品牌管理为管理学的分支，品牌一词以广义来说，可以是群众对于公司印象的的任何象征物，狭义来说则包含了公司名称、商标、旗帜、吉祥物等等。品牌管理这个概念于1980年代中期被提出 ，在品牌管理中，有几个相关名词经常被提及，包含了品牌(brand)、品牌架构(brand architecture)、品牌审计(Brand audit)、品牌共同体(Brand community)、品牌文化(Brand culture)、品牌权益(Brand equity)、品牌本质(Brand essence)、品牌延伸(Brand extension)、品牌家谱(Brand genealogy)、品牌图标(Brand icon)、品牌身份(Brand identity)、品牌战略(Brand strategy)、品牌舒展(Brand stretch)、联合品牌(Co-branding)。

In marketing, brand management is the analysis and planning on how that brand is perceived in the market. Developing a good relationship with the target market is essential for brand management. Tangible elements of brand management include the product itself; look, price, the packaging, etc. The intangible elements are the experience that the consumer has had with the brand, and also the relationship that they have with that brand. A brand manager would oversee all of these things.