves…tunnels and other types of staged liminal space may be an established element in trade show exhibits but new LEDs and evolving tech are offering new storytelling opportunities, and brands are going all in.

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Circularity: The Biggest Shift for Trade Shows in 2024 

Smart Meetings

Trade shows have been a crucial aspect of the business world for centuries. In the context of trade shows, this means designing the event in a way that minimizes waste and promotes sustainability. Read More : Ditching the Dump Implementing circularity in trade shows is important for several reasons.