Leading Kids’ Bike Brand Reinforces Commitment to Longevity and Sustainability

AUSTIN, Texas, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Earth Day, woom, the premium children’s bike company known for its lightweight, high-quality designs, today announced the launch of woom Exchange, its official branded resale marketplace in partnership with Archive, the leading technology platform powering branded resale.

The announcement reinforces woom’s commitment to sustainability by extending product life cycles and reducing waste. woom bikes are engineered with premium materials and thoughtful design, making them ideal for multiple riders over time, and woom Exchange provides a brand-backed way to keep each bike in circulation longer, maximizing its lifespan while helping more families experience the joy of cycling.

Launching in phases beginning mid-May, woom Exchange will first enable customers to list pre-owned bikes on woom.com, followed by opening the platform for purchases of authenticated, pre-owned models, creating a seamless, brand-operated ecosystem that makes woom more accessible to a broader community.

As demand for secondhand shopping continues to grow among families seeking both value and sustainability—with the baby and kid resale market projected to grow more than 150% in the coming years—woom Exchange formalizes and elevates an already thriving resale community. While woom bikes have long been in high demand on peer-to-peer platforms like Facebook Marketplace, woom Exchange offers a dedicated, brand-backed alternative designed to deliver a more secure, seamless, and trusted experience.

“woom has always been about supporting families throughout their riding journey,” said Lindsey Yosha, Head of Marketing, North America. “With woom Exchange, we’re creating a premium resale experience for families to pass bikes along, offering secure transactions, guaranteed payouts, dedicated support, and flexible options like cash or credit toward their next woom bike. In doing so, we extend the life of every bike and open the door for more kids to experience the joy of riding.”

How It Works
Built with simplicity and flexibility in mind, woom Exchange offers a streamlined experience for both buyers and sellers:

Sellers can quickly list bikes they’re ready to part with through an intuitive flow that captures product condition and recommends optimal pricingBuyers will have local pickup optionsOnce an item sells, sellers can redeem their earnings as cash or opt for credit toward their next woom bike

By offering local pickup as the primary option, the marketplace creates a more dynamic, community-driven experience, giving families greater control over how they transact while helping reduce the environmental impact associated with traditional retail and logistics.

“woom has built an incredibly loyal customer base around a product designed to last and to be passed on,” said Ryan Rowe, Archive co-founder and CTO. “With woom Exchange, we’re creating a resale experience that meets families where they are, offering convenience, trust, and flexibility, while reinforcing the long-term value of every bike. This launch expands our footprint in the kids’ category, where we see real opportunity to build resale programs that match the way families actually shop and think about quality.”

Join woom Exchange
Customers can sign up starting April 22 via the dedicated landing page to be among the first to access woom Exchange. Whether sizing up to the next bike or passing along a well-loved favorite, the platform ensures every ride can have a second life.

For more information, visit www.woom.com and https://woom.com/en_US/woom-exchange-resale and follow @woombikesusa on Instagram.

About woom
woom is a globally acclaimed children’s bicycle company, originally founded in Austria in 2013 and has since expanded internationally to 40 countries worldwide. woom has disrupted the kids’ bike category in North America, as the largest and fastest growing direct-to-consumer brands in the space. Its award-winning bikes included options that are 40% lighter than conventional kids’ bikes, making woom bikes the lightest series-production kids’ bikes in the world. For more information, visit woom.com or @woombikesusa on Instagram.

About Archive
Archive is a technology platform that powers innovative and profitable resale businesses for leading global brands, including The North Face, lululemon, Peloton, Oscar de la Renta, and New Balance. The company’s comprehensive circularity platform enables brands to launch and scale resale businesses that keep products out of landfill, while simultaneously unlocking a new revenue stream, building customer loyalty and driving customer acquisition. Archive was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in Retail in 2024. To learn more, visit archiveresale.com.

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LGBTQ-owned agency brings a new model to business gatherings, combining strategic event design, global production expertise, and AI-enabled tools.

NEW YORK, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ENGAGE Business Events today announced its official launch as a full-service, strategy-led corporate events agency designed for the way organizations gather today. Founded by industry veterans Travis Pham and Javier Valdez alongside AI and digital product executive Keith Green, ENGAGE is built at the intersection of event strategy, creative production, and emerging technology — a combination the agency believes is long overdue in the meetings industry.

ENGAGE partners with organizations to design and produce conferences, executive meetings, incentive travel programs, and brand activations that go beyond logistics to deliver measurable business outcomes. Every program is built to align creative design, destination strategy, and production with the larger goals driving each gathering.

