COMMENT: There's a reason great ads with exaggerated promises never feature in the financial services industry.

Samsung's exploding Galaxy Note 7 ranks among some of the biggest PR headaches ever.

Steinlager has stepped down as the sponsor of the New Zealand Rugby Awards, with ASB Bank taking the reigns.

Consumer's annual supermarket price survey has named this supermarket as the cheapest store in the country's six centres where prices were tracked.

The explosion of the lower-case "i" prefix in the wake of the Apple revolution is over. So what trend will be next?

WATCH: Audi's new ad could be one the strangest ads around.

Hansen compares team's reputation with that of major NZ real estate agency

Beer commercials, bad jokes and multimillion-dollar deals: TV ads turned the presidential debate into a new Super Bowl.

Last night's episode of the Real Housewives of Auckland took a commercial blow following Julia Sloane's controversial comment.

Wells Fargo has been forced to apologise after infuriating the arts community by suggesting they should take up more serious careers.

Business has been so brisk at the world's most profitable toymaker that Lego last year did something unusual.

The Seven Sharp presenter is distancing herself from an internet diet scam using her image to peddle pills.

AirAsia X will change how it discloses processing fees when selling tickets online getting a Commerce Commission warning.

Brace yourself for the adpocalypse.

Can personalised number plates become a mainstream product? Or will they remain the preserve of show-off extroverts?

The Commerce Commission has accused Trustpower of making misleading offers of bundled electricity and broadband plans.

Bonds has launched a bizarre new ad in Australia in which men agonise over the impact of having children on their physiques.

Heineken has some sponsorship advice for the International Olympic Committee: Less is more.

COMMENT: It has not been adman Kevin Roberts' finest hour, but I wonder whether he might be secretly pleased.

His controversial comments sparked a gender row and brought a close to a once sparkling career in the ad world.

Saatchi and Saatchi boss Kevin Roberts has resigned following a controversial interview in which he said he spent no time on gender issues.

The head of one of New Zealand's top advertising agencies says there is more to be done to improve gender diversity.

My Food Bag is well known for its female leadership, but chairman Kevin Roberts is in hot water over his statements on diversity.

A company which gets millions in public funds to eradicate tuberculosis says it stands by a nationwide advertisement found to have breached the advertising industry's code of ethics.

Three million tapped phone calls, two shell companies and a Court appeal: those dodgy erectile dysfunction ads just wouldn't go away.

The mastermind behind the most popular illegal file-sharing site in the world, KickassTorrents, has distributed billion of dollars of pirated movies and music.

The re-worked version comes after complaints from customers suggested the advertising team be "retrenched".

As the media explores deeper ties with Facebook, one publisher has remained especially wary of the social network.

James Cameron is fronting a new $11 million-plus campaign to market this country overseas.

Best of Business: An under-the-radar travel website was bought for $85 million by Webjet this year.