The Brief: Cat-lectibles and Cheesy Third Spaces

Five Things to Know This Week This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover custom Cat-lectibles, nostalgic food courts and Kitchen Witch trends. Etsy Plants a Creative Village at the Daisy Chain Fields Festival Oliva Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields music festival has been (flower) crowned a blooming success. And that paints a … Read more

Rolling Coverage: How Brands are Acing Experiential at the US Open

Tracking activations on-site, and around New York City A record 22-day US Open tournament is underway in Queens, NY, featuring the most comprehensive event schedule and most competition days in the event’s nearly 150-year history. And that spells out ample room for brand engagement. Sponsors have flooded the 2026 tournament, Aug. 23 to Sept. 13, … Read more

A Fresh Spin: 5 Ways to Use Laundromats as Event Venues

Doing laundry isn’t anyone’s idea of a good time, but it’s a relatable task that has the attention of marketers aiming to deliver experiences that feel both familiar and unexpected. Enter: the laundromat as an event venue. Brands are taking over the intimate and instantly recognizable environments to host surprise-and-delight-fueled activations that offer a fresh … Read more

Tabby Trucks and Tunnel Walks: WNBA All-Star 2026 Brand Activations

Aveeno, Coach, Kia and more get in on the rising WNBA hype With the WNBA continuing to hit record viewership and attendance numbers, the league’s 30th season celebration couldn’t have come at a better time, and All-Star Weekend in Chicago continued to build on that momentum. The game on July 25 at the United Center … Read more

Comic-Con 2026, Part 1: How 10 Brands Activated in San Diego

Fans encounter training facilities, auction houses, quests and carnivals As far as pop culture events go, San Diego Comic-Con is Mecca. In the beginning, fans flocked to the annual convention to explore their favorite media through exclusive panel content at the convention center. These days, they attend for the first-rate brand experiences that take place … Read more

The Brief: Boot Rooms and Beer Windows

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover the Febreze Boot Room Tour, folding pubs and Peroni Portals. SPORTS PLAYERS SMELL BAD. FEBREZE HAS A TOUR FOR THAT. As the Official Odor Fighter of Major League Soccer, Febreze clearly has no problem being real about the … Read more

The Brief: Margarita Caves and Dragon Solstices

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover a margarita salt cave, museum spectacles and Dragon Solstices.   CAYMAN JACK ANSWERS BACK-TO-OFFICE MANDATES WITH A MARGARITA SALT CAVE While (evil) corporations are forcing employees back into the office in large numbers, ready-to-drink cocktail brand Cayman Jack … Read more

The Brief: Cave Raves and Bowl Heads

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover cave raves, salty stunts and nostalgic Bowl Heads.   MINUTE RICE DISHES OUT BOWL CUTS AND A HELPING OF NOSTALGIA Millennials will recall that the hairdo of our youth was unequivocally the bowl cut. From the classrooms filled … Read more

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