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SHORTS

Brands are made. Or: in the beginning there was courage.

TO BE DISCUSSED

Please don't misunderstand: we are delighted that Telekom, a German brand, has been rated as the most valuable European brand. Even if we briefly ignore the fact […]

Let's get serious, or: No more naked swimmers!

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

In light of President Trump's new visionary proposals for the future of the USA and the global economy, Germany's star economist Marcel Fratzscher warns: We in Germany […]

Let's think the other way round: Develop brand transformation from the end.

Prof. Gregor Ade

IMPULSE

Brand implementation refers to the process of introducing a (modified or new) brand image - within the company itself and on the market. The aim is to […]

When the party's over... I'm over. Or is it?

TO BE DISCUSSED

Dear reader, Everyone really knows Tupperware. And there must be a few tins in the cupboard somewhere, from mom ... Or are they in the cellar? Yes, […]

"Holistic": more than just a buzzword.

Prof. Gregor Ade

IMPULSE

Holism has become a buzzword in many areas. This is also the case in branding and marketing, where the term does not describe a fad, but rather […]

Who cares?

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

Dear reader, The other day at the kitchen table: The fourteen-year-old reports that a schoolmate - let's call him Jan-Torben - has done all his English work […]

Government efficiency or brand destruction?

To be discussed

Dear reader, Since Elon Musk has been rampaging around as Donald Trump's chief advisor or personal cost-cutter (official title: "Special Government Employee"), he has not only cut […]

The Role Of Corporate Brands In Competitive Advantage.

To Be Discussed

Dear reader, The importance of the success factor "strong corporate brand" in many facets of the company has rightly moved into the consciousness of brand management (with […]

2025 - bad prospects for the hoodie!

Alexander Rauch

To Be Discussed

Dear reader, Has Mark Zuckerberg thrown himself into the dust in the face of Trumpism? Or is the abandonment of fact-checking the well-deserved end of left-liberal hegemony? […]

Editorials

Identity, brand, future (III)

PERSPECTIVES

A discussion with AI as an experiment. We have reached the third round of our discussion with the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek. After considering the development of […]

Editorials

Urban Villages™. On the Commodification of Heterogeneity in the Branded Cityscape

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

Urban branding is based on a fundamental paradox: it seeks uniqueness—yet increasingly draws on what has traditionally resisted representation. It is the unruly, unofficial, socially unregulated spaces […]

Editorials

New York™. A city as a brand cosmos?

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

The outcome of the Democratic primary election in New York City was a thunderclap: "The Mamdani earthquake" (The New York Times). The presumed frontrunner – equipped with […]

Editorials

Identity, brand, future (II)

PERSPECTIVES

A discussion with AI as an experiment. The discussion with the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek is the second part of an exploration of questions of identity, brands […]

Editorials

The magentamorphosis

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

Who on earth turned magenta into a brand color? And how? And why? A contemporary witness and observing participant (from 1991 to 2015) looks back (for a […]

Editorials

Frankfurt D.C.

Prof. em. Dr. Klaus Klemp

The station district had already had its fair share of the 2024 European Football Championships: "NO GO ZONE". England fans in 'Zombieland' Frankfurt have to run the […]

Editorials

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 […]

Opinions

Papal election™

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

Some brands stand for trust. Others for innovation, sustainability, or adventure. And then there is the Vatican. An organization whose symbolic power is built on a paradoxical […]

Opinions

Is the brand essence of the churches in danger?

Johannes Christensen

That depends entirely on what you mean by that. Shortly before Easter, Bundestag President Julia Klöckner reiterated her criticism of the church and said: "The brand essence […]

Interviews

"Go out and play soccer!"

We are not interested in praising the well-known Schneider winery and its brand. Rather, we want to make it clear that a CEO with courage, a sense […]