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Centric Confirmed as Dassault Systèmes’ PLM Standard for Consumer Goods & Retail (CPGR)

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CAMPBELL, Calif., June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Centric Software® is pleased to announce that its parent company, Dassault Systèmes, endorses Centric PLM as the preferred solution for Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail (CPGR). Centric Software delivers innovative, integrated, end-to-end AI-powered enterprise solutions to take products from concept to commercialization.

Dassault Systèmes’ Centric brand delivers integrated, AI-powered enterprise solutions in the fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, consumer electronics, food, beverage, cosmetics, personal care and multi-category retail sectors. More than 2,900 customers worldwide in more than 65 countries use Centric solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, sell and replenish products to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Customers include LVMH, Carrefour, Walmart, The Magnum Ice Cream Company, JM Smucker, RITUALS, Robertet, The Body Shop, Hugo Boss, Levi Strauss & Co. and Tsingtao Brewery Co, Ltd.

In the past five years, Centric Software’s customer base in the Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail industry has gained substantial traction with a growth rate of 120%, gaining approximately 100 customers across the globe. This cements its presence as a major player in this arena due to solving industry-specific imperatives unique to CPG. More explicitly, Centric PLM:

Streamlines compliance with evolving domestic and global regulations, improving traceability for ingredients and materials, strengthening audit readiness and reducing the risk of recalls or market withdrawal.Accelerates time to market to capture fast-moving consumer trends, reducing cycle time for reformulations, packaging updates and product launches across channels.Improves margin control—important for cost-sensitive categories like food & beverage—by increasing visibility into raw material costs, supplier pricing and formula yield to protect profitability.Enables faster innovation in an extremely competitive market, improving cross-functional collaboration among R&D, quality, packaging and procurement to accelerate new product development.Manage formulations, ingredients and nutrition and regulatory calculations alongside BOMs and specifications, ensuring accurate allergen management, consistent labeling and faster approval workflows.

Centric Software customers have seen up to: 38% faster product development cycles,
10% revenue increase from new products, 90% reduction in regulatory analysis time and 50% reduction in product costing process time.

From global luxury maisons to fast-moving consumer brands, industry leaders rely on Centric solutions to uphold the highest standards while accelerating innovation and support the joint Dassault Systèmes-Centric Software strategy.

“In the luxury sector, operational excellence, transparency and end-to-end traceability are imperatives throughout the entire product development lifecycle. Centric PLM strategically unifies creative, technical and operational teams on a singular, high-performance platform, thereby ensuring the highest standards of consistency across the entire value chain. In an increasingly complex landscape, shaped by significant business shifts and major technological disruptions, developing, maintaining and continuously enhancing a PLM platform for the luxury industry represents a critical and far-reaching challenge. We are confident that this alignment with Dassault Systèmes reinforces Centric Software’s position to manage this technological transformation effectively.”
               –  Franck Le Moal, LVMH Group IT & Technology Director, LVMH

“As a fast-growing rising force in the global color cosmetics industry, SHEGLAM scales across multiple channels. Centric PXM builds a critical product data foundation for our digital operations and enables flexible adaptation to complex business scenarios. Rooted in a professional collaboration experience, we place full trust in Centric’s solutions. We also anticipate deep synergy between Dassault Systèmes and Centric—this synergy will deliver targeted digital enablement for cosmetics enterprises and fuel our sustained, steady growth.”
               –  Zhou Jinjian, Head of Digitalization, SHEGLAM

“By selecting Centric PLM, we’re positioning ourselves to streamline product development and enable more agile, enterprise-wide decision-making in response to evolving consumer demands. We expect to improve innovation planning and drive efficiency while maintaining greater control to support sustainable growth.”
               –  JM Smucker

“With Centric PLM, we centralized and integrated our global product data as ‘Single Source of Truth’, improved the operational efficiency of the new product development process, continuously enhanced our product differentiation advantages and ensured Regulatory compliance and high quality. Over the past years, H&H Group has steadily advanced and expanded its digital transformation. We look forward to the close collaboration between Dassault Systèmes and Centric PLM, which will provide more comprehensive digital support.”
               –  H&H Group

“Increasing product complexity and evolving regulations push us to continuously elevate innovation and operational excellence. Centric PLM provides the visibility and alignment we need from strategy through commercialization, and Dassault Systèmes’ endorsement reinforces the platform’s strategic strength for our industry.”
               –  Mauro Maccagnani, Group Chief Information Technology Officer, Intercos Group.

