NEW YORK, Today: Two entries from New Zealand won Cubes at the ADC 101st annual awards ceremony, held last night during Creative Week 2022. There were no winners from Australia this year.
Stars align for next month’s Cannes Lions
CANNES, Today: This year’s Lions Festival programme is built around six priority areas: Sustainability, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Data & Technology, Brand Creativity & Effectiveness, Talent, and Business Transformation.
Lach & Friends change the story for Rodney Wayne
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: NZ hair salon franchise Rodney Wayne and brand agency Lachlan McPherson & Friends have launched a nationwide multimedia campaign inviting New Zealanders to “feel the excitement and confidence that comes with fresh hair colour”.
Publicis Groupe makes 3 senior appointments in NZ
AUCKLAND, Today: Publicis Groupe has announced three senior appointments to Publicis Spark Foundry New Zealand – and one departure.
Chamber Music
TAURANGA, Today: Hamilton and Tauranga-based creative agency KingSt has been working with the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce to completely revamp their brand strategy and visual identity to transform the organisation into Tauranga Business Chamber.
McDonald’s closes in Russia
CHICAGO, Tuesday: The greatest institution of American capitalism, McDonald’s, will be closing all its restaurants in Russia in protest at the ongoing war in Ukraine. It has yet to be made clear if the closure will be immediate – or phased in.
Strong debut
AUCKLAND, Today: New Warner Bros. Discovery free-to-air channels Rush and Eden are proving popular with Kiwi audiences after eight weeks on air.
FCB, DDB, Colenso, Strategy, Special make D&AD shortlist (Updated)
LONDON, Today: New Zealand scored just eight entries through to the shortlist at D&AD 2022 – way behind Australia (56).
Hyper names Chris Burton as media GM
AUCKLAND, Today: Retail media owner Hyper has welcomed Chris Burton into the business as its new general manager of media. The appointment will see Burton take the reins of Hyper’s expanding retail proximity media networks as well as the sales and operations teams that support the portfolio’s growth.
Fraud schemes spike 70% in NZ & globally
AUCKLAND, Today: DoubleVerify (DV), a leading global software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, has released its 2022 Global Insights Report, analysing media quality and performance trends from more than one trillion impressions delivered across over 2100 brands in 80 markets – including New Zealand.
