Should the brand look expensive if your prices are mid-range?

No, if the price is a neighbourhood price the mark has to look like that neighbourhood, careful and clear, not a hotel luxury. It looks serious, and it does not look costly, when the door and the cup match what is charged.

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Put the price of the coffee beside the sign and see if they tell the same story. The mark whispers fine dining and the review complains that the place was not that. The mark adjusted to the photo of the bar and to the price already on the board.

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