''Branding Only Works on Cattle '' starts big by ferociously rejecting the ''advertising-is-about-creating-brand-image'' view which apparently dominates current branding and marketing practice.
For a view from the other side of the argument try [[Buyology: How Everything We Believe About Why We Buy Is Wrong by Martin Lindstrom]]. [[Luxury Fashion Branding: Trends, Tactics, Techniques by Uche Okonkwo]] offers a detailed insight into a particular brand of branding.