Grover, Europe's premier tech subscription platform with access to cutting-edge electronics that offers a flexible rental model over traditional ownership. With an extensive product portfolio spanning categories such as audio & music, cameras & drones, and computers & laptops, Grover caters to diverse tech needs. Founded in 2015 by Michael Cassau, Grover champions the belief that technology should be a universal right, empowering individuals to explore new personal and professional horizons. By subscribing to Grover, users can keep, switch, return, or even purchase devices, ensuring maximum flexibility and affordability. As a leader in the circular economy, Grover drives sustainability by extending the lifespan of tech products, minimizing e-waste, and maximizing value for users worldwide.
Have the ability to grade products in an automated way:
Grover initiates the import process by configuring two distinct imports: the Grading Master Taxonomy import for managing taxonomy and the Product Import for handling products.
Grover imports the Asset file containing essential product data. This file serves as the foundation for the subsequent enrichment process.
Following the Asset file import, Grover imports the Linked file, which references Grading groups. These groups, representing Grover's categories, are crucial for categorizing products accurately.
The Grading Groups referenced in the Linked file are linked to the products listed in the Asset file. This linkage is essential for organizing products within Grover's taxonomy.
Once the products are linked to their respective Grading groups, they undergo an enrichment process. During this phase, additional data is added to enhance the product information.
Finally, the enriched products, categorized within their respective Grading groups, are returned to the client. This ensures that clients receive comprehensive product data that aligns with Grover's taxonomy and categorization system.
Supporting multiple taxonomies and custom categories
Connection to Content Provider
Multi-Locale taxonomy import
Reporting/Dashboards
Taxonomy management through UI
We addressed this challenge by mapping the taxonomies of Grover and Icecat and implementing an import configuration that allowed the client to provide their own categorization, bypassing the initial one.
To facilitate seamless access to product content data, we established the Icecat Content Connector, ensuring a reliable connection to the content provider.
We tackled the complexity of importing taxonomies with multiple locales by developing logic that examines the file structure and enables users to update and assign translations to the Grading Master taxonomy.
In response to the need for comprehensive reporting, we gathered analytics and metrics of products within all catalogs and individual ones, including periods and stages of product data validation in the dashboard logic.
To streamline taxonomy management, we developed a user-friendly taxonomy management module within the Gepard platform. This module empowers users to efficiently manage taxonomies, including all related entities such as categories, attributes, attribute groups, brands, and attribute values.
Business Value: Reduction of manual work during mapping & transforming product data. Established a centralized source of truth.
Working closely with Grover, we configured a custom import system to pull all necessary entities from the provided data sources (one taxonomy and two product data files) and transform them. This feature enables Grover to categorize products efficiently, aligning with their unique requirements and automating the overall workflow.
Business Value: Opportunity to estimate product reuse levels for more accurate pricing.
Our team successfully developed a unique custom export of a Grading Master file in JSON format. This JSON file has a strict order and structure, featuring an array of products with SKU, unique variant, EAN, GTIN, brand, category, subcategory, and data from linked files for each product.
Business Value: Enhanced decision-making capabilities through access to detailed, real-time data insights. You gain control over enrichment status and validation, as well as how much product data is filled.
Through our collaboration with Grover, we developed dashboards displaying statistics on product catalog data, EAN/GTIN validation, and the number of products enriched with content providers.
Business Value: Increased customer satisfaction and engagement through enriched and accurate product information.
We also established an Icecat connector, allowing Grover to seamlessly access enriched product content. This integration enhances the quality and depth of product information available to Grover's customers.
Gepard is an independent turn-key eCommerce platform that automates work with product data. For more than 15 years the Gepard team of 150+ dedicated specialists has been working on product information management solutions for clients around the globe.