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Halloween 2026 Experiential: Brands Lean into Carnivals, Audio Horror and Jump-Scares
Halloween is one of the most wonderful times of the year for the experiential industry, with brands often willing to take bigger creative risks, and consumers increasingly embracing the holiday. This season, audiences around the U.S. were haunted by pop-ups, stunts, tours and theatrical performances that delivered memorable moments, and a healthy dose of mayhem.
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Experience Intelligence: 3 Insights on Measuring Business Impact
A new methodology is helping brands like IBM design for what matters most. When an industry standard doesn’t exist, create one. It’s the mentality of a growing number of top experiential brands and agency partners who are embracing portfolio-wide measurement strategies to better track the often-long-range ROI of live events. “It’s a fundamental gap for […]
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Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Aperitivo Culture
The essence of aperitivo culture is wending its way into sampling experiences, offering attendees a slice of the beloved Italian social ritual of gathering for light, pre-dinner drinks and bites, and unhurried conversation, within vibrant branded settings. And a host of consumer behaviors and appetites is feeding the trend, from the rising popularity of early-evening […]
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Survey Says: How Brands Turned Questions into Activations
There’s nothing boring about surveys. That’s what the brands that have built inspiring activations around them would say, and we agree. From a vintage telephone that captures flavor preferences to an AI-powered pet portrait that doubles as a recruiting tool, brands and show organizers are finding creative ways to weave research into activations attendees actually […]
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3 Things to Know About Experiential at CES 2027
We’re just under three months away from the 60th year of the Consumer Electronics Show, and already a few big announcements are signaling how brands are rethinking where and how they engage audiences. What was once a show defined by long-held convention center booths is now a citywide experience with traditional exhibiting brands leaning into […]
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3 Things to Know About Experiential at CES 2027
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Cause MarketingCurious About Cannabis Events? 3 Tactics in Play
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Festivals & Fan ConsNYCC 2026 Experiential: Shopping Malls, Haunted Cabins and Slime Surges
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Watch: Sylvia Lopez-Navarro of Kia America in The Studio at EMS 2026
In this episode, Sylvia Lopez-Navarro of Kia discusses how brands are building real emotional connections with audiences, and what that actually looks like in practice.
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Brand Ambassador Spotlight: Vanessa Leiva on the Hustle and Heart of Live Events
Community is everything in the brand ambassador world. In 2021, a friend’s recommendation led Vanessa Leiva to the events industry, and she’s been networking ever since, tapping connections to find the right brand ambassador gigs. “We all end up knowing each other in some way, shape or form, or working with each other. It becomes […]