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Manufacturers

This section allows the administrator to maintain a list of the manufacturers in the system. A manufacturer has a name, a description and a URL (presumably, for their corporate site). All of this information has to be entered manually by the administrator. The name is required, but none of the information is validated, so its accuracy is up to the administrator.
Each product in the catalog can be assigned to one manufacturer. This information will appear on the storefront, on the product details page. There also will be an option to view all products from the same manufacturer.