To explain how show brands in layered navigation versus vendor information.

Solution:

NRO will populate the Brand header of layered navigation with your vendor by default. For the example in the article, we will be using a video game whose vendor is 2K Games and the brand will be Gearbox Software .

In Counterpoint, the item record should have a Primary Vendor field and will look like this:

You may also note there is no place in the item record to enter in brand so that the information can be reflected in your online store.

On the NRO side, we can see that the Primary Vendor field is being used for the brand instead of the actual brand of the product:

To get around this, we need to create an Item Attribute that will be used to represent the item's brand. To do this, inside Counterpoint, go to Setup > System > Quick Setup and select the Items tab.

In this example, I selected the Item Attribute 2 field, but you can use any open attribute field you like. I have named the attribute field Brand as well.

Next, we need to head over to the Ecommerce Control file by going to Setup > Ecommerce > Control and selecting the Items tab. While on this time, please change the Vendor Source field to your new brand attribute. Save your settings when complete.

The next step to add a brand code your items. Open up an item by going to Inventory > Items and search for your item. Once your item is open, select the Description tab. You should see a new field at the bottom of the description field.

For this example I have already created my brand code called "Gearbox" for this item. All you will need to do is click on the magnifying glass, select add, and name your brand code.

Once the item has a brand code associated to it, republish the item, and you should be seeing results like below: