It hasn’t been the best of years for DDB. But after parting company with longtime client VW recently, it didn’t have to wait long to find a replacement and it will be starting next year on a good note with a different German car-maker—BMW—on its roster.

The second instalment of Lindauer’s “national girls’ night out” took place on 15 November at various nightspots across the country. And to ensure that the blokes didn’t feel too abandoned on this night of feminine revelry, Lindauer and BBD arranged a few celebrity man-sitters to entertain the sullen couch dwellers at home.

DDB and DraftFCB were each awarded a point for their recent entries into the Newsworks ‘ad of the month’ competition. This moves DDB above Ogilvy to top of the Agency League table, with DraftFCB now sitting in fifth on two points.

With mobile devices practically fused to modern hands these days, dual screening is becoming increasingly popular—and broadcasters and advertisers are acknowledging that shift, with The Warehouse and DDB joining the fray in the local market by offering viewers of the TVC a chance to win some of the items featured in it.

The Warehouse has transformed its offering in recent times, allocating $430 million over five years to refit its stores, improve the customer experience, increase the number of staff on the floor, stock a better range of products and brands and communicate the offer more effectively with the market. That’s led to nine consecutive quarters of profit growth and an increase in sales to $1.55 billion. But while its regular customers were aware of all the improvements, those who had written it off years ago still had some engrained negative perceptions. So, with the help of DDB, it’s faced up to them with The Warehouse Challenge.

DDB has teamed with Paw Justice in a campaign that asks Kiwis to spread opposition to a recent law allowing party pills to be tested on animals.

One of the world’s most enduring and successful agency-client partnerships has come to an end in this part of the globe, with Volkswagen saying goodbye to DDB after 11 years and, in another slightly surprising decision to follow up from last month’s 2degrees pitch, choosing Colenso BBDO as its agency.

The second and third episodes of the Instant Kiwi campaign by DDB and Luscious give a behind the scenes look at how it found the talent for the ads Double Crossword and Texas Hold Em.

DDB managed to get a whole heap of New Zealanders to upload pictures of themselves imitating a beetle for a VW promotion last year. And now it’s trying to get New Zealanders (and Australians) to upload videos of themselves that show them professing their love for the Big Mac in chant form.

Not long after one seemingly solid agency-client partnership came to an end when 2degrees shifted from TBWA\ to Special, another seemingly solid agency-client partnership is also up in the air, with Volkswagen putting its business up for pitch. Plus: Hyundai’s recent move.