The Business of Brand Management | Page 4

SHORTS

Stay as you are. Really.

TO BE DISCUSSED

We all know that nervous twitch in marketing: as soon as something is going well, someone shouts "We have to do something new!" New campaign, new logo, […]

Do brands create growth - or do they slow it down?

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

This year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Philippe Aghion, together with two other scientists. His work focuses on growth through innovation, or more precisely: […]

When the laughter gets stuck in the station

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

Anke Engelke is a very good actress, she can play very different roles, and: Anke Engelke is funny. That's why she's perfect for the role of "Tina", […]

Latte or avalanche?

TO BE DISCUSSED

"Mountainwear Misuse" - the name of this new Mammut campaign alone sounds like a good broadside in the direction of those who prefer to wear their hardshells […]

War is over! Or: Who owns the kebab?

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

Germany in fear: Would the application by Udofed, the International Kebab Association based in Turkey, to include the kebab in the EU list of guaranteed traditional specialties […]

Divide and merge. And then?

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

Once again, the cards are being reshuffled in the global CPG business: Ferrero is once again on a shopping spree and is now buying W.K. Kellog (after […]

Everything stays the same - and that is political

TO BE DISCUSSED

Cracker Barrel actually just wanted to dust itself off a bit: less decoration, clearer colors, a slimmed-down logo. Four restaurants in the USA have already been modernized […]

Back to school, marketing!

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

For all the kids and teens out there, it's been "Back to School!" for two weeks now. Of course, you have to look good for the start […]

Market value is not created by performance alone

Laura Schreiner

TO BE DISCUSSED

Tennis has always been a sport of elegance. But elegance alone does not create value. In today's tennis world, it is not only the score that determines […]

Editorials

AI is rewriting the rules for building strong brands

Erich Joachimsthaler Ph.D.

The ideal world of marketing has always been clearly defined. Recognizing demand, reacting at the right moment and learning from every interaction. Not occasionally, but millions of […]

Editorials

The big bluff

Prof. em. Olaf Leu

Before | After

The designer is in constant motion. He hops from branch to branch, from job to job. This movement stems from his inner and outer restlessness. It is certainly associated with doubts and […]

Editorials

LET'S TALK TYPE. LET TYPE TALK.

Prof. em. Olaf Leu

Fictitiously the conference table. The protagonists of writing and advertising art gathered around it are fictitious. What is not fictitious is the room, the Olaf Leu archive […]

Editorials

Hans Domizlaff, inventor of brand technique

Historically speaking, the whole thing is nothing new. Even at the beginning of our century, Walter Rathenau and his artistic advisor, Peter Behrens, developed concepts for […]

Editorials

Raymond Loewy, the spirit of the times and the M.A.Y.A. principle: how much 'modernity' can a brand tolerate?

In both design and communication, the question of innovation arises time and again. How much innovation is necessary or acceptable or unacceptable to convey a brand, product […]

Editorials

Destruction by War and Rising Brand Values

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

War and brand. What at first glance appears to be a contradiction should be read as a symbiosis. War destroys value; brands create it. And yet the […]

Editorials

On the Footnotes of Brand Narratives.

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

A footnote is a peculiar creature. It exists inside the text and yet somehow outside it. It belongs, but not to the core. It carries meaning, but […]

Opinions

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 […]

Opinions

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 […]

Interviews

Brand manifesto

Franz-Peter Falke Günther Misof Cecilie Schjerven

Brands as a process Brands cannot simply be "made". They are initially an idea in the mind of the entrepreneur. This idea must be translated into first-class […]

Interviews

Making brands - 6 questions for Jürgen Häusler.

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

Interview by Rolf-Günther Hobbeling, Chief Editor Springer Gabler, with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler, Honorary Professor of Strategic Corporate Communications at the University of Leipzig and, until his […]