Thousands of global nominations culminated in Los Angeles this week as the eighth annual Pet Innovation Awards named Golden Pet Brands the industry's top direct-to-consumer performer. The company also secured two individual product honors, cementing its footprint in the premium, minimally processed pet nutrition market.
Dresher-based financial services firm Ascensus has rebranded its small business retirement offering as Ascensus Essentials, introducing new 3(16) administrative fiduciary services and a specialized 401(k) solution featuring Vanguard investments to simplify plan management for employers and their advisors.
The seasonal obsession with pumpkin spice has arrived early in the snack aisle as Flipz partners with Dunkin' to release a new donut-flavored covered pretzel. Available nationwide through October, the limited-edition treat aims to replicate the profile of Dunkin’s signature Pumpkin Cake Donut by blending sweet, salty, and warm spice notes.
Ten years after founding Rescue Pack, former tech executive Kathy Wiesner has turned the distribution of surplus pet supplies into a regional lifeline. Based in West Chicago, the nonprofit has moved over 51 million meals across the Great Lakes, proving that corporate-style supply chain discipline can transform animal welfare.
After supporting over 900 publishers globally, ad tech firm Publift is officially planting its flag in the United States. The company announced today the appointment of former Freestar veteran Cooper Merkow as Director of Publisher Development, tasking him with scaling the firm’s programmatic advertising reach across the country.
A federal contract worth up to $4.5 million will propel Ceramedix closer to filing an Investigational New Drug application for its lead therapeutic. The New York-based firm is developing a first-in-class anti-ceramide antibody intended to treat gastrointestinal acute radiation syndrome in mass casualty scenarios.
Financial institutions are facing a critical inflection point where incremental improvements are no longer sufficient to survive. A new white paper from Cornerstone Advisors identifies six strategic mandates for banks and credit unions to maintain relevance as artificial intelligence and fintech competition threaten to dismantle traditional operating models.
At MEGA SHOW Bangkok 2026, Made-in-China.com signaled a shift in international trade as global buyers increasingly prioritize emotional value and original design over basic utility. The platform utilized the event to bridge the gap between Southeast Asian retailers and Chinese factories capable of delivering high-margin, IP-inspired consumer goods.
With the autumn semester approaching, Beetles Gel Polish is rolling out Beetles Campus Nails, a multi-tiered program aimed at U.S. college students. The initiative seeks to integrate the brand into campus life by offering student organizations, creators, and ambassadors direct support for events, content production, and collaborative nail art projects.
Newtown-based Precidian Investments has received U.S. Patent No. 12,646,040 for a novel technology that bridges the gap between traditional securities and digital assets. This mechanism allows investment funds to issue asset-backed digital tokens that maintain the regulatory and structural advantages of established ETF wrappers while offering the fungibility of coin-based products.
Pothole Heroes has tapped industry veteran John Carey to spearhead its expansion into the Cincinnati and Ohio Tri-State region. The appointment marks a strategic push for the sustainable asphalt maintenance firm as it looks to serve commercial and industrial clients across Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana with its infrared repair technology.
Casey Miller, CEO of the Baltimore-based educational child care provider Kiddie Academy, has been appointed to the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Advisory Board. The move deepens a formal partnership between the two organizations, following a $100,000 donation made by the company to the center’s child life department last year.
Equip Exposition, the premier trade show for the landscape and outdoor power equipment industry, has been named a finalist in three categories for the Trade Show Executive Gold 100 Grand Awards. The nominations recognize the event's marketing prowess, attendee acquisition strategies, and high engagement levels recorded throughout the 2025 season.
For the second consecutive year, Nashville-based M2 Group has secured a position on the 2026 AEC Circle of Excellence. Selected by PSMJ Resources from a pool of 318 firms across the United States and Canada, the land development company ranks among the top 20% of industry performers for operational and financial discipline.
St. Petersburg-based Digistore24 has integrated its payment processing infrastructure with Pagewheel, an AI-driven funnel builder, to allow creators and entrepreneurs to launch sales pages in under ten minutes. The partnership aims to strip away the technical hurdles that often stall digital product launches for small business owners and creators.
