Calgary – September 17, 2026 -- High Tide Inc. (Nasdaq: HITI; TSXV: HITI) reported record revenue of $198.8 million for its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2026, up 33% year-over-year and pushing the cannabis retailer toward an annualized run rate of approximately $800 million.

Pittsburgh – September 17, 2026 -- An inventor from North Aurora, Ill., has designed a collapsible infant car seat aimed at easing air travel for parents, according to InventHelp, which submitted the concept through its Chicago sales office.

Pittsburgh – September 17, 2026 -- InventHelp has submitted a new pacifier design, the NIPLI, to its Birmingham sales office and made it available for licensing or sale to manufacturers and marketers in the infant care market.

Inventor Designs Pacifier to Replicate Maternal Scent

An inventor from Weaver, Alabama, developed the NIPLI after her newborn struggled to sleep without nursing. The pacifier is engineered to mimic a mother's natural scent and feel, aiming to calm and soothe infants even when the mother is not present.

Pittsburgh – September 17, 2026 -- A patent-pending tabletop game called Roll@Risk has been submitted for licensing through InventHelp's Chicago sales office, targeting manufacturers and marketers in the analog gaming sector.

Bentonville – – September 17, 2026 -- Traverse Group, a privately held retail group generating more than $1 billion in annual gross merchandise value, has launched ToyVerse, a new venture aimed at the global toy market. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company is already the largest toy supplier by dollar share into the Club channel worldwide, a position built largely on its management of the Pokémon trading card program.

Las Vegas – September 16, 2026 -- LV Petroleum LLC has appointed Jamie Hubbard as Senior Vice President of Construction and Maintenance, bringing more than 30 years of construction, maintenance, procurement and supply chain leadership to the travel center operator's executive team.

Cincinnati – September 16, 2026 -- Government inspectors found overcharging at more than one in three Kroger stores examined across nine Ohio jurisdictions, according to a report released this week by the Center for Responsible Food Business (CRFB). Pricing errors favored Kroger nearly three times as often as they favored shoppers.

Yiwu – – September 16, 2026 -- The world's largest commodity wholesale market has wrapped up its main 2026 stocking cycle for winter essentials, with cross-border buyers on Yiwugo.com placing bulk orders as early as May and sustaining months of peak production before the cycle closed in early September.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 16, 2026 -- The global retail analytics market is projected to nearly double from $11.82 billion in 2026 to $23.21 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of 11.9%, according to MarketsandMarkets. The market stood at $10.44 billion in 2025, with the six-year expansion driven by retailers deploying AI and machine learning across merchandising, supply chain, and customer engagement functions.

Plymouth, Wis. – September 16, 2026 -- Carbliss, the ready-to-drink cocktail maker that has sold more than 300 million cans since 2019, has signed a partnership with Dale Carnegie of Eastern Wisconsin to deliver twice-yearly leadership and communication training to its entire national team starting next year.