Industry / Company

Consumer Electronics

Answering The $100+ Billion Dollar Call.

Consumer Electronics - Repositioning Propels Brand to #1

CHALLENGE

  • Company outlined 10-year plan to shed budget brand image
  • Establishing a Global Brand Positioning was a wicked challenge given:
    • Wide range of categories
    • Different customer requirements and competitors across categories
    • Different customer and competitor dynamics by market

SOLUTION

  • Working in close collaboration with Global CMO and a broad Leadership Team, LPA created a winning customer insight and positioning for the master brand
  • LPA then cascaded global positioning into competitively advantaged positionings for each product category
  • Played key role in enrolling a large and diverse leadership group behind key choices, critical to enabling activation with speed
  • Active LPA participation in cross-category, cross-geography socialization and tailoring

RESULTS

  • Brand Repositioning contributed to becoming the world’s largest manufacturer of consumer electronics and achieving a market cap in the hundreds of billions:
    • World’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones and smart phones
    • Leading vendor of tablet computers
    • World’s largest TV manufacturer

Client Feedback

“We now have a master brand positioning we can take forward, and Chief Marketing Officer has very positively bought into the core idea and insight of our lead option. I wanted to express how much I appreciate what we were able to accomplish together – we have come so far in such a short time. Thank you for your great partnership and expertise.”

— SVP, Marketing