Retail & Consumer Goods Industry

Malibu, Calif. – September 22, 2026 -- BIRKENSTOCK Americas has opened its 24th company-owned US retail location in Malibu, California, marking a continued expansion of its direct-to-consumer footprint on the West Coast.

New store anchors Malibu's Cross Creek Ranch mixed-use development

The store is situated at Cross Creek Ranch, 23465 Civic Center Way, Suite #850, a recently opened retail and dining destination in Malibu's Civic Center. The location carries the full BIRKENSTOCK range for women, men and kids, including sandals, clogs, sneakers, shoes and boots, alongside the brand's Care Essentials line and a new plant-based nail polish collection.

Campbell, Calif. – September 22, 2026 -- Centric Software confirmed that Los Angeles-based fashion brand STAUD has gone live with its Centric PLM platform, centralizing product development data across internal teams and manufacturing partners.

STAUD centralizes product workflows in single digital environment

STAUD, founded in 2015 by Sarah Staudinger and George Augusto, produces handbags, ready-to-wear and accessories. The brand implemented Centric PLM to organize product-related information and streamline development workflows, replacing fragmented processes with a unified digital system accessible to both internal staff and external manufacturing partners.

Noida – September 22, 2026 -- Scanova, the QR Code platform operated by Trycon Technologies India, has released the largest update in its history, shifting its product from measuring scan counts to tracking the business outcomes that follow a scan.

Conversion tracking now follows visitors past the scan

The update extends conversion tracking onto a brand's own website, reporting pages opened, links clicked and actions completed after the code is scanned. This lets businesses distinguish codes that generate traffic from codes that generate action, placing QR performance on comparable terms with other marketing channels. Scanova integrates with 14 marketing and sales tools, feeding this data directly into systems companies already run.

London – September 22, 2026 -- The Natural Diamond Council has rebranded as The Diamond Collective, launching a new global strategy to rebuild consumer demand for natural diamonds amid rising competition from synthetic alternatives.

New CEO shapes strategy after six months of industry consultation

Amber Pepper, who took over as CEO, developed the strategy following talks with producers, retailers, brands, creatives and consumers. The plan responds to shifts in how people discover and buy luxury goods, aiming to convert consumer desire into sustained purchasing demand.

San Francisco/Philadelphia – September 22, 2026 -- Instacart (NASDAQ: CART) will add Gopuff to its Marketplace and deploy its Carrot Ads technology across Gopuff's digital storefront, giving more than 9,000 brand advertisers direct access to Gopuff's on-demand customer base in the U.S.

Gopuff will join over 2,200 national and local retail banners already on the Instacart Marketplace, offering Instacart customers delivery in as fast as 15 minutes from a catalog of thousands of groceries, snacks, beverages and household staples. Orders placed through Instacart will be fulfilled directly by Gopuff via its own network of micro-fulfillment centers.

Stockholm – September 22, 2026 -- Essity will publish its interim report for the third quarter of 2026 on October 22 at approximately 07:00 CET, the hygiene and health company confirmed.

CEO and CFO to host live webcast at 09:00 CET

President and CEO Ulrika Kolsrud, together with EVP and CFO Fredrik Rystedt, will present the results via a live webcast and teleconference at 09:00 CET the same day. The session will remain available for on-demand viewing after the live broadcast concludes.

Dial-in access offered across three regions

Investors and analysts seeking to participate in the question-and-answer session can join via dedicated conference lines in the UK, the United States, and Sweden. Essity has instructed participants to call in ahead of the scheduled start and identify themselves as joining the "Essity" call.

Bucharest – September 22, 2026 -- Temu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association of Business Service Leaders in Romania (ABSL), the country's leading body representing shared services, business process outsourcing, IT outsourcing and R&D companies.

Temu joins ABSL as an official E-commerce Partner

Under the agreement, Temu will take part in ABSL's programs and events, engaging directly with the association's network of startups and multinationals operating across shared services, BPO, ITO and R&D in Romania. Temu will also provide expertise and in-kind support to ABSL initiatives.

Fountain Valley, Calif. – September 21, 2026 -- Hyundai has renewed and extended its sponsorship of the Atlanta Braves through the 2029 season, continuing a partnership that began in 2014 and has spanned the franchise's entire tenure at Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta.

Hyundai retains stadium signage and broadcast sponsorships at Truist Park

The renewed deal keeps Hyundai visible through outfield wall placements in Left Field and seating bowl signage behind the Visitors Dugout, seen by fans during TV broadcasts and in-stadium attendance. Hyundai remains the presenting sponsor of the Braves Radio Network's Sunday broadcasts, which reach 170 markets across eight states, described as the largest radio network in professional sports, as well as BravesVision, the team's owned television network.

Goshen, Indiana – September 21, 2026 -- Keystone RV Company recorded its strongest retail sales performance at America's Largest RV Show in Hershey, Pennsylvania since before the pandemic, driven by coordinated preparation between the manufacturer and its dealer network.

Keystone breaks multiple fifth-wheel sales records at Hershey show

The Goshen, Indiana-based manufacturer, part of THOR Industries (NYSE: THO), said it set several fifth-wheel sales records at the event, a result company President Troy James attributed to strong product-market fit and high-level dealer execution.

San Francisco – September 21, 2026 -- Instacart (NASDAQ: CART) has launched new in-store software that gives grocers and CPG brands a real-time digital map of every shelf in a store, drawing on more than 10 million unique data points collected daily by its network of roughly 600,000 shoppers.

Instacart shoppers visit stores 15 times daily, feeding shelf-scan data into new tools

The company's shopper network visits stores across North America more than 15 times per store per day on average. That shelf-scan data is combined with insights from over 1.6 billion lifetime orders and imagery captured by Instacart shoppers and Caper Carts, which use Arpalus computer vision technology, to build a live view of stock levels, demand spikes and merchandising performance.