Global – October 27, 2026 -- The global intelligent vending machine market is projected to grow from $11 billion in 2025 to more than $53 billion by 2034, a compound annual growth rate of 18% from 2026 to 2034, according to Fortune Business Insights. Rising use of cashless payments and wider adoption of IoT and connected technologies drive the expansion.

HYDERABAD – October 27, 2026 -- The global essential oils market will grow from $20.08 billion in 2026 to $29.52 billion by 2031, a CAGR of 8.10%, according to Mordor Intelligence. Wider use of aromatherapy and pharmaceutical interest in the oils' potential antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and respiratory properties are driving the expansion.

United States – – October 27, 2026 -- Brilliant Earth has moved more than 100 showroom operations users off a legacy BI platform and onto Posit dashboards running natively inside Snowflake, cutting software license costs while widening self-serve access to governed data.

Australia – October 27, 2026 -- Rio Tinto has transferred ownership of the Argyle Pink DiamondsTM brand to luxury jewellery group Boodles, completing the transition on 1 October 2026.

Boodles acquires last Argyle pink diamond inventory and brand assets

Under the agreement, Boodles bought the last remaining Argyle pink diamond inventory. It also assumed ownership of a suite of trademarks tied to the brand, plus the associated website and digital marketing assets. The release did not disclose financial terms.

United States – October 23, 2026 -- Procter & Gamble's Febreze Unstopables Touch Fabric Spray is the first P&G product to incorporate materials based on the company's space-based research, sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory. P&G household products are used every day by more than 4 billion people worldwide, more than half the Earth's population.

Stockholm – October 22, 2026 -- Nordic design and lifestyle brand ARKET will open its fifth store in Sweden in late 2026, adding a third location in its home city of Stockholm at Biblioteksgatan 11.

New Biblioteksgatan store joins four existing Swedish locations

The Biblioteksgatan outlet will sit alongside ARKET's current Stockholm stores on Drottninggatan and Götgatan. The brand also operates stores in Malmö and Gothenburg, so the opening brings its Swedish network to five.

Vienna, VA – October 22, 2026 -- Target took three of the top honors at the 2026 RH-ISAC awards: Team of the Year, Cybersecurity Practitioner of the Year for senior threat intel analyst Chris De La Rosa, and a first-place finish in the Sharing & Collaboration Challenge team rankings. The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center announced the winners at its Member Celebration Dinner and Awards Ceremony on April 15 in Austin, Texas.

Vienna, VA – October 22, 2026 -- The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) has scheduled 14 confirmed in-person cybersecurity workshops across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific for 2026, with a 15th planned for London in November.

Vienna, VA – October 22, 2026 -- The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) has announced the 2026 schedule for its Regional Workshop series, a global program hosted in key markets across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The workshops bring cybersecurity practitioners together for in-person collaboration, threat intelligence sharing and professional development.

Global – October 21, 2026 -- The NRF 4-5-4 Calendar adds a 53rd week to the retail reporting year roughly every five to six years, most recently in 2023, to keep sales comparisons aligned between years.

Calendar splits the year into 4-5-4 week months to match weekends and holidays

The voluntary industry guide divides the year into months of 4, 5 and 4 weeks. Comparable months contain the same number of Saturdays and Sundays, so like days are compared with like days in sales reporting. The layout also lines up holidays.