The winners of this year’s CAANZ Battle of the Ad Bands charity auction, Yahoo NZ, enjoyed a sumptuous 11-course meal created personally by Simon Gault at Euro Bar & Restaurant on Auckland’s Princes Wharf last week.
My Food Bag taps Saatchi sage
Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide executive chairman Kevin Roberts has been appointed chairman of fast-growing home delivery service My Food Bag, co-founded by Theresa Gattung.
Kiwi tech start-up to crowdfund expansion
A growing Kiwi tech startup aims to raise $500,000 through equity crowdfunding to continue to grow its social marketplace app, which is based on a geo-advertising business model.
Life of Brian – FCB promotes van den Hurk
FCB has announced that Bryan Crawford, chairman and ceo of FCB NZ, will split his current responsibilities and will hand over the ceo title to FCB’s current managing director Brian van den Hurk.
Lily & Louis signs 1Above, Lydia Ko, Kryolan
Freemans Bay-based PR shop Lily & Louis has welcomed several new clients to growing portfolio.
FCB moves closer to Holden
FCB is thought to have won a chunk of the Holden NZ advertising business. Stoppress was unable to contact Marnie Jane Samphier, the general manager of marketing at Holden New Zealand, and Ogilvy’s Paul Manning for comment.
Fresh milk on Colenso menu
Colenso and Anchor have launched part 2 of Must Be Milk, the campaign that started last year to counter declining milk consumption.
Arrivals & Departures
Ambba Kuthiala Joins Creative Crowdsourcing Platform eYeka: Former Publicis Singapore GM Ambba Kuthiala is to join global crowdsourcing creative agency eYeka as managing director for Asia Pacific. eYeka set up an office in Auckland last month under the helmsmanship of The Dept.’s Trevor Moodie, but Kuthiala will continue to be based in Singapore.
Newmarket targets vibrant bricks-and-mortar experience – plus burgeoning online channels
Newmarket Business Association ceo Mark Knoff-Thomas tells M+AD how the smart shopping precinct survived the GFC, how innovative marketing is keeping it in prime position, and its future in a digital shopping age.
New roles + digital makeover for Viva
From today, a new and purpose-built www.viva.co.nz that NZME says will deliver the best in fashion, beauty, food, culture, dining out and design, every day. Viva managing editor Amanda Linnell says ramping up Viva’s offering from weekly to daily with a new standalone site is an exciting and natural evolution from the success over the last seven years of her […]
