diff --git a/lib/Interchange6/Cart.pm b/lib/Interchange6/Cart.pm
index 3315b00..7fa3c71 100644
--- a/lib/Interchange6/Cart.pm
+++ b/lib/Interchange6/Cart.pm
@@ -516,18 +516,25 @@ the zero-based index of the product within L</products>.
 
 sub update {
     my ( $self, @args ) = @_;
-    my @products;
+    $self->_update_cart_item(quantity => @args);
+}
 
+sub _update_cart_item {
+    my ($self, $key, @args) = @_;
+    croak "Missing attribute" unless $key;
+    my $accessor = $key;
+    my $mutator = "set_" . $key;
+    my @products;
   ARGS: while ( @args > 0 ) {
 
-        my ( $product, $sku, $qty );
+        my ( $product, $sku, $attr );
 
         if ( ref( $args[0] ) eq '' ) {
 
             # original API expecting list of sku/qty pairs
 
             $sku = shift @args;
-            $qty = shift @args;
+            $attr = shift @args;
 
             croak "sku not defined in arg to update" unless defined $sku;
 
@@ -554,7 +561,7 @@ sub update {
 
             my %selectors = %{ shift @args };
 
-            $qty = delete $selectors{quantity};
+            $attr = delete $selectors{$key};
 
             if ( defined $selectors{index} ) {
 
@@ -602,18 +609,20 @@ sub update {
 
         croak "Product not found for update" unless $product;
 
-        defined($qty) && ref($qty) eq ''
-          or croak "quantity argument to update must be defined";
+        defined($attr) && ref($attr) eq ''
+          or croak "$key argument to update must be defined";
 
-        if ( $qty == 0 ) {
+        if ($key eq 'quantity' and  $attr == 0 ) {
             $self->remove( $product->sku );
             next;
         }
 
-        # jump to next product if quantity stays the same
-        next ARGS if $qty == $product->quantity;
+        # jump to next product if the attribute stays the same
+        if (defined $product->$accessor and $attr eq $product->$accessor) {
+            next ARGS;
+        }
 
-        $product->set_quantity($qty);
+        $product->$mutator($attr);
         push @products, $product;
     }
 
@@ -622,6 +631,42 @@ sub update {
     return @products;
 }
 
+=head2 update_sku
+
+Change the sku of a product already in the cart (the first argument).
+
+The API for the arguments are the same as C<update>
+
+=head2 update_canonical_sku
+
+Change the canonical sku of a product already in the cart.
+
+The API for the arguments are the same as C<update>
+
+=head2 update_name
+
+Change the name of a product already in the cart.
+
+The API for the arguments are the same as C<update>
+
+=cut
+
+sub update_sku {
+    my ($self, @args) = @_;
+    $self->_update_cart_item(sku => @args);
+}
+
+sub update_canonical_sku {
+    my ($self, @args) = @_;
+    $self->_update_cart_item(canonical_sku => @args);
+}
+
+sub update_name {
+    my ($self, @args) = @_;
+    $self->_update_cart_item(name => @args);
+}
+
+
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
  Stefan Hornburg (Racke), <racke@linuxia.de>
diff --git a/lib/Interchange6/Cart/Product.pm b/lib/Interchange6/Cart/Product.pm
index e7b725c..b7a84a4 100644
--- a/lib/Interchange6/Cart/Product.pm
+++ b/lib/Interchange6/Cart/Product.pm
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ has name => (
     is       => 'ro',
     isa      => NonEmptyStr,
     required => 1,
+    writer  => 'set_name',
 );
 
 =head2 price
@@ -133,10 +134,6 @@ sub _build_discount_percent {
     return int( ( $self->price - $self->selling_price ) / $self->price * 100 );
 }
 
-after 'set_price', 'set_selling_price' => sub {
-    shift->clear_discount_percent;
-};
-
 =head2 quantity
 
 Product quantity is optional and has to be a natural number greater
@@ -160,12 +157,6 @@ has quantity => (
     writer  => 'set_quantity',
 );
 
-after set_quantity => sub {
-    my $self = shift;
-    $self->clear_subtotal;
-    $self->clear_total;
-};
-
 =head2 sku
 
