Baku Shopping

You can find more original brands in tarkoy, but they are expensive, if you want cheaper you must go to airport market area, from outside of airport (nlocals said: "aaraaport")
There were very low price dresses and crafts that are often from china. You don’t forget that all shops will close in 5p.m because people must go to recreation!

What to buy: cristals and berets

Caviar (kuru) is one of the Azeri luxuries, and you can taste it not only canned but also fresh. There's some sturgeon farming but most caviar comes from the dwindling stocks of the Caspian sea.
In Baku the best place to find caviar is at the Taza bazaar, near the Circus. Beluga is rather rare in Baku - most production of Beluga is exported. Most caviar you find in Baku is Osetra and Sevruga. You should also be aware that most fresh caviar is fully authentic, but illegally poached.
Beware that you are only allowed to take 600 g of caviar out of the country. Customs inspectors are skilled at checking for contraband in x-rayed luggage at the airport.

What to buy: caviar

What to pay: Baku Beluga from Azerbaijan is considered the rarest caviar in the world. It sells for $175 per ounce on the Internet,

Pretty much anywhere

What to buy: Brandy from Azerbaijan was highly thought of in the old Soviet Union and can be picked up anywhere. Not bering much of a brandy drinker I will put it down as an acquired taste and leave it at that ;-) If you have the time and the space a carpet would be a much nicer gift!

What to pay: 10 euro but no doubt more or less depending on where you go

Kitsch souvenirs and accessories on sale in the streets. Remember to bargain, not only because items are over 100% overpriced, but it may be that you’ll buy something after all.

What to buy: An Azerbaijani hat/fes was enough for me :-)

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A wide variety of carpets, varying from traditional motives to new age global motives - see the "War in Afghanistan" carpet featuring grenades, tanks and other "symbols".
This one was 200 dollars :-)

Azerbaijan Ramstore founded in 1996,Xatai, had to stop its services due to a fire damaged the building in June, 2001. After rebuilding and re-opening it, Xatai started to serve the public again in 2002. Azerbaijan Ramstore, in order to increase its market share, continued to open new stores in different formats between 1996 and 2000, and opened 2 new stores in capital Baku. Today, Ramstore QTSC, continues its operations with 3 stores which have 5216 sqm (m²) closed area in different parts of the city.

Mum (pronounced Tsoom) is an old university which has been converted into a department store and stocks EVERYTHING from gold to televisions. There are some good bargains to be had so get down there!

Also, Fountains Square is where all of Baku's shopping is done. It is awash with lots of local and foreign shops, selling clothes, phones, cd's/dvd's etc. There's even a McDonalds to refill when you get tired of all thats shopping!

What to buy: You should purchase a Matrioshka doll, traditional Russian and very well made. Also, pick up a souvenir carpet, as the carpets in Azerbaijan are renouned worldwide.

What to pay: Carpets - 5 Shirvan upwards. ($10 approx.)
Matrioska Dolls - 2 Shirvan ($4 approx.)

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There are many souvenir shops around town but most of them are conveniently located near each other on Fountain Square and Nizami Street (a.k.a. Torgovaya). There are also many in the Old Town but they mostly sell carpets.

What to buy: To bring it as a souvenir from Azerbaijan you could buy a number of things... Mini carpets are always a nice gift or you could buy small daggers, swords, silver cup-holders, souvenir back-gamon, silk scarves, miniature dolls wearing national Azeri dresses or anything made from carpet material.

What to pay: Depending on what you are going to purchase the prices will vary. But nothing should be expensive. As a rule, negotiate before buying anything in any souvenir shop!