Reminder: Changes to Attribute Requirements for Zalando

Our partners at Zalando have again drawn our attention to the changes to attribute requirements, initially announced in February:

Announcement - Zalando: Upcoming changes to attribute requirements from 1 March 2025

Hereby, we would like to remind you to please make sure that your product data complies with Zalando's requirements to ensure a successful product creation.

Changes to attribute requirements

Starting 1 March 2025, important changes to Zalando's item attribute requirements came into effect: 

Zalando will remove 24 optional attributes globally and 32 optional attributes from certain silhouettes. There will also be 5 new optional attributes.

Additionally, 18 attributes that were previously marked as "mandatory, if applicable" will become mandatory.

Please read the following article published by Zalando. There, you can download a file in which the removed and added attributes can be reviewed. The article also lists the 18 attributes that must be specified from now on.

You can find the article here: Zalando Partner - Article "Upcoming changes to attributes requirements" 

Procedure for setup

To obtain the new attributes and selection values in your system, please proceed as follows:

1. Convert silhouettes to characteristics

2. Add the characteristics to your items

3. Enter the data for the characteristics on the items