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SHORTS

Tech or touch? Touch and tech!

Walter Brecht Julia Thull

TO BE DISCUSSED

The new Thermomix is on the market and is selling like hotcakes again: over 300,000 pre-orders for the new model, record sales of EUR 1.7 billion at […]

Love goes, brand stays.

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

Apparently equally important for "Spiegel" and "Bild": Brax terminates the advertising contract with ex-power couple Basti Schweinsteiger and Ana Ivanović ahead of schedule. The two are obviously […]

Posture comes from holding

TO BE DISCUSSED

Another discussion about whether brands should take a stance on social and political issues? Yes, unfortunately. Since the new US administration has been trolling the LGBTQ+ movement, […]

Attitude is not a question of the moment

Laura Schreiner

TO BE DISCUSSED

It wasn't just tennis fans who watched: Rafael Nadal's last appearance at Roland Garros. No victory, no title, no grand final. And yet: a moment that made […]

Progress is a formality

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

There is a lot of moaning about how we are delaying the "mobility turnaround". And the moral cudgel is always involved: Apparently, a large proportion of car […]

How political should brands be?

TO BE DISCUSSED

Dear reader, We maintain that the central task of brands is a purely economic one - ensuring sales and earnings for the brand owner. Of course, this […]

Is your brand global or local? Or can it be both?

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

The attitude of customers towards global or regional brands is not only interesting in theory - it can determine the success of entire business areas, even companies. […]

Brand activism for Labor Day: Uh..., no.

Alexander Rauch

TO BE DISCUSSED

Of course, we don't know how you spent Labor Day. At any rate, there were 300,000 people at the union-organized May Day rallies. But there were no […]

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 […]

Editorials

Thinking ahead for the brand: shaping the future instead of just passing it on.

Laura Schreiner

Many companies treat their brand like a valuable heirloom - something to be preserved rather than developed. But if you want to shape the future, you have […]

Editorials

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 […]

Editorials

Notes on dealing with customers, the media and the public*

Prof. Kurt Weidemann

Anyone who works successfully and competently in their profession should also be where they should always be when dealing with customers, the public and the media: fully focused.

Editorials

HOW CAN A PHARMA BRAND SUPPORT ITS INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION WITH A CLEAR, DIFFERENTIATED IMAGE?

The example of Devatis shows how strategic brand work and design go hand in hand to open up complex markets. Strategic challenge: putting a pharmaceutical brand on […]

Editorials

The Circular Shift: How Brands Are Turning Sustainability into Competitive Advantage

In this article, I explore the transformative impact of Circular Branding on modern brand strategy, emphasising its pivotal role in fostering sustainability within consumer markets.

Editorials

Why lived values are becoming a key resource for corporate communication

Valentin Heisters

Communicating your own brand is becoming increasingly difficult to control. Today, people are quicker to recognize the attitudes behind statements and actions - they distinguish between substance […]

Editorials

A more user-friendly government? A (very) bad joke.

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

Donald J. Trump has never been shy about his obsession with appearances. From the gold-plated bathrooms of Trump Tower to his insistence that hamburgers be served on […]

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 […]

Opinions

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 […]