EventMarketer Sizzle: Your Biweekly Feed of All Things Experiential
11.01.24
No one could have predicted that flyers hung around New York City promoting a Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest would cause a frenzy in Washington Square Park, leading to hundreds of gatherers, four arrests and a $500 fine. But the most surprising detail of all was that the actor, flanked by bodyguards, actually showed up.
📷 Photo of the Week
 
 
Taking cues from Seoul’s vibrant night markets, skincare brand Glow Recipe went all in on a neon-accented Night Market pop-up for its 10th anniversary. Attendees could curate their own makeup kits with Glow Recipe products... Read more.
🗨️ Insight of the Week
 
“[Using AI] still needs to be true to the brand ethos, and it ultimately needs to be relevant to the consumer. It needs to add value.”
–JP Del Carmen, Head of Snacks & Baking, UK, General Mills
Hot Property
Night Markets Drop Consumers into Immersive Worlds of Culture, Cuisine, Art
The open-air evening bazaars have been cropping up across the U.S., and in the last year have officially been woven into the zeitgeist—and experiential. Eight tips for activating… Read more.
Pop-ups
Betty Crocker Taps AI to Inspire Creativity and Solve a Consumer Pain Point
To bridge the gap between consumers’ culinary aspirations and the final product, while giving its cake mixes a boost, the brand whipped up an AI-powered Dream Bake Studio… Read more.
Launch Events
Topgolf Takes a Big Swing with its First-ever Product Launch Party
The brand stepped outside its comfort zone to host a buzzy, street culture-infused event with a cast of sponsors at its L.A. location, creating a nightclub for its new golf clubRead more.
Trends
How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is Sparking In-market Engagement Strategies
As Taylor Swift wraps the final leg of her U.S. Eras Tour this weekend, e.l.f. Cosmetics and Purdue will welcome fans to Indianapolis with an “In Our STEM Era” activation… Read more.
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Marketing News
The Brief: Lysol Germ Zones and Amex Gold Cafés
This week’s hot topics in experiential marketing cover Lysol’s college football game activation, extreme vending machines at SXSW Sydney and a luxe Amex cardmember café… Read more.
💡 ICYMI Last Week
 
📌 EM Updates
 
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