{"id":462,"date":"2008-06-06T09:26:38","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T09:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/?p=462"},"modified":"2021-01-04T13:17:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T12:17:49","slug":"the-argument-against-brand-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/the-argument-against-brand-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Argument AGAINST Brand Extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, I wrote a post that described the argument FOR brand extensions<\/a>. Today, I’m going to take a look at the other side of the brand extension argument and discussing why extending your brand can cause problems for your brand and business overall.<\/p>\n

Consider these risks of brand extensions:<\/h3>\n

Confusion:<\/strong> If you over-extend your brand, you run the risk of diluting that brand’s power. I’m sure most of us have been in an aisle at a supermarket at some point and had trouble finding the exact product we were looking for amid the many products a specific brand offers. Some brands have so many extensions that finding the one you want is like looking for a needle in a haystack.<\/p>\n

Loss of Focus:<\/strong> Having too many products under the same brand umbrella typically requires over-extending your resources. As employees spend less time on each brand, consumers will do the same, and your overall business will suffer.<\/p>\n

Consumer Shift:<\/strong> While adding another product might seem like a quick way to increase profits, when that product comes under an existing brand umbrella and within an existing product category, a company runs the risk of simply shifting market share from the existing product to the new one without actually gaining new customers. Rather than helping the business overall, a shift like this simply hurts the existing product.<\/p>\n

Negative PR:<\/strong> One mistake within a single brand umbrella can hurt every product with that brand name attached to it. Think Tylenol. Of course, Tylenol eventually recovered, but there was a time some 20 or 30 years ago when the Tylenol team was struggling to survive after negative publicity related to product tampering nearly destroyed the brand and the company.<\/p>\n

The lesson to learn is this – while brand extensions can seem like a quick and easy way to guarantee success of a new product, marketers need to be aware of the inherent risks in brand extensions and carefully plot a strategic course for success rather than blindly slapping a successful brand name on one new product after another.<\/p>\n

What do you think about brand extensions?<\/p>\n

Photo: Flickr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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