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For consumers who have spent the past year drinking at virtual happy hours—and the hospitality workers whose businesses has suffered—Tequila Don Julio wanted to make this year’s Cinco de Mayo memorable. And thanks to its own digital currency and an ATM—that’s Automated Tequila Machine—the brand prevailed. Don Julio took a thoroughly modern approach to the […]

For many Americans, the hardship of being isolated from loved ones has been a reality for over a year as a result of the pandemic, but at Clear’s “Day of Families” event on May 6, more than 100 family members and friends finally experienced the in-person reunion they’d been waiting for. In partnership with United […]

In the absence of in-person series premiere events during the pandemic, experiential marketers have turned to elaborate mailer kits as a tactic to engage viewers, spread awareness and build buzz on social media. But not all kits are created equal. Indeed, after living under COVID-19 restrictions for nearly a year and a half, consumers’ expectations […]

Experiential marketers have stepped up their swag game during the pandemic as a way to engage consumers in their homes and increase awareness of brands’ products and services. And in the entertainment space in particular, marketers have tapped influencers to build buzz around series and films by mailing elaborate kits for them to unbox and […]

As event marketers plan for the return of in-person events, they’re budgeting for a fresh slate of technologies and tools designed to attract attendees back to events and keep them safe once there. Shelley Hodgkinson, senior director-event solutions at Walmart, described the “new budget” her team is preparing to build in EM’s webinar, Mastering Event […]