The Paper Plus Group has announced a nationwide investment and refurbishment plan to the tune of $22 million over the next two years. That’s a daily spend of more than $30,000 until December 2011.
All of the company’s 106 stores will be renovated, plus another 20 or …
Got young kids? Chances are you probably browsed one of these websites last week, the most visited sites according to Nielsen. Or perhaps not. Please tell us your recommended sites in the kids and family category.
The top five sites are all packed with advice, child development info, directories and …
Orthopedic gumboots, an elastic chair, a restaurant up a tree, a sheep drencher inspired by a beer bottle, the world’s safest trampoline and a coat stand shaped like a twig were among some of the most colourful high profile winners at the national 2009 BeST Design Awards.
Organised by …
How are US retailers approaching this year’s Christmas season, as consumer spending continues to decline? Holding back stock, broadening or simplifying inventory and lunchtime sales are some of the ways to keep customers engaged.
Read all about it. Consumer-Counsel-The-New-Shopper-19-Oct-09
Just three weeks after launching in New Zealand, iProspect has won the MySpace account.
The business was won without a competitive pitch and will involve search and digital strategy with iProspect and planning and buying through iProspect’s sister agency, Carat.
MySpace was looking for a like-minded progressive digital media …
If you’ve got a product for facilitating customer relationship management that gets results, the big hurdle is to get global distribution. ActionStep, a leading New Zealand Software as a Service (SaaS) provider, has signed an agreement with UK-based Deskforce to deliver ActionStep’s CRM+ hosted solution to its 20 …
She knows a heck of a lot about newspapers and radio, now recently retired Joan Withers is stepping into the director’s boardroom at TVNZ. She replaces Phillip Melchior whose term recently expired.
Withers was chief executive of Fairfax Media from 2005 to June this year, when she retired from …
New Zealand’s largest search marketing agency, First Rate, has announced some new appointments and promotions. With offices in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne, it is the fastest growing online direct response agency in Australasia.
Former chief operating officer Kevin Francis has been promoted to chief executive officer. His opinion piece …
The questions that matter posed by The Media Counsel this week: Why are ‘Alpha Daughters’ key contacts for healthcare services? Which regional paper goes 3D this week?
Starburst, snowflake, asterisk, abstract wires? Your guess is as good as ours in describing Telecom’s new logo, designed by Designworks.
“What we are saying here to people is that this is all about you. It is literally whatever you want it to be. This is about self-expression,” says Telecom …
Who for: Woodstock Bourbon and ColaWhy we like it: Wolf West is well cast for woody jokes – wicked bro.
Best night this week was Monday 12: ONE News had 632,800 viewers and 513,790 for 3 News.
The first publication from Cannes Lions reports on the most awarded countries in this year’s advertising festival, plus data gathered from the festival in the past ten years.
This year New Zealand won 21 Lions, making it the 11th top country in the world. Australia came in fourth, with …
Congratulations to Jane Jamieson and Leisa Wall from DraftFCB for winning the September Art of the Envelope direct mail competition with their entry ‘Daylight Robbery’ Bond & Bond. Candida, New Zealand Post and Kinetic 121 award each monthly winner with a $1,000 Westfield voucher. And Brodie Lawry from MintFCB was …
The surprise success in movieland this week is a bloody scary little thriller called Paranormal Activity. Shot over one weekend at the cost of NZ$20,000, the film is currently number four at the US box office. It made about NZ$10m last weekend – shamon!
How did it get …
They know boy racers are into Beemers and babes, so NZ Auto Salon has put both on the cover of its first issue. The November issue goes on sale from 27 October.
The Australian magazine started in 2002 and is the fastest-growing men’s title in the market. Adrenalin Publishing …
New Zealand sporting venues are struggling to fill stadiums in a fiercely competitive ticketing market, says a new Nielsen/BrandAdvantage study of the New Zealand events and ticketing market.
In the last five years, increased rugby fixtures and netball competitions, coupled with new facilities such as Vector Arena and a …
Stephen King fans are frothing at the mouth to find extracts of his new book, Under the Dome, scattered all over the worldwide web. Launched by Hodder and Stoughton, it’s probably the biggest game of literary hide and seek ever seen.
The epic novel features more than 100 characters …
It’s time to spruce up and package your internet presence into winning applications for the 14th Webby Awards. The awards are an internationally respected symbol of success in the digital medium. Last year’s awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries worldwide. There are more than …
Just a friendly reminder to get your RSVP and Nexus Award entries in by 5pm, Friday 23 October. Brought to you by the Marketing Association and sponsored by TVNZ and New Zealand Post. Show off your outstanding campaigns, get recognised, bask in the adoration of the industry. This year’s …
Xtranormal has created an ingenious text-to-movie application. Type in a script and your video will be made in minutes.
Paid for enough client lunches lately? Time for you to get a freebie – and brooding alt-rocker Damien Binder’s more than happy to oblige. He’s releasing his third album, While the Wind’s at Your Back, with one show only in NZ, and it’s free. Mark in your …
Jeremy Taine has resigned as executive creative director at Ogilvy effective 12 November. Basil Christensen and Damon O’Leary have been named as joint executive creative directors and will oversee Ogilvy’s national creative department.
Jeremy joined Ogilvy when the company he owned with Roy Meares, MTC, was acquired. Over …
An Adshel bus shelter was transformed into a full-on football environment last week.
On Auckland’s Queen St, a whole bus stop was wrapped in images of a grandstand of Arsenal fans. Waiting commuters soaked in the sounds of chants and cheers of thousands of football fans from hidden speakers …
Media director Matt O’Sullivan has resigned from Carat to set up the New Zealand arm of Naked, the international media agency.
The well known media buyer and planner was at Carat for a massive nine weeks and previously held senior positions with Media Edge CIA.
His ‘director’ role commences …
Who’s going to drive The Apprentice Kiwi-style? Will he/she have to wear a toupee?
Got your ticket to the biggest marketing event in the calendar, the TVNZ/NZ Marketing Awards? With only two weeks to go here’s three reasons to attend: Win new business by schmoozing new prospects. Get a new job by schmoozing new employers. Get that winning feeling by schmoozing with …
Aucklander Glenn Wood has won a screenplay competition at the WILDsound Film Festival in Toronto.
His sports comedy screenplay Heartbreak Knoll, “in the vein of Dodgeball and Blades of Glory”, was selected from over three hundred entries as one of three winners in their fall festival. The first act will …
Bryan Crawford, group CEO of DraftFCB, is the new elected president of CAANZ for a two-year term.
“I’m honoured to take on the position of CAANZ president,” says Crawford. “The industry has some challenging times ahead. My goal is to do everything I can to ensure the ongoing success …
George FM has secured two eccentric TV personalities for its Saturday morning slot. Rhys Darby and TV3’s David Farrier are hosting the Cryptid Factor, 8 –10am. The best descriptions of the show are from the funny men themselves.
Cryptozoologists David Farrier and Rhys Darby
Darby says:If I ever …