Purpose This paper aims to help in the development of a better understanding of key brand-related terms and discuss the key challenges and trends in brand management. Design/methodology/approach This is an editorial based mainly on an extensive and broad literature review on brand management. Findings First, this work defines some key brand management terms and presents brand-related issues and concerns that remain unchanged over time. Then it discusses some of the brand management-related matters that are changing since the past few years. Challenges for the management of brands from the side of the companies that have introduced them are then presented. It finally provides a glimpse of the five papers selected for this special issue and then identifies avenues for further research. Originality/value This work and the whole special issue together help in the understanding of the dynamic nature of the management of brands over time with implications to the management and the academic engagement with brands.
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