Author archive for Rachel Boucher
How Brands are Making (and Building) Valentine’s Day Connections
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and on top of producing special-edition products and offers, from heart-shaped pepperoni pizza kits to cooking classes for romantics, brands are seizing this annual opportunity to encourage consumers to stop and smell the roses (or in the case of LEGO, to build one). Brand love is in the...
Micro-Experiences
Experiential marketing is often billed as big thinking, and thus, big things. But event professionals know that the value is in the moment, and sometimes transforming a space the size of a postage stamp into a tiny brand oasis can create exponentially big impact. Let’s take a look at how micro-experiences are evolving in the...
Watch: Three Minutes in Intel’s CES 2025 Technology Showcase
The CES campus stretches well beyond the convention center and expos proper, and into suites and ballrooms that brands have snapped up to create highly curated and intimate experiences. Intel is one of those brands, having famously vacated real estate at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the wake of COVID, in favor of, for...
Recap: The Biggest Exhibit Design and Experiential Trends from CES 2025
The dust has settled on CES 2025, and if there’s one overarching theme that we walked away with, it’s that static is no more. Dancing installations, holographs, flip signage, movement in architecture, and soundscapes were among moments that caught and kept our attention across the show floor. We saw a new dimension to architecture and...