AUCKLAND, Today: DDB – with 28 finalists – leads the 2019 Effie Awards shortlist released overnight by the Comms Council.
Clemenger Group shoots Trade Me brand campaign
AUCKLAND, Today: Clemenger Group has launched a new brand campaign for Trade Me have launched a new brand campaign, celebrating the “weird and wonderful listings on their iconic platform”.
Big generates new brand campaign for Barfoot & Thompson
AUCKLAND, Today: Hot on the heels of unveiling their new visual identity (in M+AD yesterday), Big Comms has launched a new Barfoot & Thompson outdoor-led brand campaign.
Audience metrics without smoke and mirrors
AUCKLAND, Today: Digital outdoor company Lumo has released its inaugural Real-Time Traffic Insights report, setting (the company says) a new benchmark for out-of-home audience reporting.
Global adspend hits US$25.7bn
LONDON, Today: TV still attracts over two-thirds of global advertising investment within the soft drinks sector, while a similar share is seen in the food category, according to a new report from ad site Warc.
Cheap – and cheerful
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: with a little help from Impact PR, large NZ car retailer 2 Cheap Cars has launched a new tvc – shot on an iPhone – and sales campaign.
True, Carat, ASB give the ABs a twist on Excite panels
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Creative shop True and media agency Carat are bringing back th ASB’s Clever Kash campaign across oOh!media’s fully interactive and measurable Excite panels – this time with an All Blacks twist in time for the Rugby World Cup.
Big’s big Barfoot & Thompson refresh
AUCKLAND, Today: Big Communications, with Simon Byers Design, has unveiled the biggest overhaul of the Barfoot & Thompson visual identity in over 40 years.
Colenso, DDB, PHD, FCB, VMLY&R and Saatchi add Silver & Bronze
SINGAPORE, Today: M+AD has done the deep dive into the arcane Spikes files to come up with a list of New Zealand’s minor prizewinners at the Spikes.
Cool NZ photo takes out Sydney prize
SYDNEY, Monday: Coromandel-based producer/cinematographer James Muir took out the Grand Prize at the ANZ Sony Alpha Photography Awards – against 4000 entries – with a powerful image titled Fresh Ice, Liquid Salt.
