Author archive for Rachel Boucher
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Push Buttons
Despite the rise of touch screens and other sophisticated gaze and gesture technologies, experiential brands this year are choosing analog-style mechanisms for their activations. Think: Push buttons and turn dials that feel purposeful, participatory and nostalgic. But let’s push pause for a moment, and look back at one place where the trend bubbled up. Reddit’s...
Watch: How Acura is Activating at Sundance Film Festival’s Final Year in Park City
Inside Acura's 16th annual experiential program at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival
CES 2026: Editors’ Picks for the Best of the Booth Experiences
CES is a much-evolved show these days. Spread out across three official venues, with many other unofficial ones now in play, creating that punch of brand sizzle (a la the Google Assistant: The Ride) requires a combination of visibility efforts. It’s one of several insights we walked away with from the global trade show for...
CES 2026: An Insider Tour of the Caterpillar Booth Experience
Come along on an exclusive “Insider Tour” of Caterpillar’s reimagined booth at CES 2026 where the brand highlighted both its 100-year legacy and where it’s headed with autonomous innovations and AI. It’s one of many experiences at the show where AI came to life in a design story, from color selections to customized engagements (design...