Today's markets are widely exchangeable and consumers start challenging brands on their proclaimed brand promises. Consumers have become more critical to the extent that they start dictating what, where, and when they want to consume products and services. They even create new ways of consumer resistance, like so-called anti-brand communities. This allows space for new brand positioning strategies, which might not have come from a self-defined branding approach. It is much more about a brand being perceived as authentic, credible and real. Even if the term 'authentic' is mentioned quite...