Complex product size setup

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I am new to Prestashop and I am setting up a shop to sell clothes for children.

 

We have LOTS of different size variations. We sell products from 25 different brands and most of them have their own size system. This means, one manufacturer may have their sizes named "74/80" and another one may call a similarly sized product just "80". A third brand may have the size "74/86".

 

If we would add each of these, it would be very confusing for our customers to filter the products in a category view in search results.

 

I have compiled a list of the different sizes we have in our product range, and what a mess it is... Have a look:

 

Newborn

32

38

40

40/42

41/45

44

44/46

48

48/50

50

50/56

52

52/54

54

56

56/68

60

60/70

62

62/68

68

70

70/80

74

74/80

74/86

80

80/86

80/90

80/98

86

86/92

90

90/100

92

92/98

92/104

98

98/104

100

100/110

104

104/110

104/116

110

110/116

110/120

110/122

116

116/122

120

120/130

122

122/128

122/134

128

128/134

130

130/140

134

134/140

140

146/152

150

 

and

 

0-5 Months

1 Month

3 Months

6 Months

6-12 Months

9 Months

12 Months

12-18 Months

18 Months

1-2 Years

2-3 Years

3 Years

4 Years

5 Years

6 Years

8 Years

10 Years

 

and

 

1-2

2-4

4-6

6-8

1/5

6/12

 

and

 

XS

S

M

L

XL

2XL

3XL

 

And these are just the upper and lower body products. Hats, shoes and socks would have other variations but they are not that big of a problem, I think.

 

So, we have a huge challenge ahead of us, in finding a working system for us, and something that would make sense to our customers.

 

We would like to create "virtual size groups" which means the products can keep the manufacturers' respective sizes (we don't have to physically re-brand them), but still in the categories be grouped into simpler size variations for our customers.

 

This would mean, the customer only sees these sizes:

50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120 etc.

But in these main virtual size groups, there are many sizes (for example 74/86 and 80/86 and 80/98 are all inside the "80" size in category view.

 

I hope my point is understandable.

I am sure others have had the same problem before.

 

Would it be possible to keep the manufacturers sizes on pro-product level but have simpler size groups in category/search/filter view? If so, how? Does anyone have experience with these kind of complicated size setups? How would you do it?

 

Oh, it would also have to be compatible with different color variations.

 

Thank you in advance.