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SHORTS

M for courage.

TO BE DISCUSSED

We have often talked here about the importance of entrepreneurial courage for brand development and management. However, to make it clear once again: we need courage for […]

USA, the Danes, and Easter.

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

The wise Warren Buffet famously said that it takes twenty years to build a good reputation and only five minutes to ruin it. Well, Donald Trump has […]

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 […]

Editorials

Trust, look, who!

Prof. em. Olaf Leu

Before | After

Let's start with a look back: in 1983, the industry magazine published by Süddeutscher Verlag in Munich announced the competition "The best annual report". Winfried Wilhelm, editor-in-chief and also [...]

Editorials

On typography and its origins

Prof. em. Olaf Leu

Before | After

Comment by the Editor-in-Chief | Johannes Frederik Christensen The Business of Brand Management sheds light on brand management in the context of the present and history. This […]

Editorials

Ingenuity that works: What it takes to build a true challenger brand in aviation

Amaury Barberot Johannes Christensen

A conversation with the CEO of Expliseat on timing, transformation, and leadership in brand building. Expliseat is a true game changer, not only in the French industry, but […]

Editorials

The economy of disappearance: about places where brands have no business being.

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

In the attention economy, one thing seems certain: visibility equals success. This idea has become one of the unquestioned core assumptions of our time. Brands are seen […]

Editorials

Identity, brand, future (IV)

PERSPECTIVES

A discussion with AI as an experiment. In the previous three parts of the interview, we spoke with the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek. But there are a whole […]

Editorials

From strong brands to heavy earths. A geopolitical turning point?

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

Brands are—par excellence—the symbol of Western world order. They represent not just products but power, influence, identity. Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Ford, Coca-Cola, Nike, McDonald’s, Google, ExxonMobil, Pfizer, […]

Editorials

The ends of the parabola

Uli Mayer-Johanssen

RE-VIEW

If we save ourselves poor, it makes people ill. If there is too much choice, it makes us unhappy - despite our enthusiasm for diversity. Not only […]

Opinions

Brave new world in ruins (2)

Uli Mayer-Johanssen

RE-VIEW

The willing executors In the early days of digital media, the pioneers marketed themselves as the saviors of a world without borders. Today, they are proving to […]

Opinions

Brave new world in ruins

Uli Mayer-Johanssen

RE-VIEW

Disillusionment is spreading. Yesterday's saviors are proving to be the gravediggers of tomorrow's freedom. Amazon, Google, Facebook, the pioneers of a world without borders, a world of […]