Monthly Archives: December, 2014

Opinion
Year in Review: Tracey Fox, NZME
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In keeping with an ongoing tradition, a few industry players gave us their take on the year for our annual opinion harvest. Here’s what Tracey Fox, who moved from group general manager of marketing at The Radio Network to executive creative director at NZME, thought about 2014.

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Year in Review: Marnie Jane Samphier, Holden
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In keeping with an ongoing tradition, a few industry players gave us their take on the year for our annual opinion harvest. Here’s what Marnie Jane Samphier, the general manager of marketing at Holden New Zealand, thought about 2014.

Opinion
Year in Review: Bryan Crawford, FCB
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In keeping with an ongoing tradition, a few industry players gave us their take on the year for our annual opinion harvest. Here’s what Bryan Crawford, chairman and group chief executive of FCB New Zealand and Australia and vice chair of FCB’s global network, thought about 2014.

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Year in Review: Steve Kane, Y&R
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In keeping with an ongoing tradition, a few industry players gave us their take on the year for our annual opinion harvest. Here’s what Steve Kane, managing director of Y&R NZ, thought about 2014.

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Year in Review: Melanie Reece, Pandora
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In keeping with an ongoing tradition, a few industry players gave us their take on the year for our annual opinion harvest. Here’s what Melanie Reece, the commercial director at Pandora, thought about 2014. ​

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Year in Review: Kate Thomas, Spark
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In keeping with an ongoing tradition, a few industry players gave us their take on the year for our annual opinion harvest. Here’s what Kate Thomas, who moved from strategy director of Dynamo to head of communications at Spark, thought about 2014. ​

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Year in Review: Jack Tame
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In keeping with an ongoing tradition, a few industry players gave us their take on the year for our annual opinion harvest. Here’s what Jack Tame, host of The Jack Tame Show on Newstalk ZB on Saturdays, TVNZ’s US correspondent and Herald on Sunday columnist, thought about 2014. ​

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Sparktazzle: a modern take on Christmas
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It’s no secret that Christmas has turned into a massive marketing success story that pushes product sales over the holiday period every year. But, if Christmas was conceptualised by a modern advertising agency, would it still look and feel the way it does today?

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The last post: blips vs. curves
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If you believe the headlines, humanity is going to hell in a handcart. Over-population, climate change, ISIS, Ebola, race riots … the list goes on. But for all the negativity seen in the news, the data tends to tell a different story over the long term. This also applies to marketing. And, as the annual period of reflection arrives and StopPress heads off on holiday, that’s worth remembering.

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It’s the song that counts
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It’s not unusual to see tears around Christmas, whether it’s due to a flying elbow from a competitive shopper at the mall, bad presents that just don’t hit the mark or drunken family sparring around the table. And Apple is embracing this potentially tearful time with a heart-string tugger of an ad via TBWA/Media Arts Lab and Park Pictures’ Lance Acord that shows a granddaughter sprucing up an old love song with the help of Apple technology as a gift for her grandmother.

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