King St Hamilton has been appointed as media agency by Beaurepaires after a credentials pitch in December. The account was previously held by Dynamo, Auckland.

Auckland agency Mr Smith has sold the company to global network Havas, with founding partners John O’Leary & Ben Handy staying on to head the new shop – now known as Havas NZ.

Award-winning Sydney creative collective The Glue Society is expanding to New Zealand, setting up in Wellington with Pete Baker at the helm.

South Korea’s creative awards comp Ad Stars – billed as the biggest in Asia – has issued its entry call to agencies, creatives, production companies and students. The call came in the same week as the London International Awards issued theirs.

Colenso BBDO is playing its cards close to its chest as rumours swirl that star creative Levi Slavin is about to return to the agency in a senior role.

Auckland digital agency Us&Co has closed after five years in business, with founders James Polhill and Jose Alomajan mutually parting ways.

The benefits of online qualitative research are misunderstood and under-used by market researchers and their clients compared with traditional face-to-face focus groups say two leading qualitative researchers.

Grey Lynn-based full-service programmatic agency Acquire Online has launched its newly revamped website, saying it offers quick and easy access to essential information on their programmatic tool suite.

Y&R has given the menus at Auckland fine-dining restaurant Clooney a new look to celebrate the arrival of new executive chef, Jacob Kear, and better reflect his culinary style. 

By Shout! Web Strategy Melbourne ceo Michael Jenkins: Late last year Facebook launched Workplace a new enterprise version of the popular social networking site.