United States – October 21, 2026 -- Americold says its ecommerce fulfillment network can deliver to 99% of the US population in two days or less, and that it shipped 6.8 million pounds of dry ice in 2025 to protect direct-to-consumer (D2C) orders.

The cold chain operator's D2C offering combines multi-temperature storage, pick-and-pack and kitting services, and insulated packaging sourcing. Its multi-temperature zones store, pick and pack product at the proper temperatures.

Americold's fulfillment network targets two-day delivery to 99% of US households

Americold operates a nationwide network of ecommerce fulfillment centers. The company says it can place product on the doorstep of 99% of American households within two days.

Global – October 21, 2026 -- The NRF 4-5-4 Calendar adds a 53rd week to the retail reporting year roughly every five to six years, most recently in 2023, to keep sales comparisons aligned between years.

Calendar splits the year into 4-5-4 week months to match weekends and holidays

The voluntary industry guide divides the year into months of 4, 5 and 4 weeks. Comparable months contain the same number of Saturdays and Sundays, so like days are compared with like days in sales reporting. The layout also lines up holidays.

The format dates to an informal inter-industry discussion in the 1930s. Retailers had reported on a straight calendar, but weekends made up a growing share of sales while the number of weekends per month varied from year to year. Many stores adopted the 4-5-4 Calendar in the 1940s.

AUSTIN – October 21, 2026 -- Hand to Hold, a national nonprofit supporting neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) families, will hold its 2026 National NICU Mental Health Conference virtually on November 4–5, with free attendance for NICU parents and continuing education credits for NICU professionals across all conference sessions.

Two keynote speakers address compassion, grief and healing

Gigi Khonyongwa-Fernandez, a trauma-informed leadership coach, and J.S. Park, a hospital chaplain and author, will headline the two-day program. Both will focus on compassion, navigating grief and finding healing.

Eight sessions target both families and NICU staff

The program mixes clinical-practice topics with parent perspectives:

Irvine – October 21, 2026 -- Asuri, a platform built by Sprouter Technologies, has launched a multi-agent enterprise AI system that connects specialized AI agents to more than 1,000 existing business applications, targeting companies that want persistent AI workflows rather than prompt-based copilots.

Asuri lets nontechnical teams assign agents to business processes

Users define a business process, connect the applications involved and assign specialized agents to separate responsibilities. They also set what each agent can access, recommend or execute. The platform combines multi-agent orchestration, workflow logic, persistent context and agent-level permission controls in one environment.

Sunnyvale – October 21, 2026 -- BMI Imaging Systems, Inc. is reviewing its end-to-end client project process after its CEO and an executive vice president attended the IIMDA Fall 2026 meeting in Québec City, Canada, on October 5–7.

BMI sends two executives to the three-day IIMDA meeting

CEO Will Whitney and EVP Brad Gilbert represented the secure digitization provider at the gathering. IIMDA members used the meeting to present how they run operations, serve clients and prepare for developments in information management.

The event is built around member presentations rather than a conventional trade show format. Providers walk peers through real processes and lessons learned.

Intake, quality control and communication drive the review

Whitney said the executives returned with "a stack of notes" and are already using them to examine BMI's process from the first client call through delivery.

SAN JOSE – October 21, 2026 -- Platform9 has been named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Private Cloud Infrastructure Software Platforms 2026-2027 Vendor Assessment (doc # US54490426, October 2026), and is pairing the placement with a 60-day production guarantee for VMware migrations.

IDC MarketScape rates vendors on current capabilities and future strategy

The assessment covers compute, storage architecture, networking options, cloud automation, security features and compliance frameworks for regulated workloads. It scores vendors on both present capabilities and forward strategy for private cloud infrastructure software.

Mississauga – October 21, 2026 -- NCL GT20 will launch its 18-match Caribbean Edition 2026 at Arnos Vale Stadium in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday, October 23, backed by four named commercial sponsors and an expanded international broadcast and streaming network that includes CBC GEM.

Toronto Kings face Vancouver Guardians in the 7 p.m. opener

The opening match starts at 7 p.m. local time (Atlantic Standard Time, UTC−4). The tournament runs through the championship final on November 2, with October 27 set as a rest day. All matches are played at Arnos Vale Stadium.

Dafabet, Coca-Cola, Powerade and Grace Good Move sign on as sponsors

The league has confirmed all four as official tournament sponsors. It says broadcast and platform availability will vary by territory and advises fans to check local listings and official NCL GT20 channels.

Gurnee, Ill. – October 21, 2026 -- Adams Elevator called its NAEC booth the most talked-about it has run at the show after deploying SKYE, a humanoid robot supplied by Metropolis Robotics, the sister company of exhibit builder 3DL Design.

Adams Elevator co-brands SKYE as part of its booth identity

The activation was the idea of Molly Cruz, National Sales and Process Manager at Adams Elevator. Adams co-branded the robot so that it became part of the booth's identity rather than a standalone attraction. The move extends Cruz's record of bringing new booth technology to NAEC.

SKYE also walked the show aisles carrying Adams-branded first aid kits and invited attendees to take one. Visitors stopped to photograph the robot and left with a branded giveaway.

Cruz said attendees lined up to meet SKYE, took photos and returned with colleagues. In her words, it was "the most talked-about booth we've had at NAEC."

Mission Viejo – October 21, 2026 -- TeamLogic IT named Arti Dutt of West Northridge, California, its Franchisee of the Year at the managed IT services provider's Owners Summit and Vendor Show, held October 5-8, 2026. The company recognized franchisees across six award categories at a closing ceremony.

Sold-out vendor show draws more than 70 technology companies

The exhibition featured more than 70 technology vendors, including signature sponsor Pax 8. Other exhibitors were Bitdefender, Blackpoint, Cytracom, Sophos, Kaseya, N-able, NinjaOne, Proofpoint, Rewst and Slide. TeamLogic IT operates more than 350 independently owned locations across North America.

Nashville – October 21, 2026 -- The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) installed Kisha Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP, as president, placing a county health chief and former Medicaid adviser at the head of an organization representing 124,500 family physicians, residents and medical students.

Davis brings Medicaid policy and county public health experience to the AAFP presidency

Davis is chief health officer for Montgomery County, Maryland. She previously served as vice chair of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), advising Congress, the secretary of Health and Human Services and states on Medicaid policy.

She was also vice president of health equity at Aledade, where she worked to reduce disparities in primary care, and medical director at CHI Health Care in Maryland. As a White House Fellow, she worked to better align the nation's food and health safety nets.