Alliance Retail Group (ARG), Hendersonville, Tenn., announced a partnership with RSA America, Schaumburg, Ill., to promote supermarket technology through customer engagement and real-time analytics.

Bossa Nova, a San Francisco-based data service provider for global retailers, announced new survey findings that uncover the chronic inventory problems affecting the retail industry.

Symphony Retail Solutions (Symphony GOLD), Atlanta, and EIQ, Boston, Mass., announced the results of their category management survey of U.S. retailers.

Cloverleaf, San Diego, Calif., announced shelfPoint, what is said to be the industry’s first dynamic shelf solution with built-in emotional artificial intelligence (emotion AI) capabilities.

Emerson Climate Technologies Retail Solutions Inc., a Kennesaw, Ga.-based business of Emerson, introduced Site Supervisor, a simple, powerful facility control platform to optimize HVAC, refrigeration, lighting and other critical equipment.

New York-based Handshake introduced Handshake Direct Mobile, a dedicated mobile commerce app designed for shelf-side ordering.

Simbe Robotics, San Francisco, debuted Tally, what is said to be the world’s first robotic autonomous shelf auditing and analytics solution for the retail industry.

Global retail analytics leader Retail Solutions Inc. (RSi), Mountain View, Calif., introduced the new shopper marketing optimization (SMO), a solution that helps consumer packaged goods (CPG) shopper marketing teams plan, execute and measure events in an end-to-end workflow solution.

InContext Solutions launched HIVE, a new virtual reality lab offering a hands-on experience of the latest in VR technology and high-end wearable gear.