Sitation Announces Partnership with Akeneo

Friday, March 6, 2020

Sitation is excited to announce a partnership with Akeneo, a global leader in Product Experience Management (PXM) for corporate brands and retailers

Sitation, a digital strategy consultancy serving retailers, distributors, brands and manufacturers announced a new partnership with Akeneo to deliver accelerated digital transformation solutions, all powered by the Akeneo Product Experience Management (PXM) platform. The partnership will involve a collaborated offering of Sitation's strategic digital merchandising/marketing services and integrations with implementation and distribution of Akeneo's solutions. This includes Akeneo PIM, the No.1 open source product information management platform, Akeneo Onboarder, a cloud-based tool for fast and secure supplier information onboarding, and Franklin, Akeneo's groundbreaking AI-powered product data intelligence suite.

"The combination of Sitation's professional services and unique data modeling and onboarding platform with Akeneo's best-in-class catalog management capabilities will deliver huge value to the global user base. We're proud and excited to embark on this journey with a partner we respect as a thought leader in the PIM space," says Steve Engelbrecht, President & CEO of Sitation.

Sitation has joined Akeneo's trusted network of Solution Partners, responsible for providing robust and streamlined solutions for customers. By leveraging the Sitation Professional Services team its suite of products for taxonomy, data preparation, and data migration, Sitation improves and accelerates the customer's experience throughout the entirety of their Akeneo implementation.

"The collaboration comes at a time when omnichannel selling is a top priority for retailers and brands. We are investing in our channel strategy and expanding our presence in North America to equip enterprise clients with powerful and flexible solutions supported by an extended ecosystem that will help them deliver outstanding product experience across sales channels. Sitation's strong eCommerce expertise and industry experience make them an ideal partner for Akeneo in 2020 to further accelerate our digital transformation efforts for both B2B and B2C merchants," says Mike Bender, VP of Sales, North America at Akeneo.

About Akeneo
Akeneo is a global leader in Product Experience Management (PXM) solutions that help merchants and brands deliver a compelling customer experience across all sales channels, including eCommerce, mobile, print, and retail points of sale. Akeneo's open source enterprise PIM, and product data intelligence solutions, dramatically improve product data quality and accuracy while simplifying and accelerating product catalog management.

Leading global brands, including Sephora, Fossil, Shop.com, and Auchan trust Akeneo's solutions to scale and customize their omnichannel and cross-border commerce initiatives. Using Akeneo, brands and retailers can improve customer experience, increase sales, reduce time to market, go global, and boost team productivity. For more information, please visit https://www.akeneo.com or contact us on Twitter at @akeneopim.

About Sitation
Sitation is a team of digital merchandising specialists offering a unique combination of software and services. Sitation's solutions enable retailers, distributors, and brands to increase traffic and conversion by building and executing scalable product content initiatives in a complex and highly competitive omnichannel environment.

With a growing customer roster including dozens of Fortune 500 firms and some of the largest players in eCommerce, Sitation's unique approach combines professional services, SaaS solutions, and a scalable team of content resources to address common issues in master data and product information management.