> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.fabric.inc/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting Started

fabric Product Catalog is a data organization tool that enables merchants to build a centralized source of product information. This information can include technical specifications such as size and weight, design specifications such as color and material, and generic details such as name, description, and ID.

Product Catalog has out-of-the-box integrations with fabric services such as [Orders](/v3/orders-and-inventory/user-guides/orders/overview) and [Offers](/v3/offers/user-guides/offers/overview) that enable merchants to add base prices and promotions to any products available in Product Catalog, including categories and collections.

Product Catalog is accessible through fabric’s cloud-based application [Copilot](/v3/product-catalog/user-guides/product-catalog/overview), or through fabric's [APIs](/v3/product-catalog/api-reference/product-catalog/overview).

## Key Resources

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  <Card title="Developer Guide" icon="folder-open" href="/v3/product-catalog/api-reference/product-catalog/developer-guide/introduction">
    Essential instructions for integrating and using Product Catalog APIs.
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  <Card title="Product Catalog AI" icon="star" href="/v3/getting-started/copilot/fabric-ai/product-catalog-ai">
    Actionable insights to optimize product data with fabric-powered AI.
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  <Card title="Product Attributes" icon="table-list" href="/v3/product-catalog/user-guides/product-catalog/attributes/product-attributes-overview">
    Configure product data such as SKU, size, color, image, and more.
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  <Card title="Items" icon="list" href="/v3/product-catalog/user-guides/product-catalog/list/items/items">
    Create and manage the products, bundles, and variants in your catalog.
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  <Card title="Categories" icon="table" href="/v3/product-catalog/user-guides/product-catalog/categories/overview">
    Structure products to improve navigation and visibility.
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  <Card title="Data Ingestion" icon="file-csv" href="v3/product-catalog/data-ingestion">
    Best practices for optimizing product data management.
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## Use Case

Consider a furniture distributor with an extensive catalog that includes living, dining, and bedroom pieces who wants to display their products for sale on their storefront.

The merchant can upload each item they sell, either individually or in bulk with a CSV file. Attributes of each piece, ranging from physical characteristics such as dimensions and weight to construction characteristics such as materials and finishes can all be included. Variants of items are also supported, so that a coffee table available in mahogany, oak, and pine can all be considered different versions of the same item. In addition, items frequently sold together can be grouped into bundles so that the coffee table can be sold along with a pair of matching end tables.

The merchant can then create a hierarchy of relationships among the items in the catalog that make the most sense to their business. That means the coffee table could be in a category with all living room furniture, or a category of all tables, or both.

The merchant can group items from different categories into themed collections to boost the sales or marketing campaigns. For example, for a Black Friday promotion, merchant can assemble a living room set collection that includes a coffee table, end tables, sofa, loveseat, and lamps.

## Resources

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    <Card title="Debenhams Powers 3 Million Product SKUs with fabric’s Modern Omnichannel Commerce Platform" img="https://mintcdn.com/fabric-demo/osl7kK9MImgseOLW/images/debenhams2.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=osl7kK9MImgseOLW&q=85&s=539803f885d80ccc38fd4d09683ac6b0" href="https://fabric.inc/blog/news/debenhams-fabric-omnichannel" width="1400" height="904" data-path="images/debenhams2.jpg" />

    <Card title="fabric Launches Product Catalog, Unlocking Retailers Need for Flexibility, Speed and Configurability" img="https://mintcdn.com/fabric-demo/F7b1V-u0CDceQ5EA/images/productcatalog2.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=F7b1V-u0CDceQ5EA&q=85&s=999647cd511e3502074d1877db0c602e" href="https://fabric.inc/blog/news/fabric-introduces-product-catalog" width="1400" height="888" data-path="images/productcatalog2.jpg" />
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