EventMarketer Sizzle: Your Biweekly Feed of All Things Experiential
06.20.25
“Ya like Blue Razz?” was the teaser Pop-Tarts posted on social hyping up its collab with Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” The brand took it to the next level by crashing Marvel’s media event for the upcoming movie at the TWA Hotel to introduce the FanTASTEic 4. The team of Pop-Tarts mascots interacted with creators, signed autographs, danced around and caused a bit of chaos. “Who let the tarts out?”
📷 Photo of the Week
 
 
Expo 2025 in Japan is open for six months and already wowing visitors from around the world with hundreds of pavilions and exhibits, like a towering LED installation that rearranges its shape depending on the content on its surfaces… Read more.
🗨️ Insight of the Week
 
“Our customers said, ‘My back-to-school season starts in May,’ and I was shocked. They’re making their wish lists for graduation parties to get the stuff that they want and need, and if they’re not graduating, they’re really conscious about what they’re purchasing in May in hopes that it actually lasts until September.”
–Cyntia Leo, Head of Brand Marketing and Communications, Urban Outfitters
Ideas
Inside Cannes Lions 2025: From the Canva Create Cabana to Motel Yahoo
Word on the Croisette is that Cannes is sizzling-hot. Cool spaces and cold treats are a premium this year, as major companies once again landed in France for the festival… Read more.
College Campus Events
How Gen Z Led Urban Outfitters to Redefine its Back-to-Campus Campaign
Way ahead of back-to-school season, Urban Outfitters kicked off its UO Haul campaign at NYU and Fordham University with a fleet of glass-walled trucks styled as dorm rooms… Read more.
Marketing News
The Brief: DoorDashs BagMobile and Liptons Komboomcha Box
Brands are celebrating summer with a bit of spectacle, from SixSip’s floating tasting experience, to DoorDash’s gigantic red delivery bag, to Lipton’s larger-than-life boombox… Read more.
Field Report
Seven Experiences That Left Us Feeling Transported at Expo 2025 Osaka
Expo 2025 is an experience like no other. It’s impossible to see everything it has to offer on one trip, but we round up the pavilions that pushed the boundaries of exhibit design… Read more.
Festival Sponsorships
Gov Ball: Activations from 7-Eleven’s Slurpee Street to Smirnoff’s Flavor Fair
More than 30 brands arrived in NYC to activate at The Governors Ball music fest, with experiences spanning drone shows, fashion showcases, sampling and beyond… Read more.
💡 ICYMI Last Week
 
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