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Nissan Canada recently activated its Grey Cup Festival sponsorship with an interactive game show. The festival held November 22-25 is the culminating point of the Canadian Football League season and included a Nissan Rogue Tailgate Party concerts interactive displays special events and galas as well as the Grey Cup game itself.

Software company SAP connected with potential customers at this year’s National Retail Federation show by leveraging its own current relationships.

One example: SAP customer Harrods hosted a session showing how the retailer uses a single platform from SAP to increase operational efficiency.

“In many ways we find that people are much more receptive when it is someone that is not part of SAP that talks about us ” Andy Williams director-marketing retail for SAP told Buzz. “And that has really led to us using our customers to help us tell our story.”

To promote its title sponsorship of this month's USA Sevens North America's largest rugby tournament New Zealand's Steinlager beer launched the Crack One Open campaign an effort that plays off of the game’s rough reputation with x-ray images of broken bones.

UnitedHealthcare has signed on as title sponsor of the 2008 Nautica NYC Triathlon’s two-day expo which will be held July 18-19. The healthcare provider also has renewed its title sponsorship of the 2008 Nation’s Triathlon sports and fitness expo which will take place Sept. 12-13 in Washington DC.

Triathlon involvement makes sense for the company for a number of reasons Krishnan Sridharan regional director-strategic marketing UnitedHealthcare Northeast and Mid-Atlantic told Buzz. One reason: It helps bring the brand’s tagline—Healing health care. Together—to life.