B-to-C Events

The b-to-b trade show world gets a bad rap for being behind the rest of the event marketing industry when it comes to innovative experiential tactics, but the SES Worldwide Conference and Expo Series is out to remove that stigma with some seriously exciting ideas about how to present a trade show that’s entertaining and relevant to attendees while providing big-time results to exhibitors and sponsors.

Large-scale trade shows, b-to-b conferences and trade show exhibitors have gotten a bad reputation over the years for producing too much waste and having too little regard for their impact on the environment. But over the last decade or so, the organizers and exhibitors at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (North America’s largest trade show and the world’s largest show for consumer technology) have been making strides to offset their carbon footprints as much as possible. 

On April 2, the NFL opened its first-ever pop-up in New York City in celebration of its newest partnerships with Nike and New Era. The 10,000-square-foot NFL Shop at Draft located at 1095 Avenue of the Americas at 41st and 42nd Streets, not only houses merchandise by its new partners but also from 50 other NFL partners, including Under Armour, VF, Wilson and ’47 Brand.

The mobile technology branch of electronics brand LG set out on two simultaneous road tours in February designed to promote the brand’s newest high-definition, 3D mobile devices. The East Coast leg began in New Jersey, hit Boston and New York, and will continue to Chicago before wrapping in Kansas City at the end of May.

Members of the Laborers’ International Union of North America just wrapped a traveling tour through Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. in a flatbed truck carrying an oversized roll of duct tape and the message “Emergency Bridge Repair Team” emblazoned on the side. The tour was created to raise awareness for the Highway Bill that’s being considered in congress to fix the nation’s decrepit roads and bridges.