AUCKLAND, Today: Grey-Lynn-based shopper marketing agency Raydar has launched its latest campaign for Frucor Suntory V, called Twisted Tropics Pineapple Crush.
NZ PR Awards entries close Monday

AUCKLAND, Today: “PR peeps – cancel your plan for the weekend,” says Alice Hsueh, comms advisor for Monday’s PRINZ Awards.
First Five Rungs launches in the Capital
WELLINGTON, Today: The Commercial Communications Council has launched a Wellington extension of First Five Rungs (FFR) support group for millennials – and announced its first event (titled Your First Five Years).
Colenso/Assembly decry NZ’s high online abuse record
AUCKLAND, Today: Colenso BBDO and film company Assembly have created an Amnesty International ‘audio badge’ – The Sound of Unity – for today’s International Women’s Day.
DAN APAC restructures
SINGAPORE, Thursday: With a view to simplifying its business and giving its leaders a greater degree of autonomy, Dentsu Aegis Network has put in place a new structure for the Asia-Pacific region, reducing the number of regional clusters from five to three.
Louise Bond fronts up for women
SINGAPORE, Today: To celebrate International Women’s Day, Campaign Asia-Pacific has asked four of last year’s winners of its Women Leading Change Awards – including PHD NZ chairperson Louise Bond – how they felt the gender diversity agenda had moved on.
Major brands avoid Trump – even as he promotes them

WASHINGTON, Today: In a scene likely worth millions of dollars in free advertising, President Donald Trump displayed a spread of burgers from some of the country’s biggest fast-food chains inside the State Dining Room of the White House yesterday as hungry football players looked on.
Saatchi+8+ceos put the boot into unconscious bias
Special Group ranked #3 most effective indie in the World

LONDON, Last night: Special Group has been named the third Most Effective Independent Agency in the World, as the Warc Effctive 100 survey continue to filter through from the UK.
Out-of-home revenue up
AUCKLAND, Today: A challenging 2018 media market has not been able to halt the New Zealand outdoor sector’s continuing revenue growth.