Al Market
A logo that speaks
to the customer

Al Market is a chain of hard-discounter outlets in Azerbaijan. Our team was engaged to develop the logo and the corporate style concept of the chain.

Ever since the project’s start, the task was to create such a brand identity that would, on the one hand, state directly its belonging to the hard-discounter segment, yet, on the other hand, take into account the local specifics of the consumer behavior.

We chose the percentage sign – a plain image of low prices – as the logotype. It was sufficient to signify the format of a hard discounter and we decided to make all other identity elements without solutions that were typical for the segment. We came up with a system of the logo communication with the consumers.

The actual chain name implied interactivity, as the word “AL” means “TAKE/BUY”. By replacing the customary “market” with a product name, a phrase or an image, we receive a wide variety of messages, such as “Take apples” or “Take the freshest”. This move fully functions both in the brand identity and in the advertising communications, and in the design of the private label packaging.

In Baku, consumers with a low income do not want cheap stores clearly identifying their social status to be created for them. Such customer would rather go to a supermarket and buy a smaller amount of more expensive stuff. Therefore, it might be a mistake to be straightforward, like others. We should create a brand with a heart - a brand that would set the standards in the segment.

By occupying a virtually empty niche, we want to demonstrate to all pop-up retail businesses calling themselves “supermarkets” what a competent chain in a hard-discounter format truly is.

Al Market
A logo that speaks
to the customer

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Al MarketA logo that speaks to the customer

Other Works

Year of Hare

Zeronix

Al Market
A logo that speaks
to the customer