Brand Architecture
Clear Brand Relationships Create Value
Brand architecture promotes internal and external simplicity, efficiency, and focus.
Optimizing brand architecture can be complex and has become a Finch Brands® specialty.
We work at every level – from the corporate identity in M&A/rebranding scenarios to streamlining product-level architecture to guide brand relationships.
We organize the branding structure of entities and portfolios – to promote clarity and strength while preserving brand equity.
When well-managed, brand architecture promotes internal unity, customer cohesion, and marketing efficiency. We define the end state and help clients get there.
Core philosophies guiding our work include:
By defaulting to the fewest number of brands needed, but not too few that brand equity is destroyed.
By using the architecture to forge a shared vision and clear swim lanes.
By seeing architecture through the customer’s eyes.
By building a decision tree that works for future acquisition/incubation scenarios.
By considering sales team structure/cadence in designing brand relationships.
We define both the ideal Brand Architecture (steady state) and Brand Migration plan to purposefully get our clients from here to there.
It is important to base the brand architecture on data – so brand assessments are more systematic than subjective. Finch Brands then builds out multiple architecture options and uses a custom rubric/scoring to help decision-making.
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DownloadWe define and document the core ideas on which high-performing brands are based. This includes a range of strategic planning elements – what brands mean, how complicated portfolios should be structured, and how internal/external stakeholders should be engaged and activated.
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May 5, 2021
|Bill Gullan
Brand Architecture After a Merger or Acquisition
“Brand architecture” refers to how brand relationships are organized and expressed, including how names (corporate and product), logos, and other brand...
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July 27, 2023
|Bill Gullan
Brand Architecture vs. Brand Migration: M&A Minute
Let's clear up an often confused duo, Brand Architecture and Brand Migration. Watch our quick explainer video that dives into the difference between these two key terms.
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April 28, 2023
|Bill Gullan
The Name Game: Seven Truths About M&A Brand Naming
Brand naming can be daunting during a merger or acquisition. Our blog shares seven truths that will help you navigate the M&A brand naming process.
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