--- title: The Five Brand Values Critical to M&A description: Understanding and uncovering brand value early in the M&A process is critical. Here are the five specific values you and your team should know and why image: https://library.navima.io/hs-fs/hubfs/shutterstock_193169738.jpeg?width=5183&quality=high --- [![NavimaLogoLarge-DarkBlueOnWhiteBG-1](https://library.navima.io/hs-fs/hubfs/NavimaLogoLarge-DarkBlueOnWhiteBG-1.jpg?quality=high)](https://www.navima.io) - [HOME](https://www.navima.io) - PLATFORM ## The Navima Platform Collaborate in a highly secure cloud platform purpose-built for M&A ### [Platform Overview](https://www.navima.io/platform-overview) ### [Workspaces](https://www.navima.io/workspaces) ### [Playbooks](https://www.navima.io/playbooks) ### [Documents](https://www.navima.io/documents) ### [Reporting](https://www.navima.io/reporting) ### [Project Management](https://www.navima.io/project-management) ### [Knowledge Management](https://www.navima.io/knowledge-management) ### [Collaboration](https://www.navima.io/collaboration) - [RESOURCES](https://library.navima.io/resources) [Schedule Demo](https://www.navima.io/schedule-a-demo) Blog # The Five Brand Values Critical to M&A Understanding and uncovering brand value early in the M&A process is critical. Here are the five specific values you and your team should know and why [is + at](https://library.navima.io/resources/author/is-at) Sep 15, 2022 [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://library.navima.io/resources/the-five-brand-values-critical-to-ma&utm_medium=social&utm_source=email%20&body=Check%20out%20https://library.navima.io/resources/the-five-brand-values-critical-to-ma&utm_medium=social&utm_source=email](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://library.navima.io/resources/the-five-brand-values-critical-to-ma&utm_medium=social&utm_source=email%20&body=Check%20out%20https://library.navima.io/resources/the-five-brand-values-critical-to-ma&utm_medium=social&utm_source=email) --- M&A deals are started based on the value found in each entity, including financial performance, capabilities, and market share. However, in many instances, there is a value that is often overlooked, even though it factors significantly in the success of the deal: *brand value*. ![Picture 1](https://library.navima.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Picture%201.png?quality=high&width=979&name=Picture%201.png) 1. **A brand provides differentiation from the competition**. The brand can quickly differentiate a company or product. Articulating the perceived roots of this differentiation early in M&A will help to guide audiences toward positive perceptions of the deal. 2. **A brand builds equity.** Brand equity is derived from consumer perceptions, and such perceptions do not take shape overnight. With careful control and attention over time, a brand’s reputation becomes clear and memorable. In an M&A setting, there may already be significant equity to build upon and, equally so, significant equity to lose. 3. **A brand saves time and creates efficiencies.** By defining and honing the resultant brand in the early stages of M&A, voice, communication style, visual identity, and core messaging can stay ahead of marketplace conjecture and help to shape positive marketplace perceptions of the deal. Expressing a brand in advance requires less effort and energy than correcting misinterpretations and misrepresentations. 1. **A brand engenders trust and can retain loyalty.** Trust and loyalty. These are potentially two of the greatest intangible assets at risk during an M&A process. They can be protected and preserved if your new company focuses on four principles: quality, consistency, transparency, and mutuality. 1. **A brand guides organizations as they change and grow.** The foundation of the emergent M&A-created brand begins with a purpose and a vision. Clearly defining these elements early in the process will allow the brand itself to serve as a lodestar, maintaining a track of integrity through the often tidal forces of M&A. > Brand value is at its most volatile during and immediately after M&A activity. Defining and articulating it is essential to every stakeholder—and every customer—through the entire M&A process. About the Author This content series is part of our ongoing partnership with [*is + at*.](https://www.is-at.com/) *is + at* is a strategic design house specializing in brand and product market readiness. By combining expertise, insight, and innovation, opportunities are identified in areas that are primed for success. *is + at* designs systems and realizes brands, messaging, and products into market-ready states, and builds the systems that support them to success. 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