SXSW 2022

The Rise of Headless Brands

Description:

Headless brands challenge the very idea that a brand is centralised, and our assumptions about what a brand is and how it works. Headless brands refer to community-driven brand dynamics, without a centralised managerial body. In this panel, we illustrate the various stages of a possible headless brand's life cycle; look at the wider context of evolving brand-consumer relationships; and explore how fandom, communities, cryptocurrencies, and decentralisation are transforming the very nature of what a brand can be.

Context: Central brand identities are being disrupted. Blockchain-based decentralised organisations incentivise users to spread their own personal brand narratives, with Bitcoin as the first headless brand.


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Takeaways

  1. What are headless brands and how and how are they changing the brand-consumer relationship?
  2. What tech innovation and consumer behaviour trends are driving the headless brand revolution?
  3. How can any brands take advantage of these trends to remain future fit?

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Organizer

Nathalie Brähler, Head of Marketing, Cartesi


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  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: Advertising & Brand Experience
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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