New York – October 6, 2026 -- Lippincott, the global brand and marketing consultancy owned by Oliver Wyman, has agreed to acquire New York-based design studio Athletics, adding roughly 25 staff and a proprietary AI software platform called Sesame to its service lineup.

Wilmington, Mass. – – October 06, 2026 -- UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) will sponsor the No. 9 Chevrolet driven by 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday, October 11, marking the fourth of five primary sponsorship races for the company in the 2026 season.

San Jose, Calif. – October 06, 2026 -- Classic Vacations has nearly tripled the size of its Sales organization since the start of 2026, completing 18 hires and actively recruiting five more positions to reach a team of 34 across seven units.

Rockville, Md. – October 06, 2026 -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has launched its largest-ever market reform research challenge, offering up to $11.8 million to fund solutions that lower healthcare costs and expand patient choice.

Maple Grove, Minn. – – October 06, 2026 -- Circuit Check has acquired a partial ownership stake in QualityLine, an Israel-based AI manufacturing analytics provider, and will bundle one year of QualityLine's analytics and security features into every Circuit Check test system at no additional cost starting immediately.

Olympia, Wash. – October 06, 2026 -- Trualta has expanded its contract with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to deliver no-cost caregiver training to hundreds of additional rural families over the next year, as part of the state's Rural Health Transformation initiative.

Chicago – October 06, 2026 -- S&C Electric Company will build a 295,000-square-foot central warehouse facility in Glenview, Illinois, as part of a broader push to expand U.S. manufacturing capacity for grid-resilience technologies.

Los Angeles – October 06, 2026 -- FullGood Motor, a Beijing-based manufacturer of retro-styled plug-in hybrid vehicles, will make its first U.S. exhibition appearance on Nov. 19 at AutoMobility LA, seeking American assembly partners, distributors and investors to enter the U.S. market.

Tulsa, Okla. – October 06, 2026 -- Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, has appointed veteran federal contracting executive Terri Malone as Chief Growth Officer, effective Oct. 12.

Washington – October 06, 2026 -- NASA has been named recipient of the 2026 Inspiration Award by the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation (IPOEF), recognizing the agency's use of intellectual property to drive space innovation and commercialization.