The product catalog is parsed by impact.com into the "Impact Format" which can be downloaded in a range of file formats.
You can select how you want to download your Impact Format product catalogs by changing the File Format settings.
- From the top navigation bar, select - [User profile] → Settings. 
- Select Data Feeds. 
- Select - [Edit] next to Product Feeds to edit the section. 
- Select the File Format. You can select XML, CSV, or TAB. - CSV and TAB are both plain text formats; CSV is comma-separated, TAB uses tab as a separator. 
 
- Choose whether you want the file compressed (gzip) or not. Compression is recommended for larger product catalogs. 
- Select Save. - See the sample spreadsheet below for a description list of all parameters and an example of a product catalog. 
  
In order to download a product catalog, you will need to have joined a brand that has uploaded one.
- From the top navigation bar, select Content → Product Catalogs 
- You can download the product catalog from the Actions column. - Select Download Impact Format to download the impact.com standardized format of this product catalog. 
  
Note: Product catalogs downloaded in Impact Format on impact.com are in the same format as they would be when downloaded via FTP.