Partnership Announcement

Chicago – – September 18, 2026 -- Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE: ORI) has entered a national charitable partnership with the American Red Cross through its Disaster Responder Program, committing advance funding to strengthen the humanitarian organization's emergency-response capacity.

Red Cross handles 60,000 disasters annually across the US

The American Red Cross responds to roughly 60,000 disaster events each year nationwide, delivering shelter, meals, emotional support, relief supplies and recovery resources to affected families. The Disaster Responder Program pools advance contributions from corporate members to fund the personnel, infrastructure, supply chains, technology and training the Red Cross needs to mobilize quickly when disasters strike.

NEW YORK – September 18, 2026 -- Sol de Janeiro has named Washington Spirit and U.S. Women's National Team players Trinity Rodman and Tara Rudd as brand ambassadors, expanding a multi-year partnership that already made the Brazilian-inspired beauty company the NWSL club's Official Body Care and Celebration Partner.

Cleveland – September 18, 2026 -- Tiger Pistol has been badged as a TikTok Channel Sales Partner within the Marketing Technology category of the TikTok Marketing Partners Program, extending its automated local advertising platform to short-form video on the platform.

Tiger Pistol Adds TikTok to Its Design-Once, Deploy-Everywhere Model

The badge builds directly on Tiger Pistol's AI-driven Creative Automation Studio (CA-Studio), which already lets franchise and multi-location brands design a single ad and automatically generate location-specific image and video variations. The system inserts store names, local promotions, and regional visuals within brand-approved guardrails, cutting production timelines and creative costs for clients. With the new badge, that engine now extends specifically to TikTok's short-form vertical format, alongside existing capabilities on Instagram and Facebook Reels.

San Francisco – September 18, 2026 -- Athleta, the Gap Inc. (NYSE: GAP) performance apparel brand, has signed a multiyear agreement to become the Official Off-Court Apparel Partner of the Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA franchise that sold out all 22 regular-season home games at Chase Center in its 2025 debut season.

Athleta launches limited Off-Court Edit collection modeled by Valkyries guard Veronica Burton

The retailer is releasing a curated performance-lifestyle apparel line on Athleta.com timed to the partnership launch, fronted by Valkyries guard Veronica Burton. The collection targets the crossover audience between athletic performance wear and everyday style consumption.

Hallandale Beach – September 18, 2026 -- NextPlat Corp (NASDAQ: NXPL) said its UK subsidiary Global Telesat Communications Ltd (GTC) has signed an agreement to sell satellite-enabled communications and tracking devices on Decathlon's digital marketplace, giving the satcom retailer entry into 20 countries.

GTC gains direct access to Decathlon's outdoor and sports shopper base

The catalog will feature products running on Globalstar, Iridium and Inmarsat networks, targeting activities such as hiking, cycling, sailing, camping, skiing and expeditions where mobile coverage is unreliable. Decathlon operates more than 1,700 stores across over 70 countries and regions and employs more than 100,000 people, founded in 1976.

Chicago – September 17, 2026 -- Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) has been designated the Official Tooling Supplier of NASCAR, the company announced at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2026 in Chicago.

Kennametal unveils NASCAR designation at IMTS 2026 booth in Chicago

Dave Bersaglini, Kennametal Vice President and President of Metal Cutting, revealed the partnership at the company's Next Level Shop exhibit, Booth No. 431800, West Building Level 3, during IMTS 2026, running Sept. 14–19 at McCormick Place.

Nashville – September 17, 2026 -- Radiation Business Solutions (RBS) will meet with prospective partner organizations at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting as part of a limited expansion phase for the Anoma Cancer Collective (ACC), a nonprofit foundation supporting community cancer care.

ACC currently backs cancer centers across five states

ACC supports community cancer programs in Alabama, Texas, Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma, and is evaluating a select number of additional markets for expansion. The organization operates as a nonprofit foundation financed through the bond market rather than through traditional acquisition capital.

Plymouth, Wis. – September 16, 2026 -- Carbliss, the ready-to-drink cocktail maker that has sold more than 300 million cans since 2019, has signed a partnership with Dale Carnegie of Eastern Wisconsin to deliver twice-yearly leadership and communication training to its entire national team starting next year.

Carbliss formalizes a longstanding coaching relationship into a company-wide program

The initiative, led by Corrina Molinaro, Director of Human Resources at Carbliss, builds on a personal relationship between Dale Carnegie of Eastern Wisconsin owners Steve Bobowski and Renee Martin and Carbliss co-founders Adam and Amanda Kroener. That coaching has already influenced parts of the Carbliss organization before the partnership was made official.

Austin, Texas – September 15, 2026 -- Walden Media Group (WMG) has been designated an approved marketing vendor for CycleBar, the indoor cycling brand operating more than 200 locations within the Extraordinary Brands portfolio.

WMG gains access to CycleBar's 200-plus studio network

The partnership brings WMG's localized performance marketing framework directly to CycleBar franchisees nationwide, targeting rider acquisition and membership growth at the individual studio level.

Reston – September 14, 2026 -- Seekr and SEMPRE have signed a strategic partnership to run sovereign, explainable AI directly on SEMPRE's hardened edge infrastructure, hardening U.S. critical infrastructure against cyberattacks and grid loss.

Seekr's AI models will execute locally on SEMPRE Total Infrastructure Devices without touching the public internet

Under the agreement, Seekr's sovereign AI platform, SeekrFlow, will operate as a supported workload inside SEMPRE's environment. Models are built, tuned, and executed on each Device's own compute, with no model call and no production data crossing the public internet. The reasoning behind every AI output is recorded on site, remaining accessible to the operator.