The Business of Brand Management | Page 3

SHORTS

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

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

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

TO BE DISCUSSED

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 […]

If you need an hour to yourself during the Christmas season ...

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

Of the global beer brands, probably none is as clearly positioned as Corona - with the exception of Guinness perhaps, but who would seriously call that a […]

Who's the boss here?

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

When Daniel Grieder became CEO of Hugo Boss in 2021, better times had already been seen in Metzingen: Gone were the fat years when Germany's middle management […]

Editorials

The importance of brand language in times of AI and agents.

Why language is becoming the ultimate differentiator. Brands are facing a double disruption. On the one hand, conversational or generative AI is changing the way people search […]

Editorials

Hesse in New Clothes: Why a State Redesign Makes Sense — and Why It Must Be Only the Beginning

After 22 years, Hesse is getting a new corporate design — and with it a debate as old as public design itself: should the state be spending […]

Editorials

Administered, not designed: criticism of the redesign of the State of Hessen's branding

At first glance, the new visual identity of the State of Hessen appears to be the visual embodiment of the old adage, 'Everyone has the image they […]

Editorials

Making the Case for Marketing: How Budget Decisions Are Really Won

Marcelo Ferrarini Carneiro

“… sounds good but we don’t have enough marketing budget at my company.” How many times have you heard this point before? Have you been through it […]

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

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, […]

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 […]

Opinions

AI does not uncover marketing problems. It uncovers management problems.

Gion-Men Krügel

For years, organisations have worried about whether artificial intelligence would replace jobs, disrupt industries or fundamentally change how businesses operate. In my view, that conversation is already […]

Opinions

Transformation is not reinvention: Why clarity is the most underrated growth strategy.

Gion-Men Krügel

Walk into an established company and you'll hear a familiar frustration. The sales department says the product is excellent, but growth has slowed down. Marketing says that […]

Interviews

Human brand

Günther Misof Moritz Schwack

Interview by Günther Misof with Moritz Schwack, Managing Partner of SWING Collections GmbH in Schermbeck. Moritz, we got to know each other some time ago. I was […]

Interviews

Trump™. The interview

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

The following interview is fictitious. It was conducted via ChatGPT. JH: Mr. President. I recently referred to you as a brand. [https://tbobm.com/4718/trump/] What’s your response? DT: A […]