Retail & Consumer Goods Industry

Mahwah, N.J. – October 08, 2026 -- The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials (RIFM) and the American Society of Perfumers (ASP) will hold a joint program on November 18, 2026, explaining the independent science behind fragrance ingredient safety assessments.

Event brings perfumers face-to-face with the safety data behind their materials

The program, titled "The Science Behind What You Create: Fragrance Safety Brought to Life," will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Fairfield Hotel & Suites, 690 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004, from 9:00 AM to noon Eastern Time. Breakfast and networking will open the event, with the main presentation starting at 9:30 AM, followed by guided scent sampling.

London – October 08, 2026 -- IPEKYOL Group has been named "Best Fashion Retail Brand – Türkiye" at the Global Brand Awards 2026, an honor presented by Global Brands Magazine recognizing the Istanbul-based fashion group's retail network of more than 300 stores across Türkiye and international markets.

Award recognizes IPEKYOL's three-brand retail and manufacturing model

The recognition covers IPEKYOL Group's operations across its IPEKYOL, TWIST and MACHKA brands in the women's ready-to-wear segment. The Group, founded in 1986, runs Türkiye's first integrated ready-to-wear manufacturing facility in Edirne alongside its expanding digital sales channels.

Los Angeles – October 07, 2026 -- Vesta Home has appointed Michael Brown, a 15-year veteran of RH, as Chief Creative Officer to lead its luxury furnishings and interior design business.

Brown exits RH after serving as Senior Vice President for RH Interior Design

Brown joins Vesta Home following more than 15 years at RH, where he most recently held the role of Senior Vice President for RH Interior Design. At RH, he helped launch several interior design initiatives, including embedded design offices and ateliers, the company's first standalone RH Interior Design studio in Palm Desert, and Bespoke RH Interior Design, a full-service residential architecture and design offering operated independently from RH galleries.

Seoul – October 07, 2026 -- South Korean pet lifestyle brand SEEKOUT is widening its premium pet mobility and lifestyle fabric lineup, adding cat-specific carriers to its existing dog travel and stroller products as it prepares a push into North American and European markets.

SEEKOUT adds cat carriers to diversify its premium pet product portfolio

Beyond its established premium pet strollers and dog travel products, SEEKOUT is building out a line of cat-specific carriers and related lifestyle items. The new cat products incorporate structures designed to reduce external stimuli and provide a sense of security, combined with breathable materials and safety features drawn from the company's fabric design capabilities.

Pune, India – October 07, 2026 -- The global camping equipment market is set to nearly double from USD 19.68 billion in 2025 to USD 35.28 billion by 2034, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 6.7% between 2026 and 2034, according to new analysis from Maximize Market Research.

Boston – October 07, 2026 -- Retail intelligence firm Survey unveiled its Retail Performance Suite at NACS SHOW Convenience Catalyst, merging store visibility, execution tracking, shelf performance, and demand activation into one platform for brands managing convenience retail networks.

Platform combines four retail functions into single system

The suite integrates Retail Visibility, Execution & Compliance, Shelf Performance, and Demand Activation capabilities, allowing brands to identify in-store issues, prioritize field actions, and track outcomes across store networks, retailers, and markets.

"Retail teams have access to a growing volume of data, but data alone does not address out-of-stocks, execution gaps, or compliance issues," said Thom Green Gennaro, General Manager and Co-Founder of Survey.

Brooklyn, N.Y. – – October 07, 2026 -- Secondhand shopping in the United States has expanded far beyond thrift-store apparel, with 76% of Americans buying used goods in the past 12 months and 89% having done so at some point, according to a new report from The Consumer Collective.

Luxury resale emerges as the fastest-growing category among younger buyers

The firm's "Second Nature: The State of Secondhand Shopping in America" report found 49% of consumers already buy luxury items secondhand or would consider it, a figure that climbs to nearly 80% once undecided shoppers are included. Gen Z (61%) and Millennials (60%) lead this trend, more than double the 27% rate among consumers aged 62 and older. Condition and authenticity remain the top barriers cited by shoppers hesitant to buy used luxury goods.

San Jose, Calif. – October 07, 2026 -- Secondhand shopping has become a monthly habit for 47% of global consumers, up from 35% in 2025, according to eBay's 2026 Recommerce Report released today.

Household budgets now lean on resale, survey of 10,500 consumers shows

The report, based on surveys of more than 10,500 consumers and over 1,700 eBay sellers, found 70% of global shoppers consider secondhand buying important for managing household budgets. Some 76% say they shopped for secondhand goods in the past year, and 89% plan to spend the same or more on recommerce next year.

Waterloo, Ontario – October 07, 2026 -- Nfinite has demonstrated continuous roll-to-roll production of its proprietary Atmospheric Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition (AP-SALD) technology at speeds exceeding 100 meters per minute, a milestone the company says proves recyclable high-barrier paper packaging can now be manufactured at industrial scale.

Nfinite coats a 24-inch paper web over 100 meters at 100 m/min

At its pilot manufacturing facility in Waterloo, Ontario, Nfinite coated a continuous 24-inch-wide paper web for more than 100 meters while running its AP-SALD platform at 100 meters per minute. The company is now targeting continuous coating runs of thousands of meters by year-end, moving beyond the lab-scale limitations that have historically confined atomic layer deposition to semiconductor and electronics manufacturing.

Seoul – – October 06, 2026 -- Amorepacific secured two Top 10 Podium Award honors at the IFSCC Congress 2026 in Perth, Australia, for research applying deep learning and real-time sensing to skin aging prediction and sensory quantification.

Deep learning models predict heat-accelerated skin aging and ingredient efficacy

Researcher Eun-Jeong Choi of Amorepacific's R&I Center presented a study titled "Skin Aging in the Era of Global Boiling: Deep Learning-Guided Transcriptomic Signatures of Heat-Accelerated Aging," building on more than 20 years of heat-aging research. The work integrated transcriptomic analysis with deep learning to forecast skin aging progression, identify ingredients that restore age-related damage, and confirm their efficacy. The study was named a Top 10 Podium Fundamental Research Award honoree.