Festivals & Fan Cons

Streetwear enthusiasts live for limited-edition sneaker drops, but the events are notorious for their painfully long lines and frustrating purchase procedures. Until, that is, adidas Originals changed the game at this year’s ComplexCon, held Nov. 3-4 in Long Beach, CA. Armed with an augmented reality shopping experience featuring an autonomous checkout process, the brand aimed […]

The superfan demographic is a force to be reckoned with, but to tap into its power, brands need a genuine understanding of how the subculture operates.

With its steal-worthy product drops out of a box truck built into the exhibit, bright a/v concepts, multisensory elements, retro colors and infusion of archival content, Reebok made a bold debut at ComplexCon, the annual event for sneakerheads and hypebeasts put on by media platform Complex, this year Nov. 3-4 in Long Beach, CA. And […]

Customers and clients of Sephora know the beauty retailer well for its bright environment, product assortment and for its discovery-based shopping model where consumers explore and test products on their own—a different approach than that of a traditional cosmetic department store experience. For its 20th anniversary this year in the U.S., Sephora turned to experiential […]

Bacardi brought its “Live Passionately” mantra to the Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival for a second year with a medley of experiences that paid homage to the brand’s Caribbean heritage and underscored its ties to music. Returning to downtown Las Vegas Sept. 21-23, the brand delivered cocktail education, purpose-driven art and some good […]