Author archive for Kait Shea
Hot Property: How the Hamptons Became a Hotbed of Experiential Activity this Summer
Just like hordes of well-to-do New Yorkers, several brands swapped the city for the coast this summer and escaped to the Hamptons, a collection of wealthy hamlets located on Long Island. The locale has historically attracted some ultra-high-end fashion houses, but 2024 brought other types of brands into the mix, too, including Sparkling Ice and...
Data-driven Sampling: Inside Primal Kitchen and Pinterest’s ‘Colorful Kitchen’ Pop-Up Events
Digitally native CPG brands often find themselves in a pickle when it comes to driving trial and conversion. So when Pinterest user data revealed that searches for “clean food” have risen by more than 9,700 percent and searches for “dips and snack hacks” have increased by 100 percent, clean-eating condiment brand Primal Kitchen decided to...
SDCC 2024: Brands Descend on San Diego with Chariot Races, Bathroom Battle Stations and 2D Factories
San Diego Comic-Con returned to its former glory last week after the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes took some wind out of the event’s sales in 2023. The pop culture convention, this year July 25-28, once again served as a playground for both superfans of comics, movies, TV, gaming and multimedia, and the...
The Brief: Foldable Buses and the Stayman Islands
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover foldable buses, Piña Oatladas and the Stayman Islands.