The Business of Brand Management | Page 7

SHORTS

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Editorials

Communication as a service using the example of a city

PERSPECTIVES

When we talk about public design, communication, or branding, we must first make a clear distinction between public institutions and commercial enterprises. A public institution […]

Editorials

Are city brands valuable? From Claims to Calculations

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

In June 2024, Dortmund’s city council adopted a new brand narrative. By May 2025, the corresponding design was introduced. Under the guiding claim “The Only One of […]

Editorials

All corporate, or what?

Prof. em. Olaf Leu

Before | After

The information magazine "BluePrint" from wirDesign, Braunschweig/Berlin, posed some questions about corporate design in one issue and titled the whole thing with the questioning headline […]

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 [...]

Opinions

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, […]

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 […]