Strategic studio for premium consumer brands navigating structural inflection.

Founder-led. Operator-built. Selectively engaged.
Architectural detail — glass treads, polished concrete, light-shadow tension.
8× value creation · 45+ markets · €100M+ P&L · London Business School & Harvard case subject
Most premium brands fail at the same point — the moment growth meets identity. We work at exactly that point.
Architecture before expression. Structure before scale.
Practice

Four operating layers.
One unified mandate.

I.

Brand Architecture

We define positioning logic, narrative systems and portfolio structure for brands that need to scale without dilution.

For founders building category-defining brands. For boards repositioning established names.

II.

Product Strategy

Product is where brand becomes commercial reality. We design product architectures that hold under margin pressure, channel complexity and international expansion.

End-to-end: from concept logic to lifecycle economics.

III.

Commercial Systems

Pricing architecture. Channel segmentation. OTB governance. Margin discipline.

The unglamorous structure that turns brand equity into sustained P&L performance.

IV.

AI-Era Transformation

Premium brands cannot automate their identity. But they can no longer ignore the operating leverage AI creates in product, merchandising and commercial planning.

We build the integration logic — without flattening the brand.

Recognition
The AlphaTauri brand extension — co-led by our founder as Chief Product Officer — is now taught at London Business School and Harvard as a benchmark in premium brand stretch.
Tavassoli, N. (2022). Red Bull Spreads its Wings.
London Business School Case CS-22-016.
About
CRANCC is led by Murat Acevit — former Chief Product Officer at AlphaTauri / Red Bull, with two decades of operating experience across Puma, Intersport International and the Red Bull premium portfolio.
The studio operates through founder-led engagement and curated specialist collaboration. Mandates are selected, not stacked.
Work

Selected operating engagements.

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Trusted by
Two decades of operating context — across premium consumer, performance, automotive and global sports.
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Strategic conversations
begin with clarity.
studio@crancc.com
We respond to qualified inquiries within 48 hours.
Please include: company, stage, and the structural question you are working through.