AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Rainger & Rolfe managing partner Ant Rainger writes: “Earlier this month, at the annual Market Research Conference, I challenged the industry to take greater ownership of their insights and play a greater role around the commercialisation of their work.

SYDNEY, Today: Independent Transtasman agency Thrive PR + Communications has announced the launch of a specialist Asian communications division.

AUCKLAND, Today: Flying Fish and the Comms Council have released details of the 2019 12th annual Battle of the Ad Bands.

AUCKLAND, Today: KPEX, the Kiwi Premium Ad Exchange consortium created in 2015 by Stuff, NZME, Mediaworks and TVNZ, is to close.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: OMD NZ managing partner Andrew Reinholds is leaving – to take up a new role outside Omnicom. The agency has yet to name a replacement.

AUCKLAND, Today: Phantom Billstickers has found yet another way to create unique environments for their posters – the latest being a full bathroom vanity for personal-care products provider Thankyou.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Parnell-based design tech studio Rush has appointed former ACP Media & Yellow Pages chief Bruce Cotterill as its new chairman.