Brand extensions
Team Interbrand London
Extending a brand requires an understanding of its core perception and how this, and demand drivers, chime with those of the new segment.
Twenty or so years ago, where your brand sat on the spectrum from value to premium was largely fixed and predictable. In the UK, Marks & Spencer was the middle-class favourite for clothes and Virgin was the plucky challenger, some way apart from the premium territory owned by British Airways.
Today, the picture is far more blurred, as brands have extended upwards and downwards in an attempt to capture market segments...