B-to-C Events
Winners Announced: The 2021 Ex Awards and EDTAs
The editors of Event Marketer magazine have announced the winners of the supersized 2021 Ex Awards and ETDAs, the world’s largest and premiere recognition program for experiential marketing. The winners were announced live and in-person on Oct. 6 during a gala luncheon at the Experiential Marketing Summit in Chicago. Known for 19 years as the...
Amazon Prime Video Scores Big with Gen Z On The Tailgate Tour
Amazon Prime Video is disrupting the college football tailgate scene with unexpected partners and a “socially conscious” experience as part of the 22-year-old traveling event platform, The Tailgate Tour. The brand’s Prime Video Pop-Up Tailgate Experience launched Sept. 11 at the Washington vs. Michigan game, and will activate every Saturday offering gamegoers a healthier pre-game...
How Sephora and Kohl’s Used QR Codes to Deliver a Mobile-first Beauty Event
As the store-within-a-store trend continues to gain momentum, Sephora and Kohl’s have emerged as two key players. The launch of Sephora at Kohl’s is rolling out this year to more than 200 stores nationwide, and to boost awareness of the landmark partnership, the brands delivered a gamified, mobile-first activation outside their Ramsey, NJ location. Using...
Six Recent Mobile Tour Strategies That Drove Results
We’re calling it now: 2021 is officially the year of the mobile tour. The strategy has been leveraged for decades by brands of every stripe, but a deluge of b-to-c mobile programs hit the road this year as marketers grappled with the ever-changing COVID regulations and consumer safety concerns associated with traditional events.