Publicis Groupe A/NZ has acquired New Zealand’s largest independent agency, MBM, expanding the ad giant’s Kiwi footprint with a local full-service media business with offices in Auckland and Wellington.

The sale of Catch Group to Wesfarmers has been greenlighted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after it reviewed the proposed acquisition, to consider both bricks and mortar and online retail competition, and whether there would be any potential impact on third-party sellers in that retail space.

​Sqware Peg, a digital transformation company and the first Salesforce partner in Australia, has been acquired by Simplus.

In an effort to complete with Oracle, SAP, and Salesforce, Adobe has entered into an agreement to acquire Magento Commerce, thereby adding digital commerce capabilities to the Adobe Experience Cloud.

IBM has acquired Sydney-based boutique agency, Vivant Digital, as part of a strategy to extend the design expertise, business talent and digital transformation capabilities of IBM iX

Virgin Australia has confirmed the acquisition of Australian data analytics consultancy, Torque Data, for an undisclosed sum.

Telstra has said its sale of Sensis to a US private equity firm is critical to transforming the White and Yellow Pages company into a "fully digital" business.