A new retail experience? Brandiend handled concept and design for AB Cool Food
Mega Image, leading Romanian urban retailer and part of the international Delhaize Group, launched a new concept store in Bucharest,
a pioneering experiment in Romania, by offering an impressive specialized range of frozen foods and ready meals as a solutions to modern lifestyle needs.
Brandient has been commissioned to conceptualize and design the retail experience for the pilot store, facing a double challenge: create a literally appealing and “warm” retail environment dedicated to shopping frozen products and aim to educate the consumers about the benefits of frozen food in the daily rush of life.
Brandient created the name “Cool Food” for the existing retail trademark “AB” belonging to the international group. The composed name “AB Cool Food” is highly relevant for sustaining the new category and the consequent positioning promise of “Cool and Simple”.
From fascia to wall graphics, labeling system to catalog and uniforms, from merchandise to the sales support manifestations, the entire retail experience has been created, designed and implemented by Brandient under the leadership of Senior Designer Adrian Stanculet.
Given the double challenge of the new identity, we decided to make things WOW through simplicity. We ‘designed’ verbal spaces inside the store by selecting a relaxed and friendly font, as well as by ensuring a high quality composition. Therefore, the appetising and colorful product presentation convinces that the frozen food category represents a lifestyle and is characterised by quality. At the same time, we realised that this territory can be a good brand property for AB Cool Food.
Adrian Stanculet,
Senior Designer Brandient
The project stands on and reinforce the extended experience Brandient has in retail branding, proven by Dedeman DIY chain, eMag multi-channel expressions, Domo and Flanco, to mention just a few.
One might say it is a relatively simple process to design a fascia, but the real branding test is when the consumer enters the store and faces the environment as a whole: the space, the product display, the graphics, the speech of the sales person, the light, the smell, the sound and the temperature, all encompassing an experience that should be memorable and repeatable.
Irina Ilie,
Associate Director Brandient
Brandient is the award-winning brand strategy and design company with offices in Bucharest and Singapore. With a proven track record in difficult and emerging markets, it delivers innovative branding solutions with a focus on technology-related areas.