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A brand system your whole company can use.

A brand is the decision about how the world will meet you.

Step 1 of 2

How can we help you get found?

What do you need help with?

Next: name, email and budget. That’s it.

We make that decision with you, then build everything that follows from it: the name if you need one, the visual identity, the voice, the templates, and the asset vault your team and your vendors will pull from for years. We launch brands of our own regularly, so the system arrives finished and tested in real use.

What is included

Deliverables, not adjectives.

  1. Positioning and strategy.

    Who you are for, what you do best, and what you will never say. Short enough to remember, specific enough to settle arguments about copy and design.

  2. Naming and verbal identity.

    Name development with trademark screening, taglines, messaging hierarchy and a voice guide with real examples.

  3. Visual identity.

    Logo system, color, typography, photography direction, motion and interaction language, delivered in every format your channels need.

  4. Brand book and asset vault.

    Guidelines that fit on a few pages, a shared asset library, and templates for social, print, proposals and email so the brand stays consistent without a designer on call.

  5. Packaging and print.

    Product packaging, signage, vehicle wraps and collateral coordinated with print partners we already work with.

Who this is for

  • Companies whose brand has not kept up with the business
  • Founders launching a new company or product line
  • Multi-brand groups that need each company to stand alone and still feel related

Platforms

  • Figma
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Canva
  • Print production
Perspectives

Reading on brand strategy & identity.

All perspectives
  1. Importer of Record Explained: IOR Options for Foreign Brands.

    E-commerce · 10 min read

    Every shipment into the US needs a party that answers to US Customs for it. Here is what the importer of record owes, the four ways foreign brands fill the role, and how the choice changes landed cost and launch timing.

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  2. Section 321 and US De Minimis Changes: What DTC Brands Do Now.

    E-commerce · 10 min read

    The duty-free de minimis route that cross-border stores were built on is suspended. This is what Section 321 was, what changed, and how to rebuild fulfillment, unit economics and duty messaging for US buyers.

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  3. US Customs Duties for E-commerce Brands: A Landed Cost Guide.

    E-commerce · 11 min read

    US customs duties decide whether a foreign e-commerce brand makes money in America. Here is how classification, value and origin set the duty, why sales tax is separate, and how to build it all into a US price.

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  4. Country of Origin Labeling for US Imports: A Brand Checklist.

    E-commerce · 10 min read

    Country of origin labeling is a customs rule, a marketing rule and a marketplace rule at once. Here is how CBP marking works, where FTC Made in USA rules differ, and what to check before launch.

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  5. FDA Food Facility Registration for Foreign Food Brands.

    E-commerce · 10 min read

    A marketing lead's guide to FDA food facility registration: what the registration covers, what it does not, who owns each piece, and how compliant labels and claims turn into a US launch plan.

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Questions

About brand strategy & identity.

Do you do rebrands or only new brands?
Both. Rebrands are more common. We keep the equity you have earned and modernize what is holding you back, then roll it out across the site, social, signage and sales materials so the change is complete.
How do you handle trademark risk on a new name?
Every shortlisted name is screened against USPTO records and live use before we recommend it, and we tell you plainly when a name is too close to an existing mark. Final clearance goes through a trademark attorney.
Work with us

Let us look at your brand strategy & identity first.

Send a short brief. We will come back within one business day with what we would fix first and what it would take.

t@theoryroad.com

Step 1 of 2

How can we help you get found?

What do you need help with?

Next: name, email and budget. That’s it.