Professor Manfred Krafft presented the latest insights into direct selling research in a webinar on October 5, 2021 together with Professor Anne Coughlan, Emeritus Professor of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, and Dr. Robert Cavitt, CEO of Jenko and Director of the Direct Selling Education Foundation.

On August 20^th, 2021, the participants of MCM’s Data Science class taught by Prof. Dr. Raoul Kübler were invited to spend a day at the Dr. Wolff Group Headquarter in Bielefeld. Here, the groups presented their analyses and solutions, which they came up with during their Data Science course, to the staff of Dr. Wolff.

The class has been conducted in close cooperation with the company and 17 students were invited to present their ideas and managerial implications to leading employees at Dr. Wolff.

From August 11 to 13, the team of the Chair of Marketing Management (IfM) spent its annual research retreat at Landhaus Rothenberge to discuss current research projects. Of course, the applicable hygiene guidelines were adhered to, so that the meanwhile fully vaccinated team was able to make the best possible use of the days.