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Structural Note 04

Structural Note 04

The Catalogue Effect

The Catalogue Effect

As portfolios expand, more products compete for visibility.

Each campaign introduces a new SKU, new claim, new launch, new priority.

At first, this looks like growth.

Over time, the brand begins to feel less like a clear point of view and more like a rotating product feed.

Attention disperses.
Recall weakens.
No product holds long enough to become structurally dominant.

The issue is rarely the number of products.

It’s the absence of a hierarchy deciding which products carry the brand — and which support it.

Strong systems expand carefully.

The signal stays anchored even as the portfolio grows.