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Englewood, Colo. – – September 29, 2026 -- Footprints Floors founder and CEO Bryan Park has been named one of the Denver Business Journal's Most Admired CEOs of 2026, marking a milestone for the flooring franchise he built from a single Colorado operation into a national network of more than 150 territories.

Air Force veteran built franchise from 2008 financial crisis into 150-territory network

Park founded Footprints Floors in 2008 during the financial crisis, spotting a gap for greater transparency and reliability in flooring installation. He structured the business around a lower-overhead model in which customers buy materials directly from vendors of their choice while the company manages professional installation, avoiding traditional showroom and inventory costs.

Kohler, Wisconsin -- Kohler, Wisconsin will host the No Tees Tour on October 1, 2026, staging a head-to-head short-game competition at The Baths of Blackwolf Run beginning at 5:00 p.m. CT.

Kohler becomes one of four host destinations for the emerging golf format

The resort will provide luxury accommodations for the competing field while its facilities at The Baths of Blackwolf Run host the tour's signature short-game showdowns. Thirty-two professional golfers, athletes, entertainers and digital creators will compete in the event, which is open to resort guests.

Woburn, Mass. – – September 29, 2026 -- Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc. has signed a commercialization agreement with KoreAx Co. Ltd. to launch its ellacor skin-removal device in South Korea, marking the company's second international market entry of 2026 after Australia.

South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety cleared ellacor in 2025

Ellacor is described as the first and only FDA-cleared, minimally invasive, in-office procedure that removes sagging skin without surgery or thermal energy. The device uses Micro-Coring technology and is approved for adults aged 22 and older with Fitzpatrick skin types I-IV.

Baltimore – – September 29, 2026 -- Caracal Products & Services has opened a 9,000-square-foot recycling hub in Baltimore to process discarded medical plastics for regional health systems, expanding its East Coast network of facilities.

Facility anchors a recycling partnership with Johns Hopkins Health System

The warehouse, located at 2-6 Alco Place, will serve as the operational base for a recycling program Caracal has launched with Johns Hopkins Health System. The site houses industrial balers that compress polypropylene and polyethylene waste from hospitals into bales onsite before shipment to recyclers, where the material is shredded, melted and reformed into plastic pellets for new healthcare-grade products.

Shreveport, La. – September 29, 2026 -- Pathology Ventures, LLC (PVL), a physician-founded network representing more than 500 pathologists, has appointed Dominic Stockey as executive vice president to lead partnerships with pharmaceutical, diagnostic and research sponsors.

Former investment banker to run sponsor and enterprise development

Stockey joins PVL after seven years in investment banking, where he served as Vice President and worked on more than 15 closed transactions across diagnostics, life sciences and healthcare, including mergers and acquisitions and capital formation deals. At PVL, he will oversee business operations, sponsor and partner relationships, commercialization, contracting and program execution.

The Bronx, N.Y. – September 29, 2026 -- The International Organization for Standardization published the third revision of ISO 3941 on January 21, 2026, introducing Class L as a distinct fire classification for lithium-ion cell and battery fires, arriving as New York City enforces a 1 kWh threshold for lithium-ion energy storage systems under its amended NFPA 855 code. Allstate Sprinkler, a Bronx-based fire protection contractor operating since 1972, released an analysis linking the new global standard to New York's existing regulatory posture and to FDNY incident data spanning 2023 through mid-2026.

Richmond, Va. – September 29, 2026 -- Construction has begun on five 3D-printed affordable single-family homes at Carter Place I in eastern Henrico County, backed by a $1.1 million Innovation Demonstration grant from Virginia Housing. Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity broke ground on the development at 1590 Darbytown Road near Richmond International Airport, deploying a mobile 3D concrete printer purchased by the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech.

London – – September 29, 2026 -- Frost & Sullivan has appointed Sarwant Singh, a 30-year veteran of the advisory industry, to accelerate its digital and AI platform strategy from the company's London base.

Singh returns to steer two flagship digital platforms

Singh's mandate centers on advancing the Frost Transformation Engine and MetaBrain, Frost & Sullivan's integrated digital solutions, while strengthening the firm's industry Practice Areas and driving new business development and sales transformation initiatives.

New York – September 29, 2026 -- MyComplianceOffice (MCO), a compliance management software provider for financial services, has appointed John Schobel as President, adding a 25-year RegTech veteran to lead its global go-to-market strategy following a $100 million-plus strategic financing round.

MCO's revenue climbed 22% from 2024 to 2025 as client base expanded

The compliance software firm now serves more than 1,500 client companies across over 125 countries, onboarding more than 100 new firms during the same period. The growth trajectory coincides with recent strategic growth financing from Accel-KKR Credit Partners, which MCO says will fund continued expansion and product development.

Nashville – September 29, 2026 -- Innocan Pharma Corporation (CSE: INNO) (OTCQB: INNPF) will showcase its VALITIC skincare brand at Shoptalk Fall 2026, a retail industry event running September 29 through October 1 at Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Shoptalk Fall draws more than 3,500 retail executives to Nashville

The 2026 edition brings together over 3,500 industry leaders, including 1,300-plus retailer and consumer brand executives, under the theme "Retail Unplugged." Sessions center on strategies, technologies and consumer trends shaping the retail sector heading into 2027, spanning verticals from beauty and apparel to electronics and automotive.