On Friday 13th, M&M’s NZ began pre-haunting boxes of M&M’S in preparation for the Halloween season. Here’s the blurb from Colenso …
ASB, WiTH, Curious sign Wilderpeople’s Rachel House
Downtown Auckland shop WiTH Collective has launched an integrated data-driven campaign and brand relaunch for ASB’s credit card rewards programme, True Rewards.
Wanted: Sponsor for Banksy show
Wellington arts promoter Stewart Macpherson is seeking sponsors to help him mount an Auckland exhibition in NZ of the art of Banksy – the celebrated English street artist of uncertain identity.
Out went the Silver Strings – in came John, Paul, George & Ringo
Johnny Douglas, the broadcasting programmer who introduced state-owned radio to The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino in the late 1960s, died in Wellington last week aged 79.
Sugar and Penfolds at 10,000 metres
An enticing opportunity to taste Penfolds finest wine at 35,000 feet was the premise of Sugar & Partners’ Cellar Door Flight campaign, launched in September for long-term client partner South Australia Tourism Commission.
Agency pulls Black Friday stunt
Grey Lynn-based digital marketing agency Done by Friday has changed its name – for today only – to Done by Friday the 13th in an admirably opportunistic self-marketing strike.
Arrivals & Departures: Saatchi & Saatchi star returns as digital CD
Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand has announced the return of Kiwi Shaun O’Connor to its fold, where he started his advertising career a decade ago.
Nutty election is fertile ground for national food business
Indie Hamilton ad agency Bettle & Associates has this week launched a Vote Nuts campaign for Prolife, one of NZ’s largest privately owned food business, delivering over $200 million in sales annually through its Alison’s Pantry and Mother Earth brands.
Newspapers, TV, outdoor, digital media on menu for visiting academic
The Comms Council has set up an afternoon session for later this month with Aussie marketing commentator Mark Ritson in Auckland – “a must-see event for 2017”, the CC flyer reckons.
Arrivals & Departures: Yellow promotes sales leader
Russell Fisher has been appointed the executive chief of sales for Yellow, a key role in the company as it pivots to become New Zealand’s largest digital marketing agency for SMEs.
