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Case: Bausch & Lomb 2004





THE STORY

In 2002, Ron Zarrella (General Motors' top marketing officer then North Americas head) arrived to lead B&L. Facing a confusing portfolio of vision care brands, home-grown and acquired, he quickly ordered a broad branding review focused on "What is our business direction?" With FutureBrand's help under Denis Riney, Zarrella's team narrowed the portfolio from 'hundreds' to perhaps twenty sub-brands, each representing a technology platform. Each would be more strongly associated with the corporate brand, thus adding their strengths (including pharmacological and surgical associations) to its vision care base (essentially contact lenses) to command a bigger positioning tag, "The Eye Health Company."

The new logo, suggesting the path of light through a lens, conceptually supports this positioning while increasing graphic impact and shelf presence, to say nothing of mind presence.  Tony Spaeth


CREDITS

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CASE INFO

Submitted by: Tony Spaeth, 6/01/2007
Status: Estimated by Tony Spaeth
Category: Health Care Equipment & Services
Country (HQ): United States


MATRIX DATA

DRIVERS

  

TOOLS

Strategic driver: 95%   
Narrow the scope
  Express a more specific focus
 25%  x  Identifier tactics: Logo change: Wordmark-dominant
    x  Identity system elements: Verbal elements: Tag lines
    x  Situation facts: Corporate level facts: Industry definition
    x  Situation facts: Subcorporate facts: Brands & products
    x  Change event : High visibility: Campaign
Change internal culture
  Enhance pride & confidence
 15%  x  Identifier tactics: Logo change: Wordmark-dominant
    x  Change event : High visibility: Campaign
Change internal culture
  Transfer affiliation from unit to parent
 10%  x  Identifier tactics: Logo change: Wordmark-dominant
    x  Identity system elements: Unit signature system: Visual endorsement
Change expressed personality
  Renew/refresh public image
 35%  x  Identifier tactics: Logo change: Wordmark-dominant
    x  Identity system elements: Verbal elements: Tag lines
    x  Change event : High visibility: Campaign
Change perceived composition
  Modify parental 'umbrella' presence
 10%  x  Identifier tactics: Logo change: Wordmark-dominant
    x  Identity system elements: Unit signature system: Visual endorsement
    
Functional driver: 5%   
Design weakness
  Increase visual strength/quality
 5%  x  Identifier tactics: Logo change: Wordmark-dominant