Glossary

Clear definitions of essential PIM, DAM, and eCommerce terms to help you manage product data more effectively.

A

Alt Text

API Integration

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Reality

Asset Linking

Asset Usage

Attribute Group

Audience

Audit Trail

Average Transaction Value (ATV)

B

Best-in-Class

Black Friday

BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later)

Brand Awareness

Brand Manager

Brand Manufacturer

Brick and Mortar

Bulk Editing

Bundle

B2B (Business to Business)

C

Campaign

Catalog Management

Category Manager

Category Performance

Category Tree

Channel Attribution

Channel Readiness

Cloud Technology

Consumer Packaged Good (CPG)

Completeness Score

Composable Commerce

Creative Team

Customer Return

Customer Touchpoint

D

DAM Connector

Data Cleansing

Data Completeness

Data Enrichment

Data Export

Data Governance

Data Governance Officer

Data Mapping

Data Normalization

Data Quality Dashboard

Data Validation

Digital Asset Management 

Digital Commerce

Digital Commerce Manager

Digital Product Passport

Digital Shelf

E

eCommerce

eCommerce Content Specialist

eCommerce Platform

End of Life Product

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

ERP Integration

ETL

European Article Number (EAN)

Exclusive Product Launches

F

File Format

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

First Party Marketplace

Fulfillment

G

GEO (Generative AI Optimization)

Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)

Gross Weight

H

Hero Image

Hybrid Shopping

I

Image Resolution

Integration

iPaaS

J

Jet Marketplace

JSON

K

Kit

L

Lifestyle Image

Localization

Localization Readiness

Loss Leader

M

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN)

Marketplace

Master Data Management (MDM)

Material Composition

Marketing Manager

Marketplace Integration

Media Library

Merchandiser

Middleware

N

Net Weight

Niche Audience

O

Off Price

Omnichannel Customer Experience

Order Management System

P

Parent-Child Relationship

PLM Integration

Potential Market

Product Assortment

Product Catalog

Product Content Management (PCM)

Product Data Syndication

Product Description

Product Dimensions

Product Family

Product Hierarchy

Product Information Management (PIM)

Product Lifecycle Management

Product Manager

Product Performance

Product Size

Product Taxonomy

Product Variant

Q

R

Resale Market

Retailer

Retail Price

Rule-Based Automation

S

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Sell-Through Rate

SKU Coverage

Source of Truth

Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)

Suggested Retail Price (SRP)

Supplier Onboarding

Supplier Portal

Syndication Success Rate

T

Technical Specifications

Tech Stack

Translation Management

U

Universal Product Code (UPC)

V

Validation Rule

Video Asset

W

Webhook

Workflow

X

XML (Extensible Markup Language)

Y

Z

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