In a move that seems a little counter-intuitive for an organisation established to champion local business, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) has awarded the redesign of its website to Australian agency DT, after putting out a tender for the business.
Put German supermarket chain Edeka’s latest Christmas TVC on mute and you would think it was like any other, but a clever voice over from mother and father figures creates a new opinion on Christmas.
The slapstick sequel to Taylor Swift’s popular Apple Music advert relies on another Hollywood heavy weight.
It’s been over a year since ASB and Saatchi & Saatchi introduced ‘Clever Kash’ but only last month did the digital money box become available to customers. So what’s taken so long? We talk to ASB general manager marketing Shane Evans and Saatchi & Saatchi executive director Corey Chalmers about how developing a product like ‘Clever Kash’ takes time.
In 2015, Shine and Hyundai earned the ignominy of winning New Zealand’s worst ad of the year, with a spot widely condemned for being too overbearing. But the brand and the agency have bounced back this year, claiming Fair Go’s Ad of the Year Award—and, quite remarkably, they’ve done it with virtually the same ad so widely abhorred last year. So how does an ad go from being the worst to the best in the course of year?
Paul Henry, the man who gave his advice on “titties” during a controversial interview with Canvas magazine has just released a wine with Invivo to huge success.
FCB hosted its monthly School House session last week to discuss the possibilities for Virtual Reality (VR) for marketers beyond just gaming and entertainment. To interrogate the topic it invited, CEO of Imersia Dr Roy Davies, co-chair of IGDA Virtual Jamie Telford, VR producer at Conical Alejandro Davila and managing director of Pik Pok Mario Wynands, to be part of a panel hosted by FCB digital strategy director Dan West.
Pengiun Random House hopes to take the stress out of gift giving this Christmas, with a ‘Gift that comes alive’ campaign via its in house team.
Mobile and broadband service provider 2degrees has taken a page out of the Pokemon Go playbook for its Christmas campaign this year. The company has created an augmented reality game that enables mobile users to collect data bundles dropped throughout the country.
Tuataras may be the masters of camouflage in New New Zealand’s wild but for Tuatara Brewery, making itself known on the crowded craft beer shelf is the aim of its new labels and names.
ASB and Saatich & Saatchi have taken a trip back in time to explore how pop culture has changed over the years and show how the ‘man bun’ and horizontal credit cards have had their time. PLUS: Clever Kash reaches Kiwi hands
The rules that previously shaped the industry have been torn apart by digital disruption. So TRA managing director Andrew Lewis looks to rewrite the playbook.
Bauer, a company long accused of clinging to its print legacy, has gone a long way to shaking off that tag over the past few years with the launch of its digital hubs strategy. And it has been in serious launch mode over the over the last few months with the release of new brands Nadia and Paperboy. Now the publisher has rounded out is offer and unveiled a new online current affairs content site, dubbed Noted, that features content from its Listener, North & South, Metro and Paperboy brands (as well as a couple of other external partners). And journalists (and readers) lamenting the ongoing quest for the low hanging fruit are sure to like what it stands for.
Branching out of his work in the office, Colenso BBDO senior creative Freddie Coltart is channeling his inner artisan with his two brothers to bring the Swedish outdoor game Kubb to New Zealand. We chat to him about how Kubb Brothers came to be and how his agency experience has helped him build his own brand.
Tired of coming up with ideas for new TVCs? A Canadian creative agency as filmed an ad for every product, just insert the brand in and it’s ready to air.
Being the best is a marketing paradox. Why bother with claiming your product is the greatest when you can create a much more unique position? Carlsberg and TBWA have done just that with a new campaign that tempts beer drinkers with the possibility of the best.
Industry happenings at Sparcmedia, Spark PR & Activate, JWT New Zealand, Omnicom Media Group, PwC, The Instillery and Aquire Online.
API, the parent of Health Basics and other recognisable brands, took a gamble and launched a new beauty brand to prove the capability of local manufacturers and take on the big guys.
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things, inspiring things and other things from inside the intertubes.
In the wake of last week’s commercial radio celebrations, Radio New Zealand has something to cheer about following the release of its survey results by GfK. RNZ National has maintained its spot at number two for audience reach against its commercial competitors and saw growth where other news stations saw a drop.
Receptive.tv director Sam Aldred takes a look at the rise of global entities to find the battle between Sky TV and Fairfax, NZME and TVNZ is the wrong one.
‘Just do it’, it’s ‘Sure to rise’ and ‘Finger lickin’ good’. Read over these slogans and you immediately know the brands behind them. Slogans, in any context, can immediately trigger brand recognition and all a company stands for—something ASB recently confirmed when changing its slogan back to ‘One step ahead’. We take a look at the decision and why the once retired idea still works today.
Vice Media’s sales and marketing director Jamie Brewer says his team has an internal mantra that they try to apply regardless of what type of content they’re producing. “We always tell each other, ‘don’t be shitty,’” he says. And recently he’s put this mantra to the test in a three-part documentary series for Tokyo Dry.
PlayStation is breaking down the stereotype that gamers are slothful, motivation lacking humans in a new ‘Greatness Awaits’ campaign featuring a two minute epic brand film, The King.
99 is celebrating the win of New Zealand’s largest listed property company, Kiwi Property.
SodaStream teaches consumers how to not piss off Mother Earth in a clever Game of Thrones Parody.
A new generation of shoppers is driving demand for brands to make a positive social impact, and speakers at the PwC Herald Talk on Conscious Business say it’s about building value through values.
Earlier this year, Cigna acquired the GrownUps website, opening the door to new insights and a greater understanding of the 50-plus market. And while it’s still early days, Cigna chief executive Lance Walker says marketers across the industry should be following suit and taking the time to better understand this important market.
TRA managing director Andrew Lewis thinks we would have seen Donald Trump’s victory coming if we listened to social media. But how? Zavy is raising funds to create a tool with all the answers.
Eight months into his new role, 2degrees’ chief marketing officer Roy Ong has already launched a campaign, finalised a pitch and reorganised his team. He sets aside a few minutes to chat about his plans for the business.