Retail & Consumer Goods

Dallas – October 15, 2026 -- Hi-TECH Beauty Labs, Corp. (HTBL) is pursuing a $5 million SEED round after the U.S. patent office issued Patent No. 12,642,834 B2 for B3 Technology®, a botanical platform for problem skin that avoids benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, adapalene and retinol.

The patent was issued October 15, 2026. HTBL will present its commercialization strategy and capital opportunity at the Global Capital Network Investor Conference on October 15, 2026, at the Renaissance Newport Beach Hotel in Newport Beach, California.

Patent covers three botanical ingredients

The patent protects B3 Technology®, which incorporates Black Willow Bark (Salix nigra), Cat's Claw (Uncaria tomentosa) and Dragon's Blood (Croton lechleri). HTBL describes the formulation as 100% natural and positions it as an alternative to acid-based formulations for problem skin and aging skin.

Las Vegas – October 15, 2026 -- LV Petroleum LLC acquired a travel center in Lowell, Arkansas, on September 23, bringing its portfolio to 95 locations as it works toward a 100-site target.

Lowell site to add three food concepts

The company plans a Jimmy John's, a full-service diner and a bakery and sweets counter at the Lowell property. The additions expand dining options for travelers and the surrounding community.

Bojangles opens at the LINQ with full bar and live entertainment

The Bojangles at the LINQ in Las Vegas held a press tasting on October 5 and opened to the public on October 7. The location pairs the Bojangles menu with a full bar and live entertainment.

Jeanette Davis said the concept is built so guests can make an evening of it: "The full bar and live entertainment bring a little more of the Las Vegas experience to their visit."

San Francisco – October 15, 2026 -- The RealReal (Nasdaq: REAL) will release its financial results for the third quarter ended October 15, 2026, after the market closes on October 15, 2026.

Management hosts earnings call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific on October 29

The online marketplace for authenticated resale luxury goods will review the results on a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The call follows the after-close release on the same day.

Live webcast requires registration, archive follows the call

Investors can follow the call through a live webcast on the company's investor relations site. Participants must register in advance to access the live stream. An archived webcast will be posted at the same location shortly after the call ends.

The announcement covers the quarter ended October 15, 2026. The source gives no financial figures, guidance or preliminary results ahead of the October 29 release.

New York – October 15, 2026 -- Foot Locker has signed a multi-year partnership with Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (NYSE: MSGS) to become the Official Athletic Footwear Retailer of the New York Knicks, starting with the 2026-27 NBA season. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Foot Locker gains seven activation points at Knicks home games

The retailer will appear at all Knicks home games at Madison Square Garden. It will run a dedicated retail activation inside the Knicks Team Store in the arena's Chase Square, open to the public during home games. It will also stage curated retail pop-ups inside the arena at select games.

Foot Locker will also hold in-arena and on-court contest rights and LED ribbon signage, and will be Presenting Partner of a Knicks Theme Night. Exterior digital signage will reach fans and visitors outside the venue, and retail promotions will be tied to select Knicks wins.

Garland, Texas – October 15, 2026 -- Massimo Group (NASDAQ: MAMO) is developing a retail program to widen sales of its powersports products across Ace Hardware, a network of more than 5,000 U.S. stores, and has submitted a dedicated 2026 holiday program for Black Friday and Christmas.

The company has historically sold through a number of independently operated Ace locations. It is now building programs that can be offered to Ace retailers on a wider basis.

Massimo submits holiday program for participating Ace stores

The holiday program would supply participating stores with select Massimo products for the Black Friday and Christmas selling periods. It is being structured around inventory availability, retail pricing, merchandising and logistics.

No purchase commitments or minimum store participation levels have been established. Retailer participation remains subject to applicable approvals and ordering decisions.

Stamford – October 15, 2026 -- Curaleaf Holdings (TSX: CURA; OTCQX: CURLF) has raised its Florida footprint to 79 dispensaries and its nationwide total to 189 stores with the opening of Curaleaf Wellington in Palm Beach County.

Curaleaf Wellington targets Palm Beach County patients from State Road 7

The store is at 2495 S State Road 7, Suite 101, in the Wellington Green commercial district. It sits near The Mall at Wellington Green and the Forest Hill Boulevard intersection. Curaleaf says the location serves patients in Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Greenacres and Lake Worth.

The Village of Wellington has more than 61,000 residents. It hosts the Winter Equestrian Festival each winter, which the company describes as the largest and longest-running horse show in the world. The store carries a custom mural of locally inspired artwork celebrating the community's equestrian heritage.

San Francisco – October 15, 2026 -- Zipline has launched ZipCoach, an embedded AI capability that analyzes more than 300 performance, operational and behavioral data signals to generate store-specific coaching actions for multi-location retailers.

ZipCoach links frontline behavior to store-level results

The engine connects frontline and operational behaviors, external variables and business outcomes to learn what drives success at each individual store. It then flags improvement opportunities unique to each location and delivers personalized guidance to field leaders and store managers.

Zipline CEO and Co-Founder Melissa Wong said every brand's fleet follows a performance bell curve, with a few stores executing brilliantly, a few struggling and most in the middle. In her view, the gap stems from missing historical knowledge, context and next steps rather than talent. ZipCoach is designed to carry what top stores know to the rest of the fleet.

Charlotte – October 14, 2026 -- TOPPAN Packaging ranked first for both product quality and value for money among eight major foodservice packaging suppliers in a Technomic survey of operators, leading the runner-up by two percentage points on quality and five on value.

Survey measures satisfaction among existing buyers, not brand awareness

Technomic ran the custom study (Study #20371) in April 2026. Foodservice operators rated only the packaging suppliers they currently buy from, rather than ranking an unaided list of competitors. The study was commissioned, and the source describes it as a direct measure of satisfaction among existing buyers.

The base for TOPPAN Packaging's scores was current customers, with 66 respondents (n=66). The margins over the second-highest supplier were two percentage points for quality and five for value.

Paris – October 14, 2026 -- Dilmah has reached the SIAL For Change final as one of just five large companies selected from 226 entries worldwide, while three of its products were also chosen for SIAL's innovation selection.

Three Dilmah products enter the SIAL Innovation Area

An independent jury of international food-industry experts judged entries on originality, technical innovation and sustainability impact. The selected products will be showcased in the dedicated SIAL Innovation Area:

Shanghai – October 14, 2026 -- Chinese luxury label EP YAYING is using its second consecutive appearance at the Shanghai Fashion Week MODE trade show, October 8 to 12, 2026, to launch its Spring/Summer 2027 collection to international buyers across five product directions.

The brand is exhibiting at Booth F17-01, Tower T2, Jingyao Hongqiao, 688 Tianshan Road, Changning. It first joined MODE in March 2026.

Three Chinese natural materials anchor the SS27 offer

EP YAYING builds the collection on what it calls the "YAYING Three Treasures." The first is 6A-grade mulberry silk from the brand's organic sericulture base in Ningnan, Sichuan, used for lightweight spring/summer apparel and textiles.

The second is snowfield yak down, sourced through supply-chain collaboration with Aba and Nagqu. It is naturally collected and processed with low-dyeing methods for knitwear and light outerwear.