“The Generative Economy demands holistic innovation. While other companies offer point solutions, Dassault Systèmes addresses the whole picture – transforming scattered signals into coherent decisions at an enterprise scale,” said Elisa Prisner, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Industry, Marketing and Transformation, Dassault Systèmes. “Consumer goods companies shouldn’t have to choose between speed and safety, innovation and compliance, consumer appeal and industrial reality. We are positioning Centric as the strategic PLM solution for the connected consumer goods enterprise, integrating product portfolio management with research, development and manufacturing.”

Fabrice Canonge, CEO of Centric Software says, “We are thrilled and grateful for the adoption of Centric as the PLM Leader in the CPG & Retail sectors. Major retail, food & beverage and cosmetics & personal care companies have successfully embraced Centric Software solutions that are uniquely tailored to serve these demanding verticals. We are excited to empower even more brands and retailers to accelerate innovation, planning, product development, compliance and sourcing.”

For more information or to request a personalized demo of Centric PLM for food & beverage, cosmetics & personal care or grocery, click below to learn how to boost efficiency, reduce time to market and improve profitability,

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Centric Software® (www.centricsoftware.com)

From its headquarters in Silicon Valley, Centric Software provides the market-leading AI-enabled product lifecycle management platform for food & beverage manufacturers, grocery, brands and multi-category retailers. As experts in all fast-moving consumer goods, Centric Software delivers best-of-breed solutions to design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, package, assort and sell products. Centric Software solutions optimize the product portfolio, harmonize product offers and streamline product development by speeding time to market and innovation while enhancing quality control and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Centric PLM™, the leading PLM solution for fashion, outdoor, footwear and private label, optimizes product execution from ideation to development, sourcing and manufacture, realizing up to 50% improvement in productivity and a 60% decrease in time to market.

Centric Planning™ is an innovative, cloud-native, AI solution delivering end-to-end planning capabilities to maximize retail and wholesale business performance, including SKU optimization, resulting in an up to 110% increase in margins.

Centric Pricing & Inventory™ leverages AI to drive margins and boost revenues by up to 18% via price and inventory optimization from pre-season to in-season to season completion.

Centric Market Intelligence™ is an AI-driven platform delivering insights into consumer trends, competitor offers and pricing to boost competitively and get closer to the consumer, driving up to a 12% increase in average initial price point.
 Centric Visual Boards™ pivot actionable data in a visual-first orientation to ensure robust, consumer-right assortments and product offers, dramatically decreasing assortment development cycle time. 

Centric PXM™, AI-powered product experience management (PXM) encompasses PIM, DAM, content syndication and digital shelf analytics (DSA) to optimize the product commercialization lifecycle resulting in a transformed brand experience. Increase sales channels, boost sell through and drive margins.

Centric Software’s market-driven solutions have the highest user adoption rate, customer satisfaction rate and fastest time to value in the industry. Centric Software has received multiple industry awards and recognition, appearing regularly in world-leading analyst reports and research.

Centric Software is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), the world leader in 3D design software, 3D digital mock-up and PLM solutions.

About Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. Since 1981, the company has pioneered virtual worlds to improve real life for consumers, patients and citizens. Through the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, AI-powered, science-based virtual twins help 390,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, collaborate, imagine and create sustainable innovations that drive meaningful impact. For more information, visit: www.3ds.com

Centric Software is a registered trademark of Centric Software, Inc. in the US and other countries. Centric PLM, Centric Planning, Centric Pricing & Inventory, Centric Market Intelligence, Centric Visual Boards, Centric PXM, Centric PIM, Centric DAM, Centric Shoppingfeed® and Centric DSA (including Centric Digital Shelf Analytics) are trademarks of Centric Software, Inc. All third-party trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. 

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Beyond Seoul: Wego and Korea Tourism Organization Bring More of Korea Within Reach of MENA Travellers

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DUBAI, UAE, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Wego, the number one travel app and the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is joining forces with the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) on a new phase of their collaboration, inviting travellers across the region to look beyond Korea’s best-known attractions and discover the different experiences that make the country worth exploring.

From the neighbourhoods that have become familiar through Korean dramas to the food markets, coastal cities and historic towns that offer a different perspective on the country, Korea has many sides to discover. The campaign will connect these interests with practical travel inspiration, helping MENA travellers explore destinations and experiences that suit their preferences.

