In May last year the Consumer’s Institute announced the release of its new endorsement scheme Consumer Recommends. But since then Sue Chetwin, chief executive of the Consumer’s Institute, says only “seven or eight” companies have signed up to use the brandmark in their advertising and promotional activities. Read more »
As the Christmas retail season gets into full-swing, retailers hoping to get their share of the consumer spending action are ramping up their online advertising activities, with a 31 percent increase in the number of advertisers on the Internet and a 26 percent increase in the number of campaigns in the two months from September to November 2009, according to Nielsen data. Read more »
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The high-quality animation makes this latest Red Bull cinema commercial really stand out. So much so, we’re declaring it this week’s TVC of the week.
Credits: The ad was placed in NZ by Lassoo; but the agency and film company are not known.
VW’s mashed-up superbowl ad.
Anti-superbowl advertising.
You got parodied, Samsung.
A unique–and elaborate—way to promote fire safety.
Mysterious flying people.
YouTube stats—animated.
Search New Zealand advertising on Facebook and this is what you get, this old chap should’ve gone to Specsavers, great pics of the Tough Guy challenge, search Google Images by drawing, and a great way to put sandwich thieves off the scent.
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