BERND H. SCHMITT is Professor of Marketing at Columbia Business School and the Executive Director of the Center on Global Brand Leadership. As a consultant and CEO of the EX Group, he has worked with companies worldwide, including Sony, Ford, Procter & Gamble, Este#180;e Lauder, DuPont, and IBM. He is also author of the bestselling Experiential Marketing: How to Get Customers to Sense, Feel, Think, Act, and Relate to Your Company and Brands. For more information on Schmitt or his work, visit www.meetschmitt.com.