Market Expansion

West Palm Beach – September 28, 2026 -- Sterling Organization has acquired a three-property, grocery-anchored shopping center portfolio totaling 277,057 square feet on behalf of its Sterling United Properties (SUP) fund series. The portfolio is 99% leased collectively and spans two California assets and one Hawaii property, each anchored by a Safeway supermarket.

Portfolio combines Bay Area and Honolulu assets across 277,057 square feet

The acquisition includes Safeway Burlingame, a 70,174-square-foot center that is 100% leased, and Pleasanton Gateway Shopping Center, a 128,275-square-foot property that is 99% leased, both in the San Francisco Bay Area. The third asset, Kapahulu Shopping Center in Honolulu, totals 78,608 square feet and is 97% leased, marking Sterling's first investment in Hawaii.

Budapest, Hungary – September 28, 2026 -- Hoymiles launched its HoyUltra 2000M full-scenario commercial and industrial (C&I) battery energy storage system (BESS) at the opening stop of its European C&I Energy Storage Roadshow, held in Budapest on September 24-25, 2026.

Hoymiles confirms more than 2 GWh of C&I storage capacity already operating worldwide

The HoyUltra 2000M platform spans small commercial installations to large-scale industrial deployments, positioning Hoymiles across the full range of C&I project sizes. Sixteen HoyUltra 2000M units are already running at a solar-plus-storage project in Hungary that roadshow participants toured on the second day.

Shanghai – – September 28, 2026 -- MOYOM Biotech, a Chinese developer of regenerative aesthetic biomaterials, has secured a new financing round from the Cathay Consumer Co-Creation Fund, managed by Cathay Capital, to fund international expansion of its flagship CaHA-based implant brand Aphranel®.

Cathay Capital Fund Backed by L'Oréal Targets Beauty and Skin Science Innovation

The investment vehicle was jointly established by Cathay Capital, L'Oréal and the Shanghai Jing'an District Government. Cathay Capital's broader portfolio includes Moonshot AI (Kimi), autonomous driving firm Momenta, U.S. fintech Chime, digital asset platform Ledger, delivery platform Glovo and AI biotech company Owkin.

Seoul, South Korea – September 27, 2026 -- RIMAN, the South Korean beauty and wellness direct-selling company, has expanded to 22 global markets after launching operations in France, Germany and Romania on September 9, followed by Ecuador on September 15.

European footprint grows to seven markets across the region

The three new European launches bring RIMAN's regional presence to seven markets, joining the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain and Italy. RIMAN's European operations are headquartered in London, where the company runs business training, tools and events for independent Planners. Multilingual customer service and logistics support are based in the United Kingdom and Germany.

Chicago – September 25, 2026 -- The Taiwan Tourism Administration (TTA) brought its U.S. workshop series back to Chicago on Sept. 16, 2026, ending a seven-year absence from the Midwest market and drawing 53 local travel industry representatives.

Taiwan logged a record 710,000 U.S. visitors in 2025

Nearly 60% of those arrivals were tourism-driven, the TTA reported, a record high for the destination. The agency credited strong air connectivity, with more than 200 weekly round-trip flights linking Taiwan to 13 major North American cities.

Repeat visitors matched pre-pandemic peak at 42.25% of arrivals

Through its "Tourism Dual-Wheel Drive Program," the TTA is courting repeat visitors, MICE travelers extending stays for leisure, and incentive travel groups. The 42.25% repeat-visitor share in 2025 equaled the pre-pandemic high recorded in 2019.

Toronto – September 25, 2026 -- LUG Sports Group Inc. has placed No. 146 out of 375 companies on Report on Business magazine's 2026 list of Canada's Top Growing Companies, marking its second consecutive year on the ranking.

LUG posts 174% three-year revenue growth to secure repeat ranking

The list ranks Canadian businesses on three-year revenue growth, and LUG qualified with a 174% increase over that period and a 239% growth rate over five years. The company also placed No. 5 on the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation category list.

New York – September 25, 2026 -- The Taiwan Tourism Administration (TTA) launched a three-city U.S. workshop series in New York, drawing more than 70 local travel industry representatives and media, before continuing to Chicago and Los Angeles.

Taiwan returns to the Midwest travel trade after a seven-year absence

The delegation, comprising Taiwanese travel agencies, hotels and airlines, marked Taiwan's re-entry into the Chicago market for the first time in seven years as part of the workshop tour.

U.S. arrivals to Taiwan hit 710,000 in 2025, a record for tourism-purpose travel

More than 710,000 U.S. visitors traveled to Taiwan in 2025, with nearly 60% citing tourism as their purpose -- a record high for the destination. Taiwan's air connectivity underpins this volume, with more than 200 weekly round-trip flights linking the island to 13 major North American cities.

New York – September 25, 2026 -- Meiyume has signed a distribution agreement with Pinard Beauty Pack, a European bottle manufacturer for the beauty industry, granting Meiyume rights to distribute Pinard's packaging solutions across the US market.

Meiyume gains a new route into the US prestige beauty ecosystem

The deal pairs Pinard Beauty Pack's bottle manufacturing expertise for the beauty and dermocosmetics sectors with Meiyume's existing US market presence and global sourcing network. Meiyume said the collaboration extends beyond a standard distribution arrangement, combining complementary manufacturing and market-access capabilities to give US beauty brands a broader packaging portfolio and a faster path from development to launch.

Tampa – September 25, 2026 -- Big Dan's Car Wash has signed a multi-year deal to become the Official Car Wash of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, deepening its footprint in a market it entered four years ago.

Big Dan's expands Florida presence through NFL partnership

The express car wash chain, which operates 30+ locations across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, will activate the sponsorship across marketing platforms and in-person at its Tampa Bay locations. Jay Shadday, President of Big Dan's Car Wash, said the company entered the deal recognizing the Buccaneers' community influence in the region.

Los Angeles – September 25, 2026 -- MeetKai is rolling out a sovereign AI stack built on NVIDIA accelerated computing across six countries -- Brazil, Ukraine, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Bangladesh -- home to more than 700 million people, following a public-tender win in Brazil and plans for the first national-scale AI factory in Ukraine.

SERPRO awards MeetKai Brasil the top score in Brazil's national sovereign AI tender

MeetKai Brasil won the public tender run by SERPRO, Brazil's federal government IT company, to deploy a sovereign AI platform and locally trained models on NVIDIA accelerated computing inside the country. The deployment includes a sovereign coding agent for secure workflows and targets regulated sectors -- banks, insurers, energy companies and state-owned enterprises -- whose regulators require workloads to remain under Brazilian control.