In a new article published in the Journal of Retailing (rated “A” by VHB), Professor Thorsten Hennig-Thurau from the Chair of Marketing & Media together with former MCM professor Raoul Kübler (now ESSEC Business School, France) investigate how users of the metaverse communicate with and in immersive digital environments. In their article, they introduce the concept of Spatial Word of Mouth (WOM) as an extension and 3D evolution of traditional electronic WOM alias eWOM for the metaverse age.

In the run-up of the 2024 US presidential election, candidates have spent more than 12 billion dollars on marketing. Whether these investments have been effective and how different elements (e.g., candidates own statements, advertising) interact to shape voter behavior, however, has long been a key under-researched area. For eight years, an international team of researchers has investigated the dynamics of political marketing alongside other factors like polls, media coverage and disinformation. In their study recently published in the Journal of Business Research, MCM scholar Dr.

Join the Chair of Marketing & Media at the upcoming marketing&media*talk for an exciting discussion on the future of the filmed entertainment industry with digital media expert Stephan Bauer, Director/GM @ Amazon Prime Video Store Europe!

A new article co-authored by Prof. Thorsten Hennig-Thurau from the MCM’s Chair of Marketing and Media and Prof. Ann-Kristin Kupfer (KIT) and Prof. Andre Marchand (Leipzig University), both former faculty members of the Marketing Center, has been published by the prestigious Journal of Retailing. The article explores the reasons behind the widespread closures of physical retail stores, focusing on the apparel and media sectors between 2015 and 2020.

A new article by MCM scholars Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hennig-Thurau, Alina Herting, and Dr. David Jütte has been accepted for publication in the renowned 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.