Re: CS: An exception occurred in the 'CatalogWebService' Web service. Exception details follow:
The Catalog Manager app uses the web service to do the import, so I would guess that you haven't properly onfigured the permissions.
Check that the identity of the App Pool that's using the Catalog Web Service has write access to the following:
1) The CatalogAuthorizationStore.xml file in the catalog web service folder under IIS
2) The Windows\Temp folder
3) The Temporary ASP.NET Files folder under C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
Also:
1) Open the Commerce Server 2007 command line prompt
2) Type
csconfig.exe /r Feature.MS.CS.PerfCounters
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