Sixty-one percent of brands within the :INCLUDED collective generate more annual revenue than their total outside capital raised, according to the organization's 2026 Annual Impact Report. This data highlights a shift in consumer packaged goods, where disciplined capital efficiency is increasingly outpacing traditional venture-backed growth strategies.
After establishing its presence in home health, Palo Alto-based Sensi.AI is shifting its focus toward independent, assisted, and continuing care retirement communities. The company’s expansion aims to replace reactive monitoring with a proactive clinical layer, offering real-time data on resident health without relying on intrusive cameras or wearable devices.
Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup has appointed John B. Gibson Jr., the current president and CEO of Paychex, to its board of directors. The appointment, set to take effect on September 1, 2026, adds a seasoned executive with a background in human capital management and technology-driven business transformation to the company's leadership team.
Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology has joined forces with Rhode Island-based Vatn Systems to accelerate the development of autonomous underwater capabilities. This memorandum of understanding signals a shift toward modular, AI-driven maritime defense strategies designed to modernize the island’s naval infrastructure against evolving regional security threats.
After two decades of expansion across the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston markets, digital infrastructure giant Equinix is throwing its weight behind Governor Greg Abbott’s new regulatory framework. The move signals a shift toward stricter state-led audits concerning grid capacity, water usage, and local community impact for data center operators.
With a three-year revenue growth of 470%, Rochester-based wellness brand Project LeanNation has landed at No. 932 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list. The company joins a diverse cohort of independent American businesses recognized by the magazine for their rapid scaling, job creation, and innovative contributions to the national economy.
One thousand personalized pelvic reconstructions later, Parsippany-based Onkos Surgical has hit a major threshold in its push to replace standard orthopaedic hardware with 3D-modeled, patient-specific technology. The company’s My3D platform now serves as a primary tool for surgeons navigating complex bone loss, tumor involvement, and revision histories.
As AI agents gain broader access to enterprise systems, the security startup Straiker has been named an OpenAI Select Partner. This collaboration aims to provide businesses with the oversight and runtime protection necessary to deploy OpenAI’s latest frontier models, including GPT-5.6, within complex, large-scale corporate environments.
Spanish-speaking viewers across the United States gained a new source for political commentary this week as Real America's Voice Español launched on The Roku Channel. The move marks a strategic effort by the network to broaden its reach on the country’s most-streamed television platform beginning August 11.
Every CISO and CTO surveyed in NetFoundry’s 2026 State of Secure AI Access report agrees that AI deployments are expanding their organization's attack surface. While corporate pressure to integrate these technologies remains intense, a critical lack of confidence in existing security tools leaves machine-to-machine connections dangerously exposed.
Austin Dawood has launched Nitro, a performance brand featuring nicotine-free pouches infused with Cognizin Citicoline. Designed for consumers seeking clean energy, the product moves away from traditional stimulants by utilizing a proprietary blend of caffeine, Alpha-GPC, and B vitamins to support cognitive focus without the need for sugar or beverages.
San Francisco-based Shepherd has secured the 139th position on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, marking a 2,234% revenue increase over three years. The AI-native platform, which specializes in commercial insurance for high-hazard construction and energy sectors, now ranks within the top 3% of the fastest-growing private firms in the United States.
San Diego employment attorneys at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP have initiated a class action lawsuit against Kaman's Art Shoppes, Inc., alleging the company systematically denied workers mandatory meal and rest periods while failing to provide accurate wage statements and proper overtime compensation in violation of California labor law.
The Telecommunications Industry Association is accelerating its DCE 9000 initiative, adding eighteen major industry players to its roster as the group shifts toward a unified certification standard. This expansion marks a strategic push to standardize quality management across the global data center lifecycle, from initial design to long-term operations.
Athletech News has spotlighted Tulsa-based Soaak Technologies in its latest Technology + Innovation Outlook Report, positioning the firm as a leader in the transition from passive health tracking to active, biometric-driven interventions. The report identifies Soaak as a key player in the next generation of wearable tech performance.