At the heart of the collaboration is a simple idea: a trip to Korea does not have to follow a single itinerary. Visitors drawn by Korean entertainment and contemporary culture can explore Seoul’s creative districts, cafés and shopping streets, while those interested in history can discover the palaces of the capital or travel to Gyeongju, known for its remarkable Silla-era heritage. Busan offers a different pace through its coastal neighbourhoods, beaches and seafood markets, while Jeju Island provides opportunities to explore volcanic landscapes and scenic walking trails.

Mamoun Hmidan, Chief Business Officer at Wego, said: “Korea has become an increasingly appealing destination for travellers, thanks to its diverse tourism experiences and the global popularity of its culture. Through our partnership with the Korea Tourism Organization, we aim to introduce travellers across the Middle East and North Africa to new sides of the country, encouraging them to explore destinations and experiences beyond the traditional tourist attractions. Working with KTO allows us to combine destination knowledge with the travel choices available on Wego and make more of Korea visible to travellers across MENA.”

Rather than focusing on individual attractions alone, Wego and KTO will bring these experiences together through destination-focused digital campaigns, editorial storytelling and travel planning content tailored to audiences across MENA. Wego will also help travellers explore flight and accommodation options, making it easier to compare possibilities as they plan their journeys.

Sae-hyeong Son, Regional Director, Korea Tourism Organization Dubai Office, commented: “For many travellers, their first connection with Korea comes through its food, music, television or beauty culture. We want to build on that familiarity by introducing the places, traditions and everyday experiences that give Korea its character. Through our continued collaboration with Wego, we can present a wider picture of the country to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa, encouraging them to explore different regions and discover experiences that feel personal to them.”

Korea’s changing seasons offer further opportunities to experience the country in different ways. Autumn brings colourful landscapes and opportunities for outdoor exploration, while winter introduces mountain retreats, snow activities and seasonal city experiences. The Korea Grand Sale, scheduled from 23 December 2026 to 13 February 2027, will also offer international visitors shopping, cultural and travel-related benefits across participating businesses.

Spring brings another side of Korea, with cherry blossoms transforming parks and historic settings, while warmer months offer opportunities to explore coastal destinations and the country’s islands. This seasonal variety gives travellers flexibility to plan around the experiences they value most.

The campaign will bring together KTO’s destination expertise and Wego’s regional reach, creating more opportunities for travellers to discover Korea’s diversity and plan journeys that extend beyond its most familiar landmarks.

 About Wego 

Wego is the number one travel app and the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Combining a dynamic travel marketplace with on-platform bookings, Wego enables travelers to easily search, compare, and book flights and hotels across hundreds of airlines, hotels, and online travel agencies. Beyond its B2C marketplace, Wego also operates WegoPro, a next-generation business travel platform, and WegoBeds, a MENA-focused bedbank. The company is dual headquartered in Singapore and Dubai with offices in Bangalore and Mumbai.

For more information, visit www.wego.com.

 

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Futu Celebrates Its 14th Anniversary with “FUTU NEXT” Initiative Launch

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Commits HK$300 Million to Support Hong Kong’s Youth and Initiates the “FUTU NEXT” Foundation

HONG KONG, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Futu Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: FUTU) (“Futu” or the “Company”), a leading tech-driven digital broker and wealth management platform, today announced the official launch of “FUTU NEXT” Initiative, a comprehensive, future-oriented social impact strategy, on the occasion of the Company’s 14th anniversary. Over the next five years, Futu will commit HK$300 million in cash, alongside dedicated training and employment resources, to support scientific research innovation and talent development across Hong Kong universities, creating expanded internship and career opportunities for young people.

The name “FUTU NEXT” encapsulates the Company’s strategic roadmap for the future and its long-term commitment to Hong Kong’s next generation: Nurture talent; Empower growth with resources and opportunities; eXplore new frontiers; and Transform innovative concepts into tangible societal value. The Chinese name Kai Yuen(”啟源”), reflects a simple wish: to inspire young minds and bring talented people together. It marks the opening of an exciting new chapter for Futu while reinforcing the belief that talent is the driving force behind continuous innovation in the fintech industry.

