Consumers feeling stalked, annoyed and misunderstood are among the potential pitfalls of marketing in a connected world, new research has revealed. Kantar TNS’ Connected Life survey, released in New Zealand this week, reveals a number of global and NZ trends and insights around marketing in a connected world.

NZ Herald business journalists have paid moving tributes to their colleague Christopher Adams, 34, who died on holiday in Cambodia this week.

SYDNEY – Global performance marketing platform AdRoll has unveiled SendRoll, a new product that seamlessly extends the power of retargeting to a new channel. SendRoll delivers personalised emails that are triggered by browsing behaviour on a website.

NZME may buy Adshel’s local business for $A156 million (NZ$167m) after former parent APN News & Media’s buy-out of the outdoor advertising business triggered an option for the local media group to buy the assets on the same terms, according to a report in NBR online.

Radio Sport has unveiled its new on-air lineup for 2017, featuring a revamped breakfast show and one new face – with many established Radio Sport personalities taking on new responsibilities.

TVNZ’s in-house production arm Blacksand has picked up 10 golds plus two silvers at the 2016 ANZ Promax Awards (which celebrate promotional marketing) in Sydney. Sky TV won two golds and two silvers, but MediaWorks came away empty-handed.

A Singapore-based New Zealand entrepreneur, who cracked a business model that fast-tracks the growth of small to medium businesses and enables them to go global, is coming to Auckland to acquaint small-to-medium businesses with his unique platform.