Case Study

The TCL Rebrand: from great price to first choice

Two consecutive years as America's fastest-growing consumer electronics brand. Rebrands are measured in the P&L.

Role VP of Brand and Digital Marketing Brand TCL North America Years 2023 — 2026

The TCL holiday campaign with Justin Herbert.

Challenge

TCL had already won the value game. Great TVs, massive volume, and momentum the legacy players envied. But we were earning the transaction, not the preference. Price got us into the cart. It couldn't get us into culture, or into the premium living rooms where margins live. The mandate was to change what TCL meant, not just what it cost.

Insight

Value shoppers don't want a cheap TV. They want to feel smart about a great one. The moment we stopped apologizing for the price and started leading with the experience, the price became proof of intelligence instead of evidence of compromise.

Idea

Reposition TCL from price-led and feature-first to premium and benefit-driven. Let consumers trade down in price without trading down in pride.

Execution

New creative that sold the living room, not the spec sheet. A holiday campaign with Justin Herbert that put the brand inside the biggest buying season with premium swagger. Brand, media, e-commerce, and retail unified around a single consumer growth strategy, with Marketing Mix Modeling and a culture of continuous testing deciding where every dollar went.

TCL QD-Mini LED in a premium city loft
TCL X-Series in a moody premium living room
The TCL QM8L at the center of a designed living room
TCL QM9K in a dark modern built-in
TCL QM8K over a modern console

Results

The numbers

2x
Circana's fastest-growing consumer electronics brand in the US, two consecutive years
+23%
Improvement in marketing ROAS
-16%
Customer acquisition costs
3wks
Cut from campaign launch timelines

Learning

A rebrand isn't a new logo. It's a new reason to choose you.

The creative earned the permission to charge more. The measurement discipline proved it was working every single week. That pairing, brand courage backed by analytical rigor, is the through-line of my entire career. This is where it ran at the biggest scale.