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Trends in PIM, Part 1: The onboarding layer is peeling off from the PIM
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-10-07 · 6 min read
Supplier onboarding is turning into its own layer in front of the PIM, with its own vendors and APIs, and that changes what you should check in your next PIM selection.
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S/4HANA: Last Free Shot at AI-Ready Product Master Data
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-09-18 · 6 min read
Most S/4HANA programs will govern material, business partner and finance data well enough to cut over. That is the ERP job. It is not the AI job. AI agents do…
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AI Agents Need Answers, Not Complete PIM Records
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-09-15 · 4 min read
Akeneo’s new piece on preparing product data for agentic commerce opens with a car seat. A sister needs one that fits a specific car, a weight range, a safety standard,…
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Crystallize: A Headless Commerce OS Without an Interface
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-09-12 · 6 min read
Crystallize’s Sweden move is easy to read as an office opening. It is more useful to read it as adding a missing layer. The company already treats products, content and…
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Your Catalog's New Shopper Ignores the AEO Debate
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-09-09 · 5 min read
Your catalog has a new shopper: an agent that ignores the AEO debate. Why product data must answer constraints, not win a channel-SEO argument.
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PPWR and the DPP: Can One Data Model Cover Both?
Nathalie
· 2026-09-08 · 4 min read
PPWR and the Digital Product Passport are separate systems. Can one product data model cover both, or will packaging and DPP split your PIM?
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Incomplete Product Data Drops You from AI Answers
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-09-08 · 4 min read
Incomplete product data does not rank you lower in AI answers. It drops you out. Why attributes that can answer a real constraint now decide visibility.
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PPWR Is Live. Your Packaging Data Model Is Not.
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-09-07 · 5 min read
PPWR is live, but most packaging data models are not. What happens when three SKUs share a carton and the supplier emails a new spec.
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Tenzing Buys Pimcore: Diligence Checklist for Buyers
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-09-06 · 4 min read
Tenzing's Pimcore deal changes the diligence checklist for open-core PIM buyers. What to inspect in ownership, roadmap, and support after the sale.
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Akeneo Bets the Future of PIM Is Price, Too
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-08-24 · 9 min read
Akeneo acquired PricingHUB, betting PIM will include price as well as product content. What the move says about where product information is heading.
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Cinven Bets on Salsify as PIM Becomes AI Infrastructure
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-08-23 · 10 min read
Cinven is buying Salsify as PIM becomes infrastructure for AI commerce. What the private-equity bet means for the digital shelf and product content.
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A Grocer's VC Bets on the Backbone of Retail's AI Future
Stephan Spijkers
· 2026-07-30 · 11 min read
Ahold Delhaize's W23 Global bet signals where retail tech, and quietly PIM, is heading. Why grocery AI still needs a product data backbone.
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