“Business events are one of the most powerful tools a company has, but too often they’re treated as a line item instead of a strategic investment,” said Travis Pham, Co-Founder. “We started ENGAGE to change that. Every program we produce is designed to move the business forward, not just fill a room.”

A New Kind of Agency

Alongside its services, ENGAGE is developing Happy Sites — an AI-enabled platform that streamlines hotel site inspections and connects planners through a peer network where they can share and discover real-world venue reviews.

“Technology has transformed nearly every industry, but meetings and events has been slow to catch up,” said Keith Green, Co-Founder. “We’re not waiting for the industry to evolve — we’re building the tools to drive that evolution.”

“We’ve all sat on different sides of this industry — as hoteliers, as planners, as technology builders,” added Javier Valdez, Co-Founder. “That perspective shapes everything about how we work with clients.”

Proudly LGBTQ-Owned

ENGAGE Business Events is one of the few LGBTQ-owned corporate events agencies in the United States — a distinction the founders see as both a point of pride and a reflection of the inclusive culture they’re building.

About ENGAGE Business Events

ENGAGE Business Events is an LGBTQ-owned, strategy-led agency designing and producing conferences, executive meetings, brand activations, and incentive travel programs for organizations worldwide. Based in New York, ENGAGE works with clients nationally and globally.

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QUEBEC CITY, April 22, 2026 /CNW/ – Levio, a Canadian leader in digital transformation and artificial intelligence, today announced a strategic partnership with Mantle Technologies, a Montreal-based innovator in distributed data infrastructure. The partnership represents a foundational step in Levio’s broader initiative to build a comprehensive sovereign technology stack for Canadian organizations.

As governments and enterprises accelerate the adoption of AI, the question of sovereignty has become operational. Organizations require systems that perform and ensure that data, infrastructure, and decision-making remain governed within national and regional boundaries.

Levio’s approach is structured around a multi-layered sovereignty stack, spanning infrastructure, security, and data. Within this model, Mantle provides a critical capability at the data layer through its distributed fragmentation architecture.

Mantle’s technology fragments and distributes data across independent nodes, ensuring that no single location ever holds complete, readable information. This approach reduces systemic risk, strengthens resilience, and aligns with emerging post-quantum security requirements.

The model has already been validated internationally. Mantle contributed to the development of a sovereign regional cloud in France’s Grand Est region, demonstrating that this approach is deployable at scale and applicable to jurisdictions seeking greater control over their digital infrastructure.

Through this partnership, Levio will act as prime integrator, combining Mantle’s capabilities with its expertise in AI, governance, and mission-critical systems delivery. Together, the organizations will pursue opportunities across government and regulated industries where sovereignty, security, and operational reliability are essential.

“Sovereignty is no longer a theoretical discussion. It is becoming a design requirement for modern digital systems,” said André Trudel, Senior Partner & Global Head of Public Sector. “This partnership is a first step in assembling the capabilities required to deliver sovereign AI and infrastructure in a way that is both credible and operational.”

“Data sovereignty isn’t achieved through encryption alone. It requires rethinking where and how data exists in the first place,” said Mathieu Bouffard, VP Growth and Partnerships, Mantle Technologies. “Mantle eliminates the need to trust any single provider by fragmenting and dispersing files so that no complete data ever exists in one location. Partnering with Levio allows us to bring this architectural approach into the mission-critical environments where sovereignty isn’t optional; it’s foundational.”

The partnership reflects Levio’s intent to move early in the sovereignty space, establishing the foundational components required to support Canadian clients as demand for secure, locally governed AI and cloud infrastructure continues to grow.

About Levio

Levio is one of Canada’s two largest fully Canadian-owned system integrators specializing in digital transformation. With close to 2,000 professionals, Levio helps organizations turn vision into measurable value. The firm excels at orchestrating large-scale, complex initiatives, leveraging deep expertise in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and data. Levio serves diverse sectors including financial services, insurance, healthcare, government, aerospace, and retail.

Learn more about Levio: levioconsulting.com

About Mantle

Mantle Technology is a Montreal-based infrastructure company that has redefined how sensitive data is stored and protected. Using a distributed fragmentation architecture, Mantle fragments files and disperses them across multiple independent storage nodes, ensuring that no single location, provider, or jurisdiction ever holds complete information.

Mantle integrates seamlessly with enterprise backup and storage platforms, enabling organizations to adopt distributed storage without disrupting existing workflows. The company serves regulated industries, government agencies, and enterprises requiring the highest standards of data control, resilience, and operational sovereignty.

Learn more about Mantle: mantle.technology

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