CANNES, Wednesday: Seven ads from New Zealand have made the shortlist stage of the Cannes Film Lions. Saatchi & Saatchi has three, and one apiece went to DDB, Colenso BBDO, Clemenger BBDO and Special Group.
Sweet shop
AUCKLAND, Today: A new talent and content agency – an offshoot of Auckland PR agency Undertow Media – has put down its roots in Grey Lynn.
Nielsen counts the numbers
AUCKLAND, Today: Magazine readership is up strongly in Nielsen results released this morning – and a separate retail report shows Kiwis are buying more local magazines.
Is marketing moderation the new consumerism?
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: “So, as we marketers contemplate a second year of a global pandemic and beyond, do we see only trouble ahead or is this perhaps an opportunity to change the conversation?” asks DDB Aotearoa chief strategy officer Rupert Price, writing in an article just posted on the Comms Council website.
Tourist attraction
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Australasian production company Eight has signed award-winning director/DP duo Mitch Green & Louis English, who operate under the moniker Tourist. They are based in Australia, but work on both sides of the Tasman.
Chemistry wins H2O brand
AUCKLAND, Today: Westhaven indie Chemistry has been appointed by OnePure Artesian Water as its brand and outsourced marketing partner – without a pitch. There was no incumbent.
Southern Exposure
CHRISTCHURCH, Today: NZME is expanding its commercial presence in the South Island, appointing Ben Harris to lead NZME Christchurch, and promoting Matt Bowness to head NZME’s South Island agency team.
Question Time
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: ANZA and the World Federation of Advertisers are calling on the NZ marketing & advertising community to add their voices to the world’s first global diversity & inclusion census in marketing.
Blockbuster Season
AUCKLAND, Today: Val Morgan reports record audiences for the opening weekend in NZ of Fast & Furious 9, which delivered the highest numbers since Jumanji: The Next Level in December 2019.
