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  • Paycom Makes a Loyalty Play at SHRM26

    Paycom has been part of the SHRM show for more than a decade, but this year, the brand hedged its bets on a decidedly experiential strategy, and scored a record number of leads.

  • Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Creator Summits

    The brand trip is evolving. It’s no longer just about whisking away influencers to a luxury destination for a vacation filled with product sampling, demos and gifting. Now, brands are collaborating with content creators on summits that fold them into the marketing engine as brand ambassadors and partners. The itineraries are stacked with brand-focused educational […]

  • Yahoo’s Explorers Society Rewards Attendees for Curiosity

    When Yahoo dropped anchor at Cannes Lions 2026, it was equipped with its most ambitious festival activation strategy to date, and one very large purple submarine installation.

  • How Oatly Built a B2B Event Inspired by its Beverage Trends

    As beverage culture explodes, Oatly is ensuring it’s not only a key ingredient within the conversation and the concoctions, but that it’s also leading them. With the goal of creating “the Davos of beverage,” Oatly’s recent AFTERTASTE event in New York City immersed 300 leaders, operators, tastemakers, creators and journalists in the coffee, f&b and hospitality industries in presentations and sampling inspired by the brand’s latest strategic Look Book Vol. 3.

  • Cannes Lions 2026, Part 2: Netflix’s Fan Club, Uber’s Ice Cream Boat, Pinterest’s Manifestival

    Our Cannes Lions 2026 coverage continues with more brand action from the annual festival of creativity, this year June 22-26. From patisseries to panels, here’s a look at another batch of experiential highlights from the French Riviera.   CADENT’S SALON While the Croisette was bustling with cabanas and exclusive suites, adtech brand Cadent carved out […]