The Business of Brand Management

Aufbruch Marke: How We Reframe Growth

Europe seems to have grown used to an underlying feeling: too much at once, too little direction. You sense it in conversations with business leaders, in boardrooms, […]

SHORTS

Dubai, infinity pools and the five phases according to Kübler-Ross

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

Well, it was a bit striking how German Dubai influencers have been enthusing about safety in the emirate over the last few days: Everything is completely normal […]

So what? We stand by it!

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

Every teenager learns this cultural technique at some point: if someone insults you harshly, then rejecting or denying it is often the wrong reaction - on the […]

Does it have to be, or: lack of impulse control in marketing?

Alexander Rauch

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Actually, we're not the kind of people who always start every spontaneous marketing stunt by asking which minority might - perhaps, possibly, possibly - feel offended. But […]

Scandal - prices totally left-leaning!

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

There are repeated discussions about abolishing "small change": Namely, the one-cent coin, and preferably the two-cent coin as well. It is well known that the cost of […]

Price elasticity to go

Alexander Rauch

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Many marketing managers first learned from the deserving Herrmann Simon what every economist has always known: it is very worthwhile to understand the price elasticity of demand. […]

Could have, would have, supply chain.

Laura Schreiner

TO BE DISCUSSED

Silver has long been regarded as the democratic precious metal: valuable enough for special occasions, but affordable enough for everyday wear. And above all: predictable. This is […]

130 years in the rapport

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISSCUSSED

Like us, you probably still have it somewhere in your cellar: the wardrobe trunk that your great-grandparents used to board the Orient Express and various passenger liners […]

More than this

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

The start of a new year is sometimes associated with the hope that some things might actually improve. For example, there were moderate signs that "virtue signaling", […]

It's off to a good start!

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

As a brand fanatic, the most important event at the beginning of the year has of course not escaped your attention: The hype surrounding the Nike tracksuit […]

Editorials

An Insignificant shift in terminology? When Gestaltung becomes design.

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

REREADING. RETHINKING. (1)

“Alles Design” – that is the title of Kursbuch 106, published in December 1991. No question mark. No hesitation. No tentative weighing of alternatives. “Everything is design” […]

Editorials

Unshittification: The Branding Mandate of a Degraded Information Economy

Philosopher Byung-Chul Han describes our current condition as the Hell of the Same. It is a state where distinctiveness is smoothed over, friction is eliminated and everything […]

Editorials

Rereading. Rethinking.

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

REREADING. RETHINKING.

Expanding the intellectual space of the brand world. Disciplinarily – beyond the confines of our own field. Temporally – through a deliberate look back. And methodologically – […]

Editorials

Openness instead of simplicity

Hadi Teherani Elke Malek Johannes Christensen

On designing without dogma and the ambition to make every project a benchmark. A conversation with Hadi Teherani about attitude, holism, and why the strongest designs often […]

Editorials

A brand for Frankfurt. Really?

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

“How Frankfurt Wants to Become a Brand.” Daniel Schleidt’s article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 14 February 2026 does not offer much beyond the predictable. When […]

Editorials

AI requires a new way of thinking - for business and society

We are discussing the impact of AI on branding, marketing and corporate communications with great passion. This is important and right. However, perhaps we should take a step back […]

Opinions

Unshittification: The Branding Mandate of a Degraded Information Economy

Philosopher Byung-Chul Han describes our current condition as the Hell of the Same. It is a state where distinctiveness is smoothed over, friction is eliminated and everything […]

Interviews

Openness instead of simplicity

Hadi Teherani Elke Malek Johannes Christensen

On designing without dogma and the ambition to make every project a benchmark. A conversation with Hadi Teherani about attitude, holism, and why the strongest designs often […]

Interviews

Intuition, Identity, Impact: The Power of Industrial Design

Andrea Mocellin Johannes Christensen

A conversation with Andrea Mocellin on design, mobility, and the strategic role of intuition. Andrea Mocellin doesn’t just design objects – he designs how we move, interact, and […]