Brand Strategy and Design

Comerica

Expanding expectations

Today, Comerica Incorporated, a multi-state financial services company headquartered in Detroit, provides a variety of products including loans, mutual funds, insurance and retirement services.

Challenges

Detroit Bank and Trust Company's new strategy of establishing a premier multi-state institution with expanded financial services required a new identity

Actions

Created the name Comerica to influence perceptions of the organization and signal its expanded business

Developed a vibrant new logotype, retaining the red color of the bank's old identity

Designed a comprehensive identity system to ensure consistency

Conducted an employee orientation program to ease the implementation process