<a href="/{{ $product->route }}">

    {{-- ProductImage or NoImageFound-image (todo: maybe put this in a service? --}}
    @if( $product->small_image_url && file_exists($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $product->small_image_url) )
        <img src="{{ $product->small_image_url }}" alt="{{ $product->brand_name }} {{ $product->name }}"/>
    @else
        <img src="/images/structure/noImage.jpg" alt="No image found"/>
    @endif

</a>