BOSTON, June 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of raising $13 million in venture capital financing, enterprise product information management company Akeneo today announced partnerships with three new solutions partners -- Gorilla Group, Digital Bridge Solutions, and Ziffity Solutions.
Akeneo, which was founded in France in 2013 by eCommerce veterans including Magento co-founder Yoav Kutner, recently opened its U.S. headquarters in Boston, and it has already acquired more than 40,000 community clients and 150 enterprise clients worldwide. The company is a world leader in product information management (PIM), which brings together detailed, high-quality data about products across sales channels, helping manufacturers and eCommerce companies better manage and market products, improve conversion rates, and scale and customize eCommerce initiatives far more rapidly.
Akeneo has attracted interest from a bevy of U.S. and international companies and is currently working with such top brands as Samsung, Universal Music, and Shop.com. The three solutions agencies join the growing roster of international partners that implement Akeneo's PIM solution and provide seamless support for the company's enterprise clients.
Gorilla Group, which has seven international offices in North America and Europe, is an award-winning Magento Global Elite partner that combines strategy, user experience design, and technology to help our clients navigate the digital economy. Digital Bridge Solutions, headquartered in Chicago, implements eCommerce and product information management solutions for emerging and mid-sized enterprises to help them grow via the digital channel. Ziffity, based in India and San Jose, CA, is an eCommerce agency that provides creative web design, eCommerce web development, and digital marketing services.
Our new partners bring a wide range of skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to deliver Akeneo's PIM solution to customers. As product information management becomes an increasingly critical element of eCommerce, our goal is to help more and more merchants in the U.S. and around the world use PIM to scale and accelerate their eCommerce initiatives more rapidly.
said Scott Dahlgren
Akeneo's vice president of U.S. channel development.
About Akeneo
Akeneo is the product experience (PX) company and global leader in Product Information Management (PIM), enabling organizations to build and deliver world-class product experiences across every customer touchpoint through a comprehensive PX Strategy. By providing best-of-breed technology and expertise, Akeneos intelligent Product Cloud accelerates growth, reduces time-to-market, and gives organizations the competitive edge needed to convert browsers into buyers.
Leading global brands, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, including Chicos, The Very Group, TaylorMade Golf, Rail Europe, Kering, and more trust Akeneo to scale and customize their omnichannel commerce initiatives. Using Akeneos AI-Centric Product Cloud, companies can activate product experiences in any and all channels that drive an improved customer journey from discovery to purchase, resulting in increased sales, reduced returns, faster time-to-market, and increased team productivity.