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Product Information Management

Apparel PIM software for fashion brands

One product record. Every channel in sync. Zero drift.

Centralize product information, variants, SKUs, attributes, and media in one system — so a single edit propagates everywhere you sell, instead of across seven tabs and a weekend.

Built for multi-channel apparel brands managing wholesale, DTC, marketplaces, warehouses, 3PLs, and growing operational complexity.

Trusted by modern apparel brands that can't afford disconnected operations

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30 × 10 × 7 = 2,100

The number of product records your team is actually trying to keep in sync

30 SKUs per style. 10 styles per collection. 7 channels where each product lives. That's 2,100 records drifting at seven different rates, edited by four different teams, synced on three different schedules. Whatever you're paying your ops team to reconcile it, you're paying too much.

Wed · 11:47 PM

It's Wednesday night. You're launching Monday.

Fourteen styles, four colorways each, two gender cuts. That's 112 SKUs.

Shopify needs product copy in your brand voice. Amazon wants attribute values that map to their taxonomy — including the five “ingredient” fields the new compliance rules require. Your B2B portal needs linesheet-style imagery. JOOR's feed wants the data in their specific schema. Your customer service team is already asking which size chart to use.

It's 11:47 PM. Your merchandiser is on tab fourteen. A color name just changed on the line sheet but hasn't flowed to the B2B portal. Two SKUs are still missing material composition. One image is the wrong aspect ratio for Amazon.

This is why product data should never live in more than one place.

The catalog drift problem

Product descriptions get edited on the DTC site but not on the B2B portal. A color name changes on the line sheet but not on the marketplace listing. An attribute update sent to one channel never makes it to the others. Each copy drifts at a different rate — and the gap between them shows up as listing errors, customer service tickets, return volume, and ops time nobody has to spare.

The cause isn't your team. It's that product data is spread across tools that don't talk to each other. Fix the tools, the team stops reconciling.

Uphance gives you one product record per SKU, with channel-ready content, variants, attributes, and media in one place. Every channel reads from the same record. Updates propagate. Drift stops.

What Uphance PIM does

Six capabilities that keep your product data structured, consistent, and connected to every channel your business runs.

Product records, variants, SKUs

Add a new colorway. Every size variant is created automatically with your inherited attributes. No spreadsheet math.

Descriptions, attributes, channel content

Write product copy once. Map it to Shopify fields, Amazon fields, and B2B fields with channel-specific overrides where you need them.

Media and digital assets

Upload hero images, lifestyle shots, and detail crops against the product record. Amazon gets its 6:7 ratio. Shopify gets its 4:5. B2B gets the linesheet treatment.

Bulk updates and imports

Tag 500 styles with a new sustainability attribute in minutes. CSV in, structured data out, channels updated.

Cross-channel distribution

One save pushes to Shopify, Amazon, Zalando, JOOR, and your B2B portal. No republish step. No "did we update Amazon?" Slack thread.

Cross-team consistency

Design, merch, sales, and ops all look at the same product record. The question "which version is current?" stops getting asked.

How product data flows from Uphance to every channel

Every channel reads from one source. Update once, propagate everywhere.

Diagram showing Uphance PIM at the centre pushing product data to DTC (Shopify, Shopify Plus, WooCommerce), Marketplaces (Amazon, Zalando, Mirakl, ChannelEngine), B2B (Uphance B2B, JOOR, NuOrder, Stockbase), and Custom channels (Uphance API, CSV feeds)

Most growing apparel brands don't need a standalone PIM.

They need their operational system to treat product data like a first-class citizen.

A standalone PIM costs $30K–$80K per year, takes six months to stand up, and sits next to your ERP as one more system to keep in sync. If you're still in that seat, it's usually because your ERP treats product data as a secondary concern — a field in a form, not the spine of the operation.

Uphance was designed the other way around. Product data is the spine, not an attachment. Variants, attributes, media, and channel content are native, not retrofitted. Which means most of our customers don't need a standalone PIM at all — they just needed the operational system to stop losing the plot.

