The 2025 Fab 50: Recognizing the Event Industry’s Top Builders

The Best Exhibit and Event Fabricators Serving the Experiential Marketing Industry Whenever a market force swings in, trade show and event builders are often the first to feel it. As the layers of the foundation of the brand experience, it is their expertise, their creative vision and, ultimately, their ingenuity that can harness and stand … Read more

May 2025: The Brief, Live! News and Trends Commentary

A Monthly Editorial Video Recap: It’s The Brief, Live! Watch as Event Marketer’s Rachel Boucher, head of content; Kait Shea, senior editor and manager-digital, and Juanita Chavarro Arias, managing editor, recap and provide commentary on some of the top experiential stories, ideas, and trends of the month. Think: Nostalgia plays, stigma-busting campaigns, fourth spaces, and … Read more

ILGM Sparks up Community Connection on its Cannabis Home Grow Tour

To cement its transition from online cannabis seed shop to “full-blown consumer brand,” I Love Growing Marijuana (ILGM) rolled out a U.S. Home Grow Tour over the spring that brought together beginner- and intermediate-level cannabis home growers for hands-on lessons and curated moments of community connection. Across six cities, a blend of expert-led grow classes, … Read more

Uber Brings to Life its New Product Features at a Go-Get Exhibit of Interactivity

Uber’s fifth annual Go-Get global product event announced new features coming to the rideshare and delivery platform that had users buzzing, including shared autonomous rides, price-lock passes and budgeting tools. But the launch event was limited to an in-person audience of press and influencers, so to open up the experience and mark a milestone moment, … Read more

Armored Trucks Turn Heads and Drive Trial on PepsiCo’s Bottle Lotto Tour

Last summer, the mobile tour vehicle of choice was the school bus. This year, PepsiCo is making the case for the armored truck with its Bottle Lotto activation, hitting MLB stadiums, concerts, casinos and tourist attractions from Las Vegas to Orlando. Two armored trucks—one branded as Pepsi and the other as Mountain Dew in the … Read more

The Brief: Tanq Holidays and the Wienie 500

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Tanq Holidays, stroller valets and the Wienie 500.   HOTDOGGERS, START YOUR ENGINES: OSCAR MAYER LAUNCHES THE WIENIE 500 Leave it to Oscar Mayer to cruise into the Racing Capitol of the World with a fleet of hot … Read more

The Brief: Daisy Gardens and Backseat Dining

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Daisy Gardens, Sperm Races and the “Cadillac of Reservations.”   GOODNITES DESTIGMATIZES BEDWETTING WITH A ‘MISSION DRY’ KIDS EVENT Nighttime underwear brand Goodnites is on a quest to destigmatize bedwetting and instill kids with confidence through a multichannel … Read more

Dress Like a Rockstar: What to Wear to Trade Shows

Bundle X Joy booth staff at Natural Food Expo West. Can’t decide what your team should wear to a trade show? How about roller skates?  At Natural Food Expo West, pet food and lifestyle brand Bundle X Joy drew a crowd to its 10×10 booth where staffers were decked in on-brand pearlescent outfits, complete with … Read more

Hosting a Skincare Activation? Steal These Eight Tactics

Skincare is big business. Gen Alpha, in particular, is driving massive growth for the thriving $186 billion global skincare industry, with girls as young as eight showing interest in crafting multistep regimens and taking cues from TikTok “skinfluencers” to achieve what they view as self-care. Gen Z isn’t far behind. According to a YouGov report, … Read more

The Brief: Personalized Poetry and Designer Dogwear

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover personalized poetry, designer dogwear collabs and Sundance’s new home.   BLUE ‘SEVERANCE’ BALLOONS FLOAT AROUND LONDON LANDMARKS Apple TV+ has done it again. Just as season two of “Severance” reached fever pitch with a cliffhanger finale on March … Read more

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