Product Information Management Software | PIM Software | Retail SaaS Product Information Management (PIM)

1. CLOUD-BASED ENTERPRISE PIM ENABLES THE FASTEST IMPLEMENTATION, ADOPTION
AND TIME TO IMPACT IN THE INDUSTRY
JUNE 22, 2015

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• Product Information Management Overview
• Fast Time to Impact
• On-Demand Scalability
• Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
TOPICS

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MERCHANTRY SOLUTION: SCALE, EFFICIENCY, GROWTH
Products Available
Quickly
Wider Selection
SATISFIED
CUSTOMER
Selection / Market
Expansion
Multiple Formats Of
Data Accepted
SportsAuthority.com

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Merchantry Overview Client Benefits
Built by retailers for retailers
Intuitive UI for retailers and suppliers
• Fastest catalog onboarding
• Fastest Adoption (internal users &
suppliers)
Cloud-based solution (SaaS)
Built for flexibility and scalability
• Fastest implementation
• Highly scalable and flexible
• No hardware / IT to purchases or
manage
MERCHANTRY: THE #1 ENTERPRISE CLOUD PRODUCT
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Fastest Time to Impact and Lowest Total Cost of Ownership

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• Product Information Management Overview
• Fast Time to Impact
• On-Demand Scalability
• Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
TOPICS

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MERCHANTRY: FASTEST “TIME TO IMPACT”
Rapid
Implementation
(Saas Model)
Rapid Adoption
(Robust features &
Intuitive UI)
On-demand
Scalability
(SaaS Model)

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Faster time to market for new products
Increase conversions and customer satisfaction
Reduce returns due to poor content
High ROI and Low Total Cost of Ownership
TYPICAL PROJECT GOALS FOR RETAILER PRODUCT INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT

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• Company: Apparel & Accessories, Home Goods, Multi-Brand Retailer
• Solutions: PIM + Supplier Onboarding
• Business model: Ongoing “flash sales”
MERCHANTRY: FASTEST “TIME TO IMPACT” IN THE PRODUCT
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY
2 months after signature 3 months after signature
• 4,700 new products
• 190 new supplier catalogues
• 7,700 new products
• 300 new supplier catalogues
CLIENT EXAMPLE
FAST PIM IMPLEMENTATION & ADOPTION

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Merchantry’s cloud-based delivery and product features enable fast implementation
• Product: Pre-configured for retailer and supplier use cases – no custom programming
• Infrastructure: No impact on IT infrastructure, no hardware sourcing or software install
• API’s: Open APIs in a non-proprietary format, connecting to any number of systems
HOW THEY DID IT – FAST IMPLEMENTATION
No changes to IT and software infrastructure and staffing

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Merchantry’s intuitive UI enables rapid adoption by internal users and suppliers
• Internal Users:
– Intuitive User interface and workflow
– Flexible configuration options enable business-driven changes without IT
support
• Suppliers:
Suppliers choose from a variety of intuitive supplier and product data import options
HOW THEY DID IT – RAPID ADOPTION

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Merchantry’s intuitive UI enables rapid adoption by internal users and suppliers
• Internal Users:
– Intuitive User interface and workflow
– Flexible “on the fly” without programming support
• Suppliers:
Suppliers choose from a variety of intuitive supplier and product data import
options
HOW THEY DID IT – RAPID ADOPTION

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• Product Information Management Overview
• Fast Time to Impact
• On-Demand Scalability
• Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
TOPICS

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• Company: Apparel & Accessories, Home
Goods Multi-Brand Retailer
• Solutions: PIM + Supplier Onboarding +
Dropship Management
• Business Model: Ecommerce retailer
MERCHANTRY: ON-DEMAND SCALABILITY
CLIENT EXAMPLE: SCALABILITY
616,579
1,836,430
2,786,177
5,599,220
-
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
0 1 2 3
Months
Products In Merchantry
Single Merchantry Client
+ 1.2mm
+ 0.9mm
+ 2.8mm
Catalog Onboarding
• Added 2.8mm new products in one month
• Added 5.0mm new products in three months
• Add over 200k products every month

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Merchantry’s cloud-based solution is “future proof” and built for scale
• Platform built from ground-up for on-demand scalability
• Clients never purchase or manage DBs or Servers
• Integration via open API’s in non-proprietary format connect any number of systems
HOW THEY DID IT – SCALABILITY

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• Product Information Management Overview
• Fast Time to Impact
• On-Demand Scalability
• Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
TOPICS

16. MERCHANTRY: LOW TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO)
With SaaS PIM, There are no hidden costs outside contract
• No hardware purchase or configuration
(vs. time and money spent purchasing servers and DBs, configuring, etc.)
• No software customization or outside tech resources required
(vs. large professional services contract)
• Rapid SaaS PIM deployment and Product Information
Management adoption
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE

17. MERCHANTRY: LOW TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
With SaaS PIM, No IT infrastructure or software upgrades to manage
• No FTEs for internal IT management
(vs. ½ FTE for server and software maintenance)
• Retailer SaaS PIM upgrades managed by Merchantry
• Dedicated account manager and support team for client users
• Support for supplier catalog onboarding
ONGOING SUPPORT

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Faster time to market
• Rapid “self-service” product information management and supplier catalog
onboarding
• Fast implementation and adoption delivers results within weeks
Increase conversions and customer satisfaction
• More robust product information available for website sooner
• New, higher demand products are available sooner
Reduce returns due to poor content
• Product information validation rules ensure that product information is correct the first
time
• Fewer errors and more complete information creates happier customers
High ROI and Low Total Cost of Ownership
• No custom programming required because solution designed for retailers
• Results delivered within weeks
• On-demand scalability without procuring or managing hardware
MERCHANTRY DELIVERS ON IMPORTANT GOALS FOR PRODUCT
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROJECTS

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MERCHANTRY: SAAS PRODUCT INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-BRAND RETAILERS
About Merchantry
Based in NYC, Merchantry is the world's only cloud-based
enterprise Product Information Management solution.
Designed by retailers for retailers, Merchantry's SaaS PIM
delivers speed, flexibility and scalability:
• Fastest PIM implementation
• Fastest supplier onboarding
• Robust dropship management module
• Configurable enterprise-strength product information
management (no custom programming)
• On-demand PIM scalability without hardware purchases
or management

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LEARN MORE ABOUT PRODUCT INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT AND SUPPLIER ONBOARDING
Links to Additional Free Resources
• Case Study Webinar: The Future of Ecommerce -How Bluefly
Excelled at Supplier onboarding
• Case Study Blog Post: Case Study – Product Information
Management (PIM) SaaS accelerates time to market
• Website: Product Information Management
• Demonstration: Schedule a SaaS Product Information
Management solution demo