Aligning with HKSAR’s Core Focus on Youth Development, Phase One of “FUTU NEXT” Reaches Collaboration Intent with HKU

The “FUTU NEXT” initiative actively aligns with the HKSAR Government’s First Five-Year Plan and the strategic priorities set forth in the latest Policy Address, which place youth development at the core of Hong Kong’s ambition to reinforce its status as an international financial and innovation and technology hub. Deeply rooted in Hong Kong, Futu recognizes that our future is closely intertwined with the city’s prosperity. By adopting a youth-centric approach, Futu aims to empower academic research, support student aspirations, and contribute corporate strength to building Hong Kong into a global magnet for top-tier talent.

As the first milestone under “FUTU NEXT”, Futu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Intended Collaboration with The University of Hong Kong (HKU) to establish a strategic partnership spanning three key pillars: Industry-University-Research integration, education and talent development, and employment support. Under the partnership, Futu and HKU will advance research in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary fields, including quantum computing, AI and trusted AI agents, and FinTech, while donating to establish scholarships to recognize outstanding students. Furthermore, Futu will foster student innovation and entrepreneurship by providing expanded internship and career opportunities, empowering young talent to validate their ideas and gain hands-on experience in real-world business scenarios.

Futu plans to expand this collaborative framework to more top-tier universities and leading institutions in Hong Kong over the next five years.

Establishing the “FUTU NEXT Foundation”, Extending its Giving from Campus to Community

To extend its impact into the broader community, Futu has marked its 14th anniversary by making a long-term civic commitment: the Company has officially initiated preparations to establish an independent FUTU NEXT Foundation. Looking beyond university campuses, the Foundation will serve as an independent, professional platform dedicated to the wider social ecosystem. Its mandate will encompass supporting youth innovation, cross-disciplinary tech R&D, aiding underprivileged groups, and advancing sustainable, inclusive social development—representing Futu’s enduring blueprint for giving back to Hong Kong.

Mr. Leaf Hua Li, Futu’s Founder, Chairman, CEO & Chairman of the Technology Committee, said: “Futu has been fortunate to be part of Hong Kong’s fintech development. We started in Hong Kong 14 years ago with a small team, a modest office and lines of code. Today, we serve tens of millions of users around the world. This city gave us room to grow and opened up opportunities for us. The HKSAR Government published Hong Kong’s First Five-Year Plan. The 2026 Policy Address also set out an integrated approach to education, science and technology, and talent development, alongside support for young people’s growth and employment. This long-term vision strengthens my belief that Hong Kong’s future depends on the creativity of each new generation.”

He added: “Attracting talented people matters. Helping them develop matters just as much. Starting with our university campuses, we want to turn our confidence in Hong Kong’s future into practical support for research, talent development and opportunities to learn through experience. Meanwhile, a Company’s growth depends on the society around it. As we continue to improve our technology and products, we also want to put the resources and capabilities we have built to broader use for the benefit of society. This is a commitment we intend to honour over the long term.”

About Futu Holdings Limited

Futu Holdings Limited (“Futu”) (Nasdaq: FUTU) is an advanced fintech company transforming the investing experience by offering fully digital financial services in multiple markets. Futu was listed on Nasdaq on March 8, 2019. Futu offers market data, financial news, interactive social features, and investor education on its proprietary one-stop digital platforms Futubull and Moomoo. Its subsidiaries provide clients with investing services including trading and clearing services for United States, Hong Kong SAR, China Connect, Singaporean, Australian, Japanese, Canadian, Malaysian and Korean stocks, margin financing and securities lending, crypto trading, and wealth management.

By creating an ecosystem centered around its users, Futu provides connectivity to users, investors, analysts, media, companies, and institutions. Futu also provides Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) solutions, initial public offering (IPO) distribution, and investor relations (IR) and public relations (PR) services through its institutional and corporate services brand, becoming the go-to partner of many well-known companies. Since its launch in 2019, Futu Money Plus has been working to build an all-in-one global asset allocation platform. Through cooperation with top fund houses worldwide, it provides clients with a wide range of best-performing funds to enable global asset allocations. Futu Trustee provides one-stop wealth management solutions for corporate clients and high-net-worth individuals and families, and revolutionizes service delivery for ESOP Trust Administration, Family Trust, and Family Office through technology.  For more information about Futu, please visit its official website www.futuholdings.com.