Standalone PIM vs Uphance PIM

Standalone PIM Uphance PIM
Product records
Variants and SKUs at apparel scale Often retrofitted ✓ Native apparel model
Media and digital assets Separate DAM ✓ Built in
Channel distribution Via middleware ✓ Direct to Shopify, marketplaces, B2B
Connected to inventory ✓ Live stock on every record
Connected to orders ✓ Orders draw from same product truth
Connected to fulfillment ✓ Warehouse sees the same data
Systems to maintain PIM + DAM + middleware + ERP One
Typical cost $30K–$80K/year plus integration Part of Uphance
Time to value 4–6 months Weeks

Real results

“It's transformed our fashion inventory management by unifying everything in one place and has eliminated so many manual errors in our process.”

Felix Ramirez, Director, Lufema Family-owned Australian wholesale distributor. 45 years in business. 16 international brands. 600+ boutique retailer accounts.

What Lufema saw in the first year

Metric Before Uphance After Uphance
Inventory accuracy 90–95% ~99%
Excess stock Baseline ~20% lower
Brands onboarded without adding ops headcount 3 new brands + 100+ new retailer accounts
Read the full Lufema case study →

Who this is — and isn't — for

We say no to more deals than we say yes to. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you in the first call.

Uphance PIM probably isn't for you if…

  • Your catalog is under 50 SKUs on a single Shopify store.
  • You sell one channel and have no plans to expand.
  • You need enterprise PLM depth (sample rounds, multi-tier approval matrices, complex BOM hierarchies) more than you need operational connectivity.
  • You've already invested in a standalone PIM and are happy with how it's performing.

Uphance PIM is built for you if…

  • You're managing 200+ SKUs across three or more channels.
  • Your team is reconciling product data between systems on a regular basis.
  • You're losing margin to listing errors, channel mismatches, or customer service tickets caused by stale product data.
  • You want product data to be native to your operational system, not a silo you sync to.
  • You're planning to add channels, brands, or markets in the next 12 months.

What a demo actually looks like

This isn't a generic product walkthrough. We prep every demo around your catalog, your channels, and your real operational complexity. In a 45-minute call, here's what you'll see:

  1. 1
    Your catalog, in Uphance. We'll load a representative slice of your product data and show you what your catalog looks like as connected records.
  2. 2
    Your channel stack, flowing. We'll demonstrate Shopify, Amazon, B2B, or whatever channel matters most to you — with data syncing live.
  3. 3
    The workflows you run today. Bulk edits. Seasonal launches. Attribute updates across variants. Each shown against the workflows your team actually performs.
  4. 4
    Integration and migration scope. A real read on what connecting Uphance to your current stack looks like — time, cost, risk, sequencing.
  5. 5
    Honest fit assessment. If Uphance isn't the right answer for your operation, we'll tell you in the meeting. No follow-up sales dance.

Key PIM capabilities

Product records at variant and SKU level
Descriptions, attributes, and channel-specific content
Product imagery and digital assets
Bulk data imports and updates
Cross-channel product distribution
Direct integrations with Shopify, marketplaces, and partner systems
Activity tracking and version history
Role-based access for teams and partners

How we get you live

Our rollout looks like most enterprise software rollouts. The difference is in the discovery call — that's where we map your operation, not your feature wishlist. Everything after is in service of that map.

1

Discovery

We spend 45 minutes mapping how your catalog flows today — every channel, every handoff, every manual step.

2

Tailored demo

We rebuild that flow inside Uphance, using your real product data, and show you the delta.

3

Configuration

Uphance gets set up around how your teams actually work — not how a generic template wants them to work.

4

Migration

Product records, media, and historical data move in. Usually 2–4 weeks depending on source complexity.

5

Go-live + hypercare

Launch with hands-on support through the first full launch cycle.

Frequently asked questions

Integrates with

Uphance PIM pushes product data to the channels your buyers and customers actually use.

eCommerce

Shopify · Shopify Plus · WooCommerce

Marketplaces

Amazon · Mirakl Connect · ChannelEngine · The Iconic · Zalando

B2B

JOOR · NuOrder · MOODJA · Stockbase

Documents

Dropbox

API

Uphance API for custom channel feeds

See all integrations →

Ready to see your catalog, in one place?

Start with a brief discovery conversation. We'll learn how your product data flows today, assess fit, and prepare a demo around your catalog, channels, systems, and priorities.

One connected platform for product development, product data, inventory, orders, fulfillment, and reporting — built for apparel teams that need clarity across the business.