Brand collaborations are widely considered the art of the perfect match. This book is a guide to understanding the process of brand collaborations and explains the key factors of success to build specific forms of collaborations between diverse partners. The Art of Successful Brand Collaborations gives tangible examples of partnerships between various kinds of internationally renowned artists, celebrities, brands and companies such as Coca-Cola, Louis Vuitton, Puma, David Beckham and Pharrell Williams.
In this vivid study, the academic and practitioner author team outline deep knowledge about the advantages and economic benefits of this marketing strategy. This includes additional meaning, improvement of the brand image, attracting new customers within different target groups and the development of the brand in new markets.
Filled with interviews from practitioners and vital academic and professional insights, this book is an essential guide for brand managers, professors and students to better understand and successfully implement the process of brand collaborations.
About the Author: Géraldine Michel is Professor in Marketing at the Sorbonne Business School, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in France where she is Director of the Chair "Brands & Values" and Director of the research laboratory. She studies particularly the role of brands for consumers and employees based on social psychology and psychology. She is the author of four books on brand management and she has published in several academic journals. She lectures worldwide in countries such as France, China and Vietnam, and she has consulting engagements with companies on issues of brand development.
Reine Willing is the founder and CEO of 19-03, a global but niche consulting agency specializing in creating high quality partnerships between major brands and artists, celebrities, NGOs, good causes and foundations, alongside handling co-branding requests for limited editions, capsule collections and licensing deals. Based in Paris, she is highly involved in brand activism through partnerships and good cause marketing. An alumni of the Sorbonne University's Marketing Masters programme, she is currently also educating others about brand partnerships through lectures in various universities.
