Today the new version of the SDL Web E-Commerce Framework has been released to the community: https://github.com/sdl/ecommerce-framework 

The SDL Web E-Commerce Framework is an integration framework with connectors for:

• Fredhopper
• SAP Hybris
• Salesforce Commerce Cloud (aka Demandware)

Some highlights in the new v1.1:

• New OData based micro service for E-Commerce including clients for Java and .NET
• Decoupled E-Commerce connectors, either they can be plugged into the micro service or they can be co-located in DXA (java only)
• DXA modules for .NET providing the same functionality as the Java DXA modules
• Separated DXA modules into a generic part for controllers and models and one specific with the example views for the DXA white label design
• Support for product variants
• ECL connector for Fredhopper
• Support for latest Demandware version (v16.8)
• Supports DXA 1.6

New architecture:

The OData micro service is based on the SDL Web 8 micro service architecture. However it is decoupled from SDL Web, so it can be run in any JDK8 environment. The OData micro service will also make it possible for non-DXA implementations to use the different E-Commerce connectors.

I’ve recorded a short video highlighting some of the capabilities of the E-Commerce Framework: