The seventh annual Holiday Shopping Study from Motorola Solutions Inc. finds that overall in-store satisfaction has grown 23 percent in the last six years. Meanwhile, satisfaction with the checkout process and the availability of store associates has increased 32 percent and 23 percent, respectively, since 2008. Retailers need to continue to offer choice and options to shoppers across all channels - online, in-store and mobile. Shoppers also reported a dramatic increase in use of their smartphones for shopping-related activities including mobile couponing.

Hubwoo and GEP have entered into a partnership to provide a cloud-based source-to-pay service.

Accellos Inc., a vendor of supply-chain execution software, is expanded its market presence in Africa through a partnership with South Africa-based Dovetail Business Solutions.