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Posts Tagged ‘product line extension’

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Jan

To extend or not to extend…

Posted by Joseph Szala on January 5th, 2009 // No Comments »

Extending your brand’s product or service line seems like a no brainer. More products/services means more income, right? Wrong.

Extending a brand without a strategy can create complete confusion.

Extending a brand without a strategy can create complete confusion.

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Jan

Utz pulls a product branding “oops”

Posted by Joseph Szala on January 4th, 2009 // 6 Comments »

Product and service line extension happens in brands of all ages from new to old. Extending offerings of a company isn’t a bad thing, if it’s done with branding as a core focus.

Organic chip producers shines the light on the unhealthy nature of chips.

Organic chip producers shines the light on the unhealthy nature of chips.

Companies like Proctor & Gamble and Unilever are the leaders of line extension. P&G usually gets it right when it comes to branding new products properly, but they too fall into some typical traps. One such trap is leveraging a current brand name to quickly build trust in a new product that exists in the same vertical, but has different pros to tout. Read the rest of this entry »