TORONTO – April 20, 2012 – Visual SKUs, a leading provider of 360 product photography, still product photography, and digital asset management solutions, today announced that Robert Bosch, LLC has partnered with Visual SKUs to capture, process and format 360 product images.
Bosch required images for many of their product categories. Their business objectives for these product images were to increase sales through customer channels, minimize product returns, build awareness for Bosch brands, and differentiate their products from their competitors.
After an extensive search for a high-volume product imaging provider, Bosch selected Visual SKUs. They were impressed with the onsite solutions Visual SKUs offered their years of experience, and their track record of successfully completing large scale product imaging projects.
When Bosch was evaluating high-volume product imaging solutions, they discovered many benefits of producing 360 product images including:
- Capture still and 360 product images concurrently saving time and money. 360 product images are a series of still images that, when placed in a viewer, provide the customer the ability to pan and zoom around the product. When Bosch captures 360 images they will not need to capture still images separately; they select the still images needed from the 360 images.
- Increase sales with 360 product images. Many businesses using 360 images are experiencing higher sales when compared to still images alone.
- Maximize competitive advantage. Since the marketplace has been slow to adopt 360 product images, Bosch believed they might have the opportunity to gain a competitive advantage by being first to market with 360 product images.
Michael Stoll, Director, Catalogs, at Robert Bosch LLC, stated “We selected Visual SKUs as our imaging partner because they were able to deploy their studios in our distribution center avoiding the need to ship products. We also felt that their photography, editing, and project management software would ensure that image production levels and quality standards were met.” Mr. Stoll also added, “After capturing thousands of 360 product images from multiple product categories we are confident we made the right decision partnering with Visual SKUs, they are the product imaging experts.”
About Robert Bosch LLC
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. According to preliminary figures, more than 300,000 associates generated sales of $71.5 billion (51.4 billion euros) in the areas of automotive and industrial technology, consumer goods, and building technology in the fiscal year 2011. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its more than 350 subsidiaries and regional companies in some 60 countries. If its sales and service partners are included, then Bosch is represented in roughly 150 countries. This worldwide development, manufacturing, and sales network is the foundation for further growth. Bosch spent more than $5.5 billion (4 billion euros) for research and development in 2011 and applied for over 4,100 patents worldwide. With all its products and services, Bosch enhances the quality of life by providing solutions which are both innovative and beneficial.
In the U.S., Canada and Mexico, the Bosch Group manufactures and markets automotive original equipment and aftermarket products, industrial drives and control technology, power tools, security and communication systems, packaging technology, Thermo technology, household appliances, solar energy, healthcare telemedicine and software innovations. Having established a regional presence in 1906, Bosch employs over 22,500 associates in more than 100 locations, with sales of $9.8 billion in the fiscal year 2011, per preliminary figures.
For more information on Bosch Automotive Products, visit www.boschautoparts.com.
