AUCKLAND, Today: Freemans Bay creative shop Chemistry and the TAB will be greeting the Ireland rugby team to the Queen City this week is a series of “cheeky” reminders how tough the games will be.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: NZME is celebrating reaching 100,000 paid digital subscriptions. Including those who receive NZ Herald Premium access as part of their print subscription, NZME now has more than 155,000 digital subscriptions.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: oOh!media, Suntory Boss Coffee and OMD are bringing a slice of Tokyo’s Shibuya business district to the streets of Auckland with a Japanese vending machine full-shelter takeover on Queen St.

AUCKLAND, Today: “While statistically there’s very little actual danger involved in sitting behind a desk, all those coffee breaks, and PowerPoint presentations can really take their toll,” writes business columnist Paul Catmur in the weekend’s Herald On Sunday.

AUCKLAND, Today: A power outage in Auckland led to a lengthy delay in posting yesterday’s M+AD Daily newsletter. 

AUCKLAND, Today: “Be very, very careful,” writes Daniel Street in online news outlet BueinessDesk. “Greenwashing – or falsely saying your products meet environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards – is under the microscope right now.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ yoghurt brand The Collective has teamed up with Special New Zealand on a new campaign that talks about itself “the way their customers do”.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: The dynamic and contextual nature of digital out of home is a significant contributing factor to the continued growth of the medium, according to the Out of Home Media Association of Aotearoa.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: FCB has created a new PAK’nSAVE campaign, featuring Stickman and his “real-world” pals.