As the COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease across the country, two separate measures of business sentiment and consumer confidence show the ongoing negative effects of the crisis.

MooGoo has appointed former Domino’s A/NZ CMO Melody Livingstone as its new CEO, taking over from founder and current CEO, Craig Jones.

Brands must be agile, adapt communication to their audience, treat people well and adopt principles based on individual safety and embrace flexibility as they strive to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Arnott’s has confirmed Jenni Dill as its new chief marketing officer for Australia and New Zealand and appointed a chief customer officer under a new leadership structure.

Brands spent somewhere well above $750 million sponsoring sporting events and clubs in Australia in 2019. That number was on track to be bettered in 2020 thanks to the benign economic climate and the Tokyo Olympics.

Digital credit reporting agency, CreditorWatch, has appointed Michelle Koper as its new GM of communications and marketing. Koper joins CreditorWatch from CoreLogic, where she spent 12 years in charge of Australian media and corporate communications.

Panadol has partnered with mental health and wellness non-profit organisation, Smiling Mind, in a new initiative to help Australians look after their mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The launch of IGA’s online grocery delivery service is a lesson in developing minimum viable product that responds quickly to the needs of customers during a rapidly evolving crisis, its shopper engagement leader says.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen local news outlets reach a new high of 18.2 million readers, the highest figure recorded since the introduction of Enhanced Media Metrics Australia (emma) in 2013, with consumption of digital news sites the key driver.

SAP’s head of marketing A/NZ, Rushenka Perera, is a big believer in brand building in a time of downturn and crisis. Why is why she’s committed to brand-led activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rising customer expectations have pushed marketers into being engagers, beyond just messengers, fostering customer engagement well beyond the first purchase, according to the latest Salesforce State of Marketing report. And in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, standards of customer engagement are shifting yet again, with marketers on the forefront of new trends.

oOh!media has confirmed former Junkee founder and CEO, Neil Ackland, as its new chief content, marketing and creative officer as part of a new-look executive structure announced today.

Ad Standards CEO, Fiona Jolly, is set to depart from the industry body after nearly 15 years at the helm.

All the latest martech and adtech news this week from Partnerize, Sympler, GoodData, Uberflip, Marketpoint, Adobe, SmarterHQ and Optimizely.

Movember’s digitally-driven MayEight festival has been heralded a success after chalking up more than 33,000 views this year.

IAB Australia hosted a data governance and consumer privacy webinar recently. As part of this, principal of one of Australia's most respected experts in privacy law and practice, Salinger Privacy, Anna Johnston, shared her thoughts on the future of privacy for the Australian and global media and marketing industry.

In times of crisis, Australians turn to their homes, focusing on food and maintenance, according to the results from a Roy Morgan survey. It’s revealed that at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Australians nominated Bunnings and Woolworths as their most trusted brands.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched its Consumer Data Right Register today, after being pushed back a few months in February. The register will allow businesses to apply to be recognised as Accredited Data Recipients.

Two long-dormant brands are set to be revived in the Australian market, with news the Polly Waffle chocolate bar is coming back to supermarket shelves and drivers will soon see Ampol back at the petrol bowser. But is the nostalgia both represent enough to win back consumers?

National Reconciliation Week 2020 kicks off this week with the theme ‘In This Together’ that highlights whether in a crisis or in reconciliation it’s about coming together to support each other in a shared experience.