We commit to our customers and partners, and we value their feedback to constantly improve our service capabilities. In the current Icecat Free Vendor Central, the online cloud-PIM, we standardize the brand’s product content. As a result, selected channel partners can…
The number of product data sheet (PDS) downloads during Q3 2021 increased by 86% to 3.5 billion compared to the same period one year before. The total number of registered Icecat data users increased by 9% reaching 100K+ users. 38%…
July 21, Icecat and Autheos jointly announced to have reached an agreement on the acquisition of the latter. The Autheos video syndication business is transferred to Icecat per September 1. Now, the real work starts. Therefore, in the coming days,…
Intertoys, the Dutch toys retail chain that operates with around 200 stores and a webshop in The Netherlands, includes Icecat hosted videos on its website to further improve its online visitor experience. Last year, Intertoys mapped its taxonomy to the…
In these Icecat release notes for sprint 112, we discuss the finalization of the brand average review score. Further, we show in these release notes the progress regarding the rollout of timestamps in taxonomy files. Finally, we discuss a few…
What are the typical IPR infringement issues that we encounter in the ecommerce channel? Both from the perspective of a brand and its channel partners. And how can these risks be fully mitigated? Brands Should Fully Secure the IPR from…
ProXtend chooses to join Open Icecat to syndicate its product content to all its e-commerce partners. ProXtend is a manufacturer of high quality IT accessories. The new IT accessory brand of European distributor Convena aims to offer A-brand quality at…
According to SimilarWeb, Icecat is the global number one in the product information management & syndication (PIMS) market. SimilarWeb provides web analytics services for businesses based on reading DNS traffic and other web data sources. In the comparison we look at…
Megasur, a major IT distributor or mayorista in Spain, opens its platform for 3rd party product data. This to improve its shopping experience. The distributor advises its supplier brands to use the Free Icecat Vendor Central to complete their respective…
Icecat's global mission is to provide e-commerce partners with high-quality product information that helps their buyers make better and sustainable purchase decisions, in any world language, in any country, and on any device or media. As much as possible in…
What's the history of the Icecat Toy Data Model? In the summer of 2015, I start at Icecat. And join the Benelux team as responsible for the account bol.com. Bol.com uses Icecat's product information for many years. At the time…
In April, Icecat finalized the acquisition of Cedemo – an e-commerce player in the niche of toys, video games, board games, licensed products and accessories. To be able to exchange Cedemo's data within the Icecat ecosystem, the taxonomies need to…
Querido cliente, usuario o asociado Esperamos que estés afrontando bien la crisis del Covid-19 y todos nuestros pensamientos están con las víctimas. Nuestra primera prioridad en Icecat es la salud de nuestro equipo y el cumplimiento con las OMS y…
This document describes the Icecat XML method of Icecat's Open Catalog Interface (OCI): a set of standards and file formats used in the Icecat XML repository. In summary, it gives the basics of how to use the Icecat repository or…
Version: 1.21, August 28, 2019. The purpose of this post is to explain the Icecat URL method to get product data-sheets. It's the easiest way to integrate product data in your website, but hardly used anymore, as URLs require frames…
This document describes the manual for Icecat CSV interface (Comma-Separated Values) variant of Icecat's Open Catalog. A set of standards, data structures, files, and functionalities for the exchange of product data. Icecat provides customers with the ability to download CSV product…
Content Supplier Icecat develops a standard for product information for toy brands. The standard for toys, created in partnership with Dutch bol.com and Belgian retailer Fun meets requirements for category-specific search filters. This allows e-tailers to offer their customers a better…
