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Supplier Selection: Why the Cheapest Supplier Is Not Always the Best Choice

The cheapest supplier is not necessarily the supplier that costs a business the least. Purchase price is an obvious part of supplier selection, but it is only one of many. Stock availability, delivery terms, update frequency, data quality, order processing...

September 30, 2026

Icecat PIM Release 3.17.2: Split Export and Bulk Actions

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Icecat PIM Release 3.17.2: Split Export and Bulk Actions

The team is not slowing down between big releases. Icecat PIM 3.17.2 lands with a tight set of fixes and two genuinely useful export upgrades, the kind of release that quietly makes your daily workflow smoother. Import & Export Product...

September 22, 2026

Icecat PIM Release 3.17.0: Summary Card & PIM AI Search

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Icecat PIM Release 3.17.0: Summary Card & PIM AI Search

Icecat PIM 3.17.0 is here and a more exciting 3.18.0 is on its way! This Icecat PIM release adds a summary card to the Product Edit workspace, brings PIM AI (formerly AI Assistant) to the header search bar and connects...

September 10, 2026

ERP Quoting: How Quote Pages Connect PIM and ERP

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ERP Quoting: How Quote Pages Connect PIM and ERP

Building a quote in an ERP sounds straightforward until the information you need is somewhere else. The customer and quotation may already be in the ERP, but the product you want to add is missing. A supplier changed its price....

September 3, 2026

Icecat PIM Release 3.16.0: Quote Pages, Batch Editing & Smarter Exports

Release Notes

Icecat PIM Release 3.16.0: Quote Pages, Batch Editing & Smarter Exports

Icecat PIM 3.16.0 is here. This Icecat PIM release introduces dedicated Quote Pages, adds batch editing in the product list, makes filtered exports and Insights more dependable, adds Shopify handling for daily product creation limits, and ships a round of...

August 20, 2026

Product Data in Spreadsheets: 7 Signs You Have Outgrown Them

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Product Data in Spreadsheets: 7 Signs You Have Outgrown Them

Spreadsheets are often the most practical place to start managing product data. Excel and Google Sheets are familiar, flexible and quick to set up. For a small catalog, one file may be enough to manage titles, descriptions, prices, images and...

August 6, 2026

Order Management in E-commerce: What Buyers Expect in 2026

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Order Management in E-commerce: What Buyers Expect in 2026

The line between how people shop at home and how they buy at work has effectively disappeared. The same person who tracks a weekend parcel also places orders for their company. They expect both experiences to feel the same. In...

July 23, 2026

Meet the Experience Assistant: AI Built into Icecat PIM

Product Updates

Meet the Experience Assistant: AI Built into Icecat PIM

The Experience Assistant is an AI assistant built directly into Icecat PIM, designed to answer questions about your product catalogue using live catalogue data and extensive platform documentation. Whether you’re looking for a specific product, troubleshooting an import or checking...

July 21, 2026

Icecat PIM Release 3.15.0: Built-in AI Assistant, Faster Search & a Redesigned Import Wizard

Release Notes

Icecat PIM Release 3.15.0: Built-in AI Assistant, Faster Search & a Redesigned Import Wizard

Summer’s here, and so is Icecat PIM release 3.15.0. This release adds an AI chat assistant powered by Claude Managed Agents, moves product search to a new OpenSearch-based architecture that now powers the public API, redesigns the Import Wizard across...

July 9, 2026

Origin Storage Joins Icecat Commerce Distributor Partner Network

Partners

Origin Storage Joins Icecat Commerce Distributor Partner Network

We are happy to announce that Origin Storage has officially joined the Icecat Commerce Partner Network as a new distributor! With this partnership, UK and EMEA retailers gain access to Origin Storage’s product catalogue. For retailers looking to expand their...

June 26, 2026

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Supplier Selection: Why the Cheapest Supplier Is Not Always the Best Choice

Icecat PIM Release 3.17.2: Split Export and Bulk Actions

Icecat PIM Release 3.17.0: Summary Card & PIM AI Search

ERP Quoting: How Quote Pages Connect PIM and ERP

Icecat PIM Release 3.16.0: Quote Pages, Batch Editing & Smarter Exports

Product Data in Spreadsheets: 7 Signs You Have Outgrown Them

Order Management in E-commerce: What Buyers Expect in 2026

Meet the Experience Assistant: AI Built into Icecat PIM

Icecat PIM Release 3.15.0: Built-in AI Assistant, Faster Search & a Redesigned Import Wizard

Origin Storage Joins Icecat Commerce Distributor Partner Network

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