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B-to-B EventsNRF 2025: Five Exhibit Design Trends from Retail’s Big Show
While the show floor at NRF 2025 was abuzz with talk of AI agents and retail media networks earlier this week, EM arrived at New York City’s Javits Center to explore how some of the world’s biggest retail brands approached exhibit design and engagement at the National Retail Federation’s “Big Show.” An estimated 40,000 people […]
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B-to-C EventsThe Brief: Toy-Sized Showrooms and Fantasy ‘Foodball’
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover toy-sized pop-ups, a Fantasy Foodball Pool, and live from New York, it’s The SNL50 Experience.
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B-to-C EventsMiami Art Week: 10 Experiential Ideas Worth Stealing
Every winter, more than 20 international art fairs come to life in Miami across 1,200-plus galleries, where the work of thousands of global artists is on display. In recent years, brand activations and events have also become essential to the upscale event’s ecosystem, and during Miami Art Week 2024 (Dec. 2-8), some new faces and […]
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B-to-C EventsThe Brief: B.S. Blockers and ‘Unfair Canada’ Pop-ups
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover B.S. Blockers, “Unfair Canada” pop-ups and an aerial anniversary tour.
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B-to-B EventsPeople’s Choice: Our Top 10 Most-read Stories of 2024
Many pop culture moments marked 2024, from Brat summer, to Moo Deng the pigmy hippo, to the Willy Wonka fiasco in Glasgow, to the “Glicked” phenomenon, to the viral break dancer from the Paris Games. But industry pros made an impact, too, activating experiences that challenged perceptions, pushed boundaries, drove loyalty and delivered joy. Following […]