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TuyaOpen Adds Support for Silicon Labs SiWx917 Low-Power Wi-Fi SoC

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SDK integration and AI-assisted development tools provide a starting point for connected product innovation

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) and Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA, HKSE: 2391) today announced support for Silicon Labs’ SiWx917 wireless system-on-chip (SoC) in TuyaOpen, Tuya’s open-source development framework. The integration gives developers using TuyaOpen a low-power Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE hardware option for connected devices.

The SiWx917 platform integration is available through Tuya’s open-source repositories. Alongside the TuyaOpen IDE, it provides developers with a path to evaluate connected product concepts, including connected toys and devices that use cloud-based AI services. The IDE offers AI-assisted coding capabilities that can help developers create and refine application code within the TuyaOpen framework.

“SiWx917 combines low-power multi-protocol wireless connectivity, application processing and hardware-based security in a single chip,” said Irvind Ghai, Vice President of Wi-Fi at Silicon Labs. “Support in TuyaOpen makes those capabilities available to developers building products for the Tuya ecosystem.”

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The TuyaOpen SDK support for Silicon Labs’ SiWx917 low-power Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE SoC.Developers gain another low-power hardware option and access to TuyaOpen’s cross-platform framework and AI-assisted development workflow.Platform code and support for the Silicon Labs BRD2605A and Sekorm SiWx917 AI development kits provide a starting point for evaluation.

Hardware and Development Support
SiWx917 combines Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE connectivity with an Arm Cortex-M4 application processor, hardware-based security and power management. Its integrated architecture can help developers reduce the number of components needed for wireless connectivity and application processing.

The TuyaOpen integration includes support for the Silicon Labs BRD2605A SiWx917 Development Kit and the Sekorm SiWx917 AI Development Kit. These boards provide hardware for prototyping and evaluating applications using the SDK.

AI-Assisted Development in the TuyaOpen Ecosystem
TuyaOpen provides a C/C++ software framework and a hardware abstraction layer designed to separate application code from chip-specific functions. Its associated TuyaOpen IDE brings project setup, compilation, device programming and serial log debugging into one development environment.

The TuyaOpen IDE also offers AI-assisted development capabilities, including natural-language assistance for generating and adapting application code. TuyaOpen’s broader ecosystem connects device development with cloud-based services and multimodal AI offerings. These ecosystem capabilities can help developers explore AI-enabled connected products while using SiWx917 as a supported hardware target. Availability of individual IDE and AI functions may depend on the selected workflow and platform configuration.

“Adding SiWx917 support gives TuyaOpen developers another hardware option for connected product development,” said Hsuan Han Lai, Head of TuyaOpen at Tuya Smart. “The SDK integration and supported development boards provide a starting point for evaluating designs that use low-power Wi-Fi connectivity and AI-assisted development tools.”

Availability
The TuyaOpen SDK and SiWx917 platform integration are available through the following open-source repositories. Documentation and development resources are available at the links below.

TuyaOpen SDK: https://github.com/tuya/TuyaOpen SiWx917 platform integration: https://github.com/tuya/TuyaOpen-SiliconLabs TuyaOpen IDE: https://tuyaopen.ai/tuyaopen-ide Silicon Labs BRD2605A Development Kit: https://www.silabs.com/development-tools/wireless/wi-fi/siwx917-dk2605a-wifi-6-bluetooth-le-soc-dev-kit 

Availability and ordering information for the Sekorm SiWx917 AI Development Kit will be provided by Sekorm.

About Tuya Smart
Tuya Inc. (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391) is a leading global AI cloud platform service provider dedicated to bringing AI into everyday life. Through its TuyaOpen open-source development framework and universal AI Agent engines, including the AI Agent development platform, Tuya integrates multimodal AI capabilities to lower barriers for AI development, efficiently advancing the realization of AI-driven lifestyles and accelerating AI integration with the physical world. Tuya offers innovative physical AI solutions for smart devices, commercial applications, and industry developers through its cloud computing and spatial intelligence capabilities. It also provides a complete, open, and neutral global AIoT ecosystem.

As of June 30, 2026, the Tuya AI Developer Platform had over 2,092,000 registered AI developers from more than 200 countries and regions.

About Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low-power connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Merging cutting-edge technology into the world’s most highly integrated SoCs, Silicon Labs provides device makers with the solutions, support, and ecosystems needed to create advanced edge connectivity applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon Labs has operations in over sixteen countries and is the trusted partner for innovative solutions in smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets. Learn more at https://www.silabs.com. 

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