In the Media

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IFM

Nivea celebrates 110th birthday – Interview with Professor Krafft by “taff”

On the occasion of the cult brand's birthday, Professor Krafft, marketing expert and head of the Chair of Marketing Management (IfM), gave an interview to "taff" (ProSieben). The interview was broadcasted on German television on May 10, 2021. In this TV special, Manfred Krafft explains what the NIVEA brand means and discusses its success factors.

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Raoul Volker Kübler

NIM Publication by Professor Kübler targets Dark Sides of Digital Marketing

In his recent publication: Metrics gone wrong: What managers can learn from the 2016 presidential elections, MCM scholar Raoul Kübler discusses together with his colleague Professor Koen Pauwels from Northeastern University, Boston USA how relying on biased market intelligence and targeting the wrong KPIs had fatal consequences for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

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IFM

Why are discounters focusing on organic products? – Interview with Professor Krafft by Radio RST

Around 80 percent of people in Germany regularly or occasionally buy organic products. More and more of them are also available from discounters. According to a recent study conducted by the Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, discounters are consumers’ second most important point of contact for purchasing organic products. Against this background, Radio RST is pursuing the goal of examining this trend in greater detail as part of the broadcast series "Bio vom Discounter".

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LMM

„Disney+ hatte einen Doppeleffekt“ - Professor Hennig-Thurau in Blickpunkt:Film über die aktuellen Veränderungen in der TV- und Streamingbranche

Mit dem Aufkommen von Video-Streamingdiensten hat sich die Medienlandschaft grundlegend gewandelt. Während TV-Sender Anfang der 2000er Jahre den Bewegtbildmarkt dominierten, sehen sich die Fernsehhäuser heute mit neuen Konkurrenten wie Netflix oder Amazon Prime Video konfrontiert. Mit Disney+ stieg Anfang 2020 ein weiterer namhafter Wettbewerber in das Streaminggeschäft ein – der erste Streamer „Made in Hollywood“, dem weitere Unterhaltungskonzerne folgen werden.

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JPM Kübler

Interview with Prof. Raoul Kübler about Sponsoring of Offshore Sailing and Success of German Vendee Globe Sailor Boris Herrmann published by segelreporter.com

MCM Professor Raoul Kübler was interviewed by Germany’s leading online sailing magazine segelreporter.com. With Boris Herrmann being the first German sailor to finish the world’s hardest solo around the world race, sailing gained in popularity and enjoyed a substantial increase in screen and media time. 

In his interview, Professor Kübler discusses the reasons behind the growing public interest in offshore sailing and how Boris Herrmann successfully used social media to engage with a worldwide audience to promote his campaign but also sailing in general.

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MCM

The Reinvention of Retail – Interview with Professor Krafft in “Die Glocke”

Stationary retailers are increasingly redesigning their stores to differentiate themselves from the competition and appeal to new customer groups. In an interview with “Die Glocke”, Professor Krafft explains how traditional retailers successfully transform their stores along the lines of real market halls to better meet changing consumer preferences.

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LMM

Stanford study recognizes Prof. Hennig-Thurau as leading marketing and business scholar

In a new study conducted by Stanford University scholars and published by prestigious PLOS Biology journal in October 2020, Prof. Thorsten Hennig-Thurau from the Marketing Center Münster is listed as one of the world's leading scholars in the field of marketing and business/economics. In the ranking, which includes the Top 2% global scientists across a wide range of academic disciplines, Hennig-Thurau is ranked 2nd among all marketing scholars in Germany and 63rd among all marketing scientists globally.

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