Infor saw strong results from its entry into the retail market for the second quarter ended October 31. The giant software company moved into retail two years ago and performance "continues to outpace expectations", CEO Charles Phillips said in the company's recent earnings call. He noted one sale to Nordstrom which he said represented "the largest POS invoice ever signed in an industry."

Xero says it has revamped its Advisor Directory, taking advantage of the company's move to the AWS platform. The cloud software company says the directory now utilizes a chatbot to connect small businesses to advisors via social media.

Waterloo, Ont.-based Six S Partners is moving into the reselling market in the United States. An Epicor VAR, Six S is merging with Yorktown Heights, N.Y.-based Tri Gem to form a jointly owned company that will operate under the Six S name in this country. Six S Partners was Epicor's Global Partner of the Year for 2015 and 2016 and Americas Partner of the Year for four consecutive years.

Retail Pro International has joined the SAP PartnerEdge program. The Folsom, Calif.-based software developer says as a result its retail management software is now available on SAP Business One. Participation in the program enables the company and distributors to build, market and applications on top of SAP software. Retail Pro says it now has access "to all relevant SAP technologies in one simplified framework under a single, global contract."