AnswerRocket, Atlanta, reveals the Top 11 trends changing the CPG landscape.

Agritask, Israel, completed an $8.5 million Series A financing round, led by the InsuResilience Investment Fund, Switzerland, and co-invested by Barn Investimentos, Brazil.

Inmar, Winston-Salem, N.C., acquired ownerIQ, Boston, to offer retailers fully integrated technology to power their digital media network.

Matrix Sciences, Mount Prospect, Ill, announced a strategic alliance with TraceGains, Westminster, Colo., to offer integrated solutions that combine TraceGains software with Matrix Sciences’ food safety advisory services, laboratory testing and data analytics.

84.51° launched Stratum, an analytics solution that combines rich customer behavior insights with retail performance measures.

PSSI, Kieler, Wis., launched a new real-time performance metrics platform that supports a more detailed data-driven approach to food safety and sanitation.

Yara International, Norway, partnered with IBM, North Castle, N.Y., to build what is dubbed to be the world's leading digital farming platform, providing holistic digital services and instant agronomic advice.

Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., debuted a new Intelligent Retail Lab (IRL) in its Levittown, N.Y., location, complete with artificial intelligence-enabled cameras, interactive displays and a massive data center.

CAS DataLoggers, Chesterfield, Ohio, provided the data capture solution for an industrial plant manufacturing frozen food products.

Inpixon, Palo Alto, Calif., announced a technology integration collaboration with SAS, a Cary, N.C.-based provider of advanced analytics software (SAS).