03
/2025
SALEXTRA — FROM PHONES TO PURPOSE
BRANDS
SERVICES
INSIGHT
What does Salextra actually do for people? The answer wasn't devices. It was what those devices make possible: a farmer checking prices, a student joining a class, a family staying close across distance. Technology, for Salextra, has always been a means to something more human.
POSITIONING
A new corporate purpose captured in one line — INNOVATION TO ENHANCE DAILY LIVES — with a restructured logo, a complete brand guideline system, redesigned internal communication, a corporate AV, a new website and a LinkedIn presence that speaks daily.
CHALLENGE
Salextra began by building mobile phones. Over time it became something much bigger: the company bringing Apple, HMD, Nokia, HTC and its own Xtra devices to every corner of Bangladesh. But its identity was still telling the old story. The logo had drifted, internal materials spoke in a dozen accents, and the name behind some of the world's most trusted technology was itself hard to see. Salextra had outgrown "phone manufacturer." It needed a brand that matched what it had become, and a voice that could lead the conversation about where technology in Bangladesh is heading.
IDEA
Every piece of the identity was rebuilt to carry the purpose: the logo restructured to keep the equity Salextra had earned while gaining the clarity of a technology company — from a phone box to a billboard. A brand guideline turned the identity into a living system of colour, type, voice and rules of use. Internal materials were redesigned so the brand starts from within. A corporate AV told the transformation in motion, the website became Salextra's digital headquarters, and LinkedIn became a daily stage for industry insight and behind-the-scenes stories from the people driving technology in Bangladesh.
THE LOOP
HOW WE GOT THERE.
Found an identity still telling the old story while the company had already become a nationwide technology distributor.
Repositioned from phone manufacturer to innovation-led technology company, with one corporate purpose as the anchor.
Restructured logo, full brand guideline, redesigned internal communication and a corporate AV carrying the new line.
Corporate website as digital headquarters; LinkedIn turned into a daily thought-leadership stage.
One unified identity across every touchpoint, inside and out, tracked through engagement on the new channels.
RESULTS
THE IMPACT.
- 01A repositioning from phone manufacturer to innovation-led technology company
- 02A clear corporate purpose, captured in one line: Innovation to Enhance Daily Lives
- 03One unified identity across every touchpoint, inside and out
- 04A daily thought-leadership presence on LinkedIn that grows the community and starts conversations
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