AppCard Inc., a New York-based personalized marketing and shopper analytics platform for retailers, acquired ProLogic Retail Services, a provider of loyalty marketing solutions for independent grocers based in Delray Beach, Fla.

Mobile payment options will soon replace physical credit cards as shoppers’ preferred payment method at supermarkets, as they’re more secure and convenient.

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.