Over 1000 Dentsu Aegis Network Australia & NZ staff will today come together to support causes and charities within their local communities.

Just in from CAANZ: “Stop in the name of love and cast your mind back to a time before lipsync was a Fallon skit, before video cameras were digital, and before you were too self-aware to realise that setting up your parents’ camcorder in the lounge and dancing around to the Spice Girls would be something you’d never ever ever ever live down.”

Sydney-based Scott Mirabello, the principal mobile consultant at Oracle Marketing Cloud, spoke in Auckland recently about the fast-growing mobile-centric world of consumer behaviour. His focus was the value of a well-designed app.

The New York-based 2016 Global Awards – which reward worldwide healthcare and wellness advertising – has issued its call for entries.

A rave Jesse Mulligan review for the Lucky Lucky Dumplings restaurant in K Rd gives the pop-up establishment (in the old Las Vegas strip club) 8.5 out of 10 stars. In his review, Mulligan informs us that it’s owned by “an upmarket ad agency”.

MediaWorks has revealed a sharp drop in underlying earnings amid challenging market conditions and says it may seek further support from private equity owner Oaktree to fund growth opportunities, according to a report in NBR today.

SINGAPORE – NZ agencies have won two Golds, a Silver, and four Bronzes at the 2016 Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy (AMES) Awards, held last night at the Grand Hyatt Singapore.

Adshel has this week launched a new trade campaign that encourages brands and advertisers to stand out and ‘shine bright(er)’ during the winter months when less sunlight would usually disadvantage the visibility of out-of-home advertising assets.