AUCKLAND, Today: DDB CCO Damon Stapleton loves the risky business of taking risks. And in a thought-provoking piece in yesterday’s Herald on Sunday, he wrote: “The individual artist is the biggest risk factor of all.”

Face 2 Face podcast takes a look at how three iconic Kiwi companies changed brand perceptions. In the second installment, hear how retail giant The Warehouse Group bounced back from the brink by restoring value to its brand.

AUCKLAND, Today: Integrated creative agency Crave Global has created a summer brand awareness drive for Bombay Sapphire that encourages consumers to explore their inner creativity.

CAPETOWN, Today: South African Tourism is inviting media and advertising agencies to submit proposals in a bid to be appointed as a preferred service provider, to render media and advertising management services within Australia and New Zealand.

SYDNEY, Today: To celebrate its 125th birthday and the enduring power of cinema, Val Morgan has unveiled its new cinema ident in alignment with its brand positioning, ‘Making Messages Memorable’. 

AUCKLAND, Today: Altis Consulting holds its Data4Good Conference on Princes Wharf next week, with unethical data use – and what to do about it – high on the agenda.

AUCKLAND, Today: Phantom Billstickers has awarded Republik Comms with a gratis $5000 street poster campaign – reward for the feedback the agency provided over the upcoming Melanoma NZ campaign.

BOSTON, Thursday: Reebok – represented in NZ by Drum Auckland – is to unify under one brand logo and wordmark, leveraging its most recognisable assets – the Vector logo and ‘drop-R’ wordmark.

AUCKLAND, Today: The NZ Herald reporter Claire Trevett – whose work has previously been questioned by M+AD – did another slack job in her backgrounder this morning on new National Party wannabe Christopher (“call me Chris”) Luxon.