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Steinlager’s All Blacks ad shows it’s tough at the top—UPDATED
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All Blacks sponsors have a long history of piecing together some game-day footage, showing a few big hits, adding a bit of emotive language to illustrate the mana of the black jersey and trying to give Kiwis a few goosebumps. Adidas did it to pretty good effect during the Rugby World Cup. And, with the game against the French kicking off on Saturday, Steinlager, which has sponsored the All Blacks for 27 years, has done it as well with a dubstep-backed ode to one of the most successful teams in world sport.

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‘Reach around for a deeper clean’
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The Dollar Shave Club guy, otherwise known as Michael Dubin, earned legions of fans for his very entertaining launch video. And he’s back with no.2—and an array of no. 2 puns—to promote the arrival of his next product: butt wipes for men.

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Share the happiness with new Coke cans
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Coca-Cola’s branding for the past few years has been all about “sharing the happiness” (as opposed to sharing its secret ingredients). Taking that point to the next level is a new can design from Ogilvy which twists to reveal two small cans – perfect for sharing with friends or other Coke addicts.

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Auckland Uni named king of the fundraisers at FINZ awards
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Raising money for charities and not-for-profits is a much more difficult job than it used to be, given the number of competing organisations and the economic strain of recent years. But there were plenty of impressive efforts showcased at the Fundraising Excellence awards in Wellington earlier this month.

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If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
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There’s a lot of talk these days about modern marketing and advertising offering consumers utility. And that’s mostly what it is: talk. But to promote its range of sun products in Brazil, Nivea has walked that talk with a handy print ad that, with the help of a small solar panel, can charge your phone.

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I, robot
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Robot voice will never get old (especially if it involves getting a machine to say naughty words). And it’s also one way to avoid exorbitant talent fees. So, to launch its $1 options in the US, Taco Bell and Deustche employed the cheapest voice artist it could find.

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From the frying pan into the kettle
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JC Penney was recently named as one of ten US brands that might not be with us by next year. It’s certainly had a rough time of late and, to its credit, it came out an apologised in a new ad. But sometimes you just can’t win, and now it’s getting a pasting for a billboard featuring a kettle designed by Michael Graves that looks a little bit like Hitler.

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Dole chucks Ethical Choice label in the bin as Oxfam report slams its practices
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There’s been plenty of action in the produce section recently, with All Good taking a pot shot at the corporate banana with a recent campaign and Oxfam—and the Commerce Commission—questioning Dole’s use of the ‘Ethical Choice’ label. And it all came to a head yesterday after Oxfam released a report showing Dole’s apparently dubious labour and environmental practices in the Philippines.

Movings & Shakings
Movings|Shakings: 29 May
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Jon Ramage back in the game, DDB goes digital, Thick as Thieves hauls Oates, Super Liquor man moves up the chain, CAANZ believes the children are our future, and Pack & Co adds another impressive establishment to its portfolio.

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Edmund vs. Edmond
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As they always say, those in typo-ridden online glasshouses shouldn’t throw stones, but we couldn’t help but point out a little faux pas by our national carrier, which is using the 60th anniversary of the ascent of Mt Everest to promote $5 domestic fares on Grabaseat. Pity it—and nzherald.co.nz—spelled Sir Ed’s name wrong.

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Political fizz
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The cynics say that Coca-Cola has harvested happiness as a marketing concept over the years in an effort to avoid dealing with the unhappiness sugary drinks can bring through obesity (this was brilliantly skewered by ‘The Real Beers’ video). But ever since the famous multi-cultural ‘I’d like to buy the world a Coke’ ad, Coca-Cola has claimed that it uses its global reach to try and bring people together. And it’s tried to do just that on the sub-continent with a three-minute clip by Leo Burnett that links up Pakistanis and Indians through a pair of connected vending machines.

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Awards close – late entrants welcomed
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As they say in the embalming business: you’re never too late. So it is with the TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards. The official entry date has closed but there’s still time to get your entries in. With a stellar line up of judges and 23 fancy trophies to win, there’s every reason to get your story of marketing success in.

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Mobile music
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How do you promote the launch of ‘Europe’s first fully-digital mobile bank’? You connect 227 mobile devices together and get a 60-strong orchestra to play a digital version of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen.

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The Axis Awards points table
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The Cannes Lions are looming and, as Colenso BBDO’s managing director Nick Garrett said in a recent interview about the refreshed Axis Awards, “something has a better chance at the end of a 12 month cycle if it’s had exposure and has started to do well at international awards”. So can we predict how the Kiwi agencies might do at the world’s most prestigious industry awards? Here’s a league table from the Axis Awards based on the same points system used by Cannes (and CAANZ), with one point for a finalist, three points for bronze, five points for silver, seven points for gold and ten points for grand prix.

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All talk
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We’ve seen Samsung take the fight to Apple. Now Microsoft is squaring up against the dominant tech force with an ad for its new Surface that uses a Siri-like voice to point out what the more expensive iPad doesn’t do.

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MIT confronts a few mid-year myths with new Samoan spokesduo
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The Manukau Institute of Technology and bcg2 took the animated approach in its last campaign. And it’s gone to the other end of the ad spectrum this time with a campaign starring Samoan media personalities Sela Alo and Pua Magasiva that confronts the misunderstandings many prospective students can have about studying in an effort to boost mid-year enrolments​.

Movings & Shakings
Movings/Shakings: 24 May
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A digital duo for Colenso BBDO, Fleur Herscott farewells The Radio Bureau, Steve Saussey and Yolande Dewey embark on a new (ad)venture, Goodfolk grows by two, a change at CAANZ, Media Design school gloats, Mi9 welcomes three more new humans, Darryl Edradan joins The Orange Group, PPR gets moving with Zumba and Ad2One adds a few more strings to its bow.

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Fly away, Falcon
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Ahhh, the Falcon, that most graceful of winged creatures, and that most boganic of wheeled machines. Following news that Ford was ceasing manufacture in Australia, the 56-year-old model—one of the longest running nameplates in automotive history—will be no more come 2016. So in honour of the beast, here’s a collection of classic Falcon ads from the region that have run over the years, including the classic 1989 campaign that reportedly saw requests to drive the new ‘Ford Lately’ go through the roof.

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