Colenso BBDO, seemingly unstoppable in the 2017 global awards challenges, won the Grand Effie and a swag of Golds for the DB Brewtroleum campaign at the APAC Effie Awards held over the weekend in Singapore.

Sydney-based social media platform Gather Online grew its user base faster than Snapchat and has now reached 96% of its equity crowd funding campaign via Seedrs and NZ based Equitise, said marketing director Danielle Olivier during a visit to Gather’s Auckland office.

Sydney-based mobile engagement company Big Mobile has forged a partnership with New York-based global location-based marketing technology company xAd Inc to bring xAd’s cutting-edge, location technology to Australia and New Zealand.

Company directors Rob Campbell and Tracey Jones are accusing the media – especially National Business Review and the NZ Herald – of hindering gender diversity, reports the NBR pay site.

AGM Publishing’s $8.5k Interior Awards has opened for entries, but the lead-in is getting short – the deadline for entry is Wednesday 3 May.

Sydney-based APAC engagement marketing software provider Marketo – an active participant in the NZ market – has acquired ToutApp, a leading sales engagement software company based in San Francisco.

Auckland PR exponents Undertow Media have chosen legal secretary Tamsin Gorman as the winner of its Choice Hotels NZ TravelGrammer 2017 Instagram comp – picking up a social media exploration trip for two to Australia.

M+AD undersold Republik’s performance at the Spikes Asia Tangrams Effectiveness Awards yesterday (through no fault of our own, we hasten to add).