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Using internationally-recognized case studies, including brands such as BMW and Burberry, this book explains how companies can use specific strategies and tools to develop and maintain brand desire among new and existing customers.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Part One: Understanding brand desire Chapter 1: The Foundations of Brand Desire Chapter 2: Why Desire Matters Introduction to Part Two: Building Brand Desire Chapter 3: Principles Chapter 4: Participation Chapter 5: Leadership and Culture Chapter 6: Storytelling Chapter 7: Experience Chapter 8: Innovation Chapter 9: Managing Brand Desire

About the Author

Nicholas Ind is Associate Professor at the Oslo School of Management and a partner in Equilibrium Consulting. Previously he ran Icon Medialab’s brand consultancy arm in Sweden. Before he joined Icon, Nicholas had his own branding consultancy in the UK, was a director of a design group and was an account director in an advertising agency. Nicholas is the author of 11 books. Oriol Iglesias is Associate Professor and Director at the Department of Marketing Management at ESADE Business School in Spain, and also the Director of the ESADE Brand Institute. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Marketing (EMAC), and member of the Academy of Marketing's Scientific Committee of the Special Interest Group on Brand, Identity, and Corporate Reputation. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Brand Management and the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Product and Brand Management.

Reviews

Creating brand desire and connecting with emotions is the number one future strategy for all brands – an excellent source of inspiration and understanding for any Brand leader.
*Global Chairman, FutureBrand*

Ind and Iglesias offer a blueprint for building brand desire that is illuminating and inspiring. Thoroughly modern and undeniably practical, Brand Desire is an indispensable guide for brand theorists and practitioners alike.
*E.B. Osborn Professor of Marketing, Dartmouth College*

Until now brand desire was something you just felt without really knowing why. Ind and Iglesias's book reveals the principles and processes behind the feeling.
*Copenhagen Business School*

There is a mystique around brand desire. What exactly is it? And how can it be managed? Ind and Iglesias's book explains why people desire certain brands and how managers can build and sustain desirability.
*Senior Vice President Global Corporate Innovation at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.*

Brand Desire shows the first methodology into building brand desire to maintain and strengthen consumer preference overtime. Rigorous, practical, easy to read, it brings an actionable way for brands to inspire and develop contemporary marketing strategies for today's complex business environment. Brand Desire is must read for any marketer and for all senior management who work towards building brands!
*Chief Marketing Officer, Desigual*

As brand owners, we must learn how to create desire that leads to action. In their book, Nicholas Ind and Oriol Iglesias un-pack the mystery of desire and make it applicable to a business environment. This is the way forward.
*Vice President and Head of Brands, Telia*