 Unique product identifier is required.
@@ -176,6 +167,7 @@ has sku => (
     is       => 'ro',
     isa      => NonEmptyStr,
     required => 1,
+    writer => 'set_sku',
 );
 
 =head2 canonical_sku
@@ -188,6 +180,7 @@ is the sku of the parent product.
 has canonical_sku => (
     is      => 'ro',
     default => undef,
+    writer => 'set_canonical_sku',
 );
 
 =head2 subtotal
@@ -372,17 +365,27 @@ sub should_combine_by_sku {
    return $self->combine;
 }
 
+after 'set_price', 'set_selling_price', 'set_sku' => sub {
+    shift->clear_discount_percent;
+};
+
+after qw/set_quantity set_name set_sku set_canonical_sku set_quantity/ => sub {
+    my $self = shift;
+    $self->clear_subtotal;
+    $self->clear_total;
+};
+
 # after cost changes we need to clear the cart subtotal/total
 # our own total is handled by the Costs role
 
-after 'clear_costs', 'cost_set', 'apply_cost', 'set_quantity' => sub {
+after 'clear_costs', 'cost_set', 'apply_cost', 'set_quantity', 'set_name', 'set_sku', 'set_canonical_sku'  => sub {
     my $self = shift;
     if ( $self->cart ) {
         $self->cart->clear_subtotal;
         $self->cart->clear_total;
     }
 };
-after 'set_quantity', 'set_weight' => sub {
+after 'set_quantity', 'set_weight', 'set_name', 'set_sku', 'set_canonical_sku' => sub {
     my $self = shift;
     if ( $self->cart ) {
         $self->cart->clear_weight;
diff --git a/t/unit/cart.t b/t/unit/cart.t
index be134dc..c7d792d 100644
--- a/t/unit/cart.t
+++ b/t/unit/cart.t
@@ -629,4 +629,28 @@ cmp_ok( $cart->subtotal, '==', 5,  "subtotal is 5" );
 cmp_ok( $cart->total,    '==', 5,  "total is 5" );
 cmp_ok( $cart->weight,   '==', 10, "weight is 10" );
 
+lives_ok { $cart->update_sku(ONE => 'THREE') };
+{
+    my $product = $cart->products->[0];
+    is $product->sku, 'THREE';
+}
+lives_ok { $cart->update_sku(THREE => 'ONE') };
+
+lives_ok { $cart->update_canonical_sku(ONE => 'Hello') };
+lives_ok { $cart->update_name(ONE => 'Bau') };
+
+{
+    my $product = $cart->products->[0];
+    is ($product->sku, 'ONE');
+    is ($product->canonical_sku, 'Hello');
+    is ($product->name, 'Bau');
+}
+
+cmp_ok( $cart->count,    '==', 2,  "count is 2" );
+cmp_ok( $cart->quantity, '==', 3,  "quantity is 3" );
+cmp_ok( $cart->subtotal, '==', 5,  "subtotal is 5" );
+cmp_ok( $cart->total,    '==', 5,  "total is 5" );
+cmp_ok( $cart->weight,   '==', 10, "weight is 10" );
+
+
 done_testing;
diff --git a/t/unit/cart_product.t b/t/unit/cart_product.t
index d644909..16985b1 100644
--- a/t/unit/cart_product.t
+++ b/t/unit/cart_product.t
@@ -195,4 +195,11 @@ ok( !$product->defined_extra('undef'), "!defined_extra('undef')" );
 lives_ok { $product->clear_extra } "ok clear_extra";
 cmp_ok( $product->keys_extra, '==', 0, "keys_extra has 0 keys" );
 
+dies_ok { $product->set_name('') } "fail set_name with empty string";
+dies_ok { $product->set_sku('') } "fail set_sku with empty string";
+dies_ok { $product->set_name(undef) } "fail set_name with undef";
+dies_ok { $product->set_sku(undef) } "fail set_sku with undef";
+lives_ok { $product->set_canonical_sku(undef) } "fail set_sku with empty string";
+is $product->canonical_sku, undef, "canonical sku can be undef";
+
 done_testing;