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FinancialForce.com, the company jointly owned by Unit4 and Salesforce.com, has received $50 million in private equity money. The investment comes from funds managed by Advent International, which just acquired Unit4 via a tender offer. FinancialForce is certainly optimistic. Its CEO, Jeremy Roche, issued a statement that said, "The company is on track to transform the ERP market in the same way that Salesforce.com has for CRM."

Retail Pro International has struck an exclusive deal with flexReceipts to bring the latter company's digital receipts to American retail stores. The alliance make flexReciepts the only endorse partner to provide the receipts to RPI customers. The receipts are customizable and offer product-level recommendations, unique offers based on spending habits and social media tie-ins. The integration of video is also enabled. In line with the current trend, flexReceipts, of course, supports omnichannel branding