In Hollywood, the buzz for a new film is usually considered a good predictor of its success at the box office.

But Prof. Thorsten Hennig-Thurau from the MCM's Chair of Marketing & Media along with a team of marketing scholars from Toulouse and Karlsruhe now provide empirical evidence that buzz is actually so much more than just an indicator -- it's also infectious. The authors show that the buzz for a new product causes success by:

Last week, the Marketing Center had the privilege of welcoming Florian Mair, Head of Amazon's Europe-wide fashion and apparel business and General Manager at the world-leading etailer, for not just one, but two engaging events. Florian Mair’s visit provided students with unique insights into Amazon's strategies that so strongly impact consumers as well as businesses on a global scale, the world of digital business as a whole, and invaluable career advice.

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hennig-Thurau, head of the Chair of Marketing and Media at MCM, University of Münster, commented on the subject of film tourism in a Tagesschau article. Starting with the popular Netflix series "Emily in Paris" and discussions about a possible move of the protagonist to Rome, Prof. Hennig-Thurau analyzed the effects of such productions on the popularity of filming locations.

Our social media team at the Marketing Center Münster has just launched a new format -- "One Coffee with MCM" is a series of informal conversations with MCM team members. It gives Nora Duschner and Johanna Tolksdorf (both study at the Universität Münster) and also our other Münster students (who are invited to submit questions) the opportunity to ask what they always wanted to know from their professors and other faculty, with questions ranging from formal to informal, from professional to personal.