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What Is Brand Architecture Strategy and Why Do Businesses Need It? (Branding Agency Basics)

Author

Stacey Moore

Published

March 22, 2021

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Brand architecture is how businesses organize their products and services into a portfolio of brands. It includes a road map of how those products relate to and interact with one another and relationships between brands. It's a blueprint for identity and design across dozens of products and business units.

This article offers a look at how this strategy benefits companies by segmenting their offerings into different umbrella or sub-brands that allow customers to choose the type of offering that suits them best. Companies tend to develop more brands as they grow and work with multiple channels to segment their products.