IBM
Interbrand / Brand Finance
Peak value
78.8
Peak year
2013
Region
USA
IBM's blue suits and mainframe era made it synonymous with serious business computing — and then the PC revolution it helped create almost made it obsolete. The 2021 Kyndryl spinoff was a brand amputation: IBM shed its past to focus on cloud and AI, betting that a century-old name could reinvent itself. The jury is still out, but IBM's brand value has stabilized after years of decline.
2021 — Kyndryl spun off, IBM refocused on hybrid cloud and AI
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0%
67%
of the B2B buying journey happens digitally - before anyone talks to sales.
SOURCE: FORRESTER RESEARCH
+0%
+17%
more conversions for every second faster a page loads.
SOURCE: AKAMAI /GOOGLE
75%
of how trustworthy a B2B website looks comes from design alone.
SOURCE: STANFORD WEB CREDIBILITY RESEARCH
0x
5x
revenue growth for companies that treat design as a strategic discipline.
SOURCE: MCKINSEY
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Design that works. AI that helps. Brands that earn trust.
HOW WE HELP
Your brand either attracts the right clients and positions you as a category leader, or it looks like it can't keep up with your ambition. We build the first scenario - by combining brand strategy, websites, and AI into one process that, unlike most agencies, doesn't start with "what color do you want?"
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