Technology

Macy’s on June 8 activated a Sizzle Showdown at its Lenox Square store in Atlanta where six finalists in a national search competed to become the “Greatest Grilling Guru.”

CDW’s Technoliner tour is on a mission to bring its technology story to customers. The experience is housed in what CDW calls “the ultimate technology vehicle,” a 48-foot, red Technoliner bus loaded with technology configured by the company’s architects and engineers to be used as an interactive demonstration of CDW’s technical solutions and capabilities.

Nabisco as title sponsor of One Direction’s North American tour is bringing teen consumers closer than they “ever imagined” to the British pop boy band with live and digital experiences tied to its portfolio of cracker, cookie and gum brands. The 35-market tour kicked off June 13 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and is heading to cities across the United States and in Canada.

In a TED talk entitled “The technology of storytelling,” celebrated multimedia storyteller Joe Sabia said, “The art of storytelling has remained unchanged… but the way in which humans tell the stories has always evolved, with pure consistent novelty.” Storytelling, and especially the way brands use stories to create a compelling narrative around their products, is making just such an evolution.

It’s springtime in Austin and that means the South by Southwest Interactive, Film and Music Festival is playing host to the hip, high-tech and influential. Your friends at EM were on the scene, and we’re giving you a little taste of some of the brand activations we loved.