Why are some marketing communication measures very positively received by consumers and lead to a significant increase in sales, while others cause permanent damage to the brand concerned?
The Master's students of the course "Consumer Behaviour" were given a detailed insight into human thought processes and learned how consumers perceive and process information.

Zahlreiche Studierende sehen sich aktuell oder in naher Zukunft mit der Herausforderung konfrontiert, in diesen unsicheren Zeiten Kontakt zu Unternehmen aufzunehmen und sich mit diesen zu Praktikums-, Werkstudenten- oder Direkteinstiegspositionen auszutauschen. Der Personalbedarf, die Bewerbungsprozesse einzelner Unternehmen und die grundlegende Arbeitsmarktsituation sind in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie schwierig nachzuvollziehen.

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.