The finalists of the 2016 Deloitte Top 200 Business Awards have been announced. The awards, which celebrate excellence in business, will be held at Vector Arena on Thursday 1 December.
Contagion focus on Epson’s easy ink
This week sees the launch of the first national Epson campaign for the new range of EcoTank printers. The campaign from Contagion is based on an insight we can all relate to – every time we’re on deadline or running late, the printer runs out of ink.
Arrivals & Departures: Carat lures digital guru back to NZ
Carat New Zealand has announced the appointment of Nick Scott to the role of group business director. Scott returns to New Zealand after 10 years in Singapore working for global marketing and performance agencies such as Havas, Neo@Ogilvy and MullenLowe Profero, where he led multiple blue chip digital accounts including IBM and Apple.
DDB creates Xmas magic for The Warehouse
The Warehouse launched its Christmas campaign yesterday; a festive continuation of the Bargain Feeling brand campaign launched earlier this year.
Special wins pitch scrap for 2degrees
Special Group has retained the 2degrees business defending its turf in a pitch against unidentified Auckland agencies.
2017 call for entries
The Asia Pacific Effie Awards has released its call for entries for next year. The 2017 competition features 42 categories plus three new specialty categories: Branded Content, Programmatic, and Seasonal Marketing.
Powershop trumps Trump
The new 15” and 30” content pieces feature toddlers saying Trump quotes. The footage abruptly pauses and a range of cheeky words replace Trump’s. The viewer is then challenged to trump Trump at the Powershop website.
Marketo scores in Satisfaction rankings
Global marketing software company Marketo has ranked #1 in G2Crowd’s latest rankings for Best Marketing Automation Software for Enterprises. Marketo earned the highest overall satisfaction and market presence scores.
Arrivals & Departures: Acquire acquires new sales director, MediaWorks taps new CFO, Spark taps agency star
Nick Paschalis has joined online display advertising technology shop Acquire Online Auckland as an agency sales director after a 5 1/2 year innings with Yahoo as head of direct sales.
Best and Worst time again
The Fair Go production team is gearing up for the annual Fair Go Ad Awards, which will screen on Monday 21 November on TVNZ 1 at 7.30pm.
