Due to the economic, social and environmental problems in developed and developing countries, companies increasingly focus on sustainability and try to ensure the same quality and standards in working and production conditions throughout their supply chains. Besides the concept of sustainability, the field of luxury brand management has gained more relevance in the last decades as well. Considering the increasing importance of both concepts, the question for a combination of these two concepts arises. Luxury brands sell products that are rare, and are thus resource-dependent, which increases their need for sustainability.Even if other sectors may be more relevant to the cause of sustainability, luxury brands that have gained intact reputations for sustainability must take care to maintain it. On the other side, given the growing concern for sustainability nowadays, consumption habits started turning towards more environmental friendly choices, so to reduce the impact of everyday life on the earth. Kale & Öztürk / Intermedia International e-Journal, Spring -June -2016 3(1) This paper contributes to current knowledge of sustainability in the luxury industry. All major real luxury brands have already responded to the demands of sustainability, but can luxury brands be at the leading edge of sustainability? This will be analyzed in detail with the help of Louis Vuitton case study.

Pazarlama ve reklam çalışmalarında "dişilik ve erkeklik" mitlerinin özellikle değişen toplumsal dinamiklerle kendini yeniden ürettiği ve bunun da markaların iletişim çalışmalarına yansıdığı görülmektedir. Toplumsal düzeyde cinsiyetlere düşen rollerin reklam çalışmalarında yanlış üretilmesi ve "toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği" denildiğinde konunun sadece kadın tarafıyla ilişkilendirilmesi ise bir problem olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Buna bağlı olarak çalışmada amaç reklamlar aracılığı ile sunulan erkek mitlerinin literatür taraması yapılarak ve örnek reklamlarla ele alınması; İstanbul özelinde çevrimiçi ortamda 458 erkek tüketiciyle yapılan çevrimiçi anket ve 12 erkek ile yüz yüze yapılan derinlemesine mülakatla erkek tüketici perspektifinden konuya ilişkin bir değerlendirme yapılması olmuştur. Araştırma bulgularına göre İstanbul'daki erkeklerin kendilerini "Modern ve Geleneksel Erkek" olarak tanımladıkları, hem kendilerinin hem de kadınların reklamda doğru gösterilmesini ve eşit yaklaşılmasını istedikleri bulgusuna ulaşılmıştır.

Negative public relations, which is defined as the non-compensatory distribution of disparaging news about an individual or institution through media or word of mouth, is considered within the scope of strategic communication management. Since public relations is mostly oriented towards creating a positive image, negative public relations, which is based on consciously producing negative content about competitors, is rarely seen in the literature. The framing strategies in public relations; aiming to change the attitudes and behaviors of both the organization and the target audience in the desired manner; can protect the corporate reputation in the face of negative public relations. This study aims to underline that negative public relations may cause a new generation crisis. The importance of the concept in terms of strategic communication management has been revealed through sectoral examples. It has been concluded that negative public relations based on competitors' performance-based and values-based practices may damage the corporate reputation.

In today's world in which an economy of attention is dominant, brands have recently come to utilize the power of stories so as to make sure that their brands create an impact on their target audience among millions of other advertising messages. By focusing on the case of Turkey and relying on a descriptive literature review approach, the goal of this study is to show how storytelling is used by brands in the ever-increasing digital advertising studies, and why the use of cultural factors in this communication process is significant, and what are the important points in this process.