The article is co-written by Jamey Wagner, Executive Creative Director, and Will Kladakis, Account Leader for Interbrand Cincinnati

Louisville Slugger® is the most recognized brand in baseball. Over 60 percent of Major League Baseball (MLB) players swing a Slugger, including Derek Jeter, Josh Hamilton and Evan Longoria in the American League and Buster Posey, Joey Votto and David Wright in the National League.

Following the advent of Strongbow’s digitally-enabled bottle top StartCap, based on an RFID technology, and Heineken’s Ignite battery-powered bottle that responds to light and motion, another globally recognized beer brand Beck’s has created a not-for-sale prototype of a music bottle that can be played on a specially-built device based on Thomas Edison’s original phonograph.

As the 60th Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity has entered its second day after the opening this Sunday, June 16th,  the shortlists in five more categories (Creative Effectiveness, Media, Mobile, Outdoor, PR and Press) have been revealed today, following the announcement of the shortlisted finalists in the Direct, Innovation and Promo & Activation categories. The first winners are to be named tomorrow, on Tuesday, June 18th.