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  • 818 Tequila Bucks Influencer Gifting Culture with a Wedding Twist on 8/18 Day

    Consumers are growing weary of the gifting culture between brands and influencers, so 818 Tequila decided to buck the trend while capitalizing on another. Serving up its own branded wedding moment, the brand surprised its biggest fans, rather than influencers, with complimentary bars and gifts for their weddings and bachelorette parties. As part of its […]

  • ‘They Didn’t Want to Leave’: Why Gen Alpha Stuck Around Sticki Rolls’ Pop-up

    The most digitally native generation to date, Gen Alpha is moving away from screens to real-world activities, but those experiences have to be dynamic, sensory-rich and designed for short attention spans—qualities picked up from always-on social media feeds and streaming. To kids 16 years old and younger, creative visuals and emotionally resonant content matter, as well […]

  • The Brief: Flavor Interventions and Death Predictions

    This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover flavor interventions, coffee portraits and death predictions.

  • Inside Instacart’s Shoppable Creator Dinner in a Pop-up Grocery Aisle

    Foodies turn to social media to discover new recipes and see what their favorite content creators are cooking up. Instacart joined the conversation with its social-forward “Cart Classics” campaign, kicking it off with an intimate dinner experience for creators and VIP guests on Aug. 6 at Chain House in L.A. The brand partnered with Taiwanese […]

  • 6 Dating App Events to Win Back Gen Z Users

    Bumble announced that its signature rule is going away on Aug. 11. Since its founding in 2014, women have made the first move by starting the conversation with a match, but now, anyone in a match can send the first message. Bumble’s shift is a response to changing dating habits, particularly among Gen Zers, who […]