Amazon is removing a department from shoes listing experience

Shortly after 15.November 2021, Amazon will be removing a field called “department_name” from listing experience, but the department attribute will remain in Amazon’s catalog. 

This is done in order to simplify listing experience and facilitate more consistent customer experience.

To derive the department name, Amazon will use two attributes which are already existing as mandatory attributes in listing experience for shoes: “footwear_age_group” and “target_gender”.

Here you can view a screenshot of the e-mail announcement regarding the matter:

Here is a copy of the wording in English:


Removing department from shoes listing experience

Hello,

In order to simplify listing experience and facilitate more consistent customer experience, we will remove “department_name” from listing experience such as custom templates, category-specific inventory file templates, and 1 by 1 product update) for shoes products. To derive the department name, we will use two attributes which are already existing as mandatory attributes in listing experience for shoes: “footwear_age_group” and “target_gender”.

This change will be made any time after November, 15, 2021. After this time, “department_name” will be removed from listing experience, but the department attribute will remain in Amazon’s catalog. 

For the scoped product types and mapping table to “department_name”, go to “Removing department from shoes listing experience”: https://sellercentral.amazon.ca/gp/help/G9TQCPU68XVVPTEB

The Amazon Services team

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