Trend of the Week

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 […]

Consumers are embracing tools to help automate their lives and their work, because while today they enjoy an economy of endless choices, the biggest luxury in a culture moving at warp-speed is… time. Experiential marketers are uniquely suited to ensure time is well spent, which is why they’re basing entire event strategies on the clock. […]

Between a thriving women’s pro sports scene, the proliferation of wellness-themed third spaces that skew female, and the “strong, not skinny” health movement that continues to gain steam, women’s fitness activations are having a moment. And the brands that are thoughtfully producing them are reaping the rewards of paying attention to a demographic that has […]

If you thought 2023’s “Barbie” movie summer was the end of the pink trend, think again. Brands have been leaning into the bubblegum palette to spark feelings of playfulness, creativity, coziness and, often, empowerment in their activations. While Barbie collabs have been driving a lot of the reenergized pink craze, companies have staked their own […]

Experiential marketers are practicing intentionality this year, trading in swiping and touch screens for what’s real. Whether it’s the always-nostalgic anticipation of receiving a heaping scoop of something that’s going to be all yours, or the proprioceptive feedback created by repetitive motions like digging, activation environments are going full tactile. Here’s the scoop. But first… […]