B-to-C Events

Across creative, logistics, ops and the spaces in between, generative AI is emerging as an experiential marketing power tool that presents incredible opportunities—and risks.

To promote its recently launched Shipt Student Membership and same-day delivery services discount, the retail tech brand hit college campuses in the Southeast with teams of brand ambassadors and the Shopper Chopper—a larger-than-life shopping cart with seating for six that made deliveries to residential halls around The University of Alabama and other tour stops.

The Y2K vibes have been strong across a range of events and activations this year, and over the summer, Walmart jumped on the nostalgic trend with a cross-country tour that invited adults to take part in all of the in-store activities their parents banned when they were kids.

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna on Sept. 3 took over the Full Service Coffee Co. shop in Koreatown, Los Angeles, creating a branded drive-thru and pop-up environment for 300 social media influencers to sample and promote the new Eaze Drop Blur and Smooth Tint Stick products designed for on-the-go touchups.

Somewhere along its journey, the “Barbie” movie metamorphosized into something much more than a marketing campaign: It became a global pop culture movement.