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Round Room’s Annual Backpack Giveaway Returns on July 26; More Than $3M Worth of Free Backpacks to Be Given Away to Students Across the U.S.

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Authorized Verizon Retailer Aims to Ease Financial Burden of Back-to-School Costs with Free BackpacksMore Than 40 Students Will be “Golden Ruler” Winners, Receiving Additional Funds for School EssentialsNow in Its 14th Year, “School Rocks Backpack Giveaway” Has Gifted More Than 1.6 Million Backpacks

FISHERS, Ind., July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — For the 14th consecutive year, more than 140,000 students and families across the U.S. will receive a much-needed gift heading into back-to-school season. Round Room, LLC, one of the country’s largest Verizon Authorized Retailers, is continuing its commitment to the communities it serves by giving away more than $3 million worth of free backpacks at its stores.

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“School Rocks Backpack Giveaway” takes place on Sunday, July 26 at 1PM local time at participating TCC and Wireless Zone stores.Families are invited to attend their local event to receive a free backpack, one per present child and while supplies last.In total, more than 140,000 backpacks will be distributed throughout the day.Since its inception, the initiative has gifted more than 1.6 million backpacks to families across the country.

“Back-to-school costs continue to put pressure on many families, and something as simple as a backpack can make a meaningful impact,” said Scott Moorehead, CEO of Round Room. “For 14 years, our backpack giveaway has been one of the most memorable days of the year for our employees, franchisees, and local communities, as we come together to help students start the school year with confidence. Backpacks are essential for students and we’re grateful we can give families one less thing to worry about.”

Additionally, this year dozens of lucky students will be “Golden Ruler” recipients, winning additional funds for back-to-school essentials. Highlighting the golden rule of treating others with kindness, 47 randomly selected stores across the country will have one backpack that contains a golden ruler keychain. Those who receive this backpack will also be given a $250 Visa gift card that can be used for other school necessities such as new shoes, lunchboxes, or writing supplies.

Families are expected to spend an average of $922 on back-to-school supplies this year and nearly half of parents expect to spend more than they did in 2025, according to a new report. As prices continue to rise, initiatives like Round Room’s “School Rocks Backpack Giveaway” serve a significant purpose in helping families across the country.

The Round Room Way: Community at the Core
Philanthropy is woven into the fabric of Round Room, driven by the passion and creativity of its employees and store owners. From local backpack giveaways enhanced with dunk tanks, obstacle courses, and partner giveaways, to national quarterly initiatives that support teachers, pet rescues and those affected by domestic violence, the company is committed to making a real impact. With over $11 million donated through its community grant program, benefiting more than 2,000 local nonprofits, Round Room continues to uplift communities through both grassroots efforts and large-scale giving.

To learn more about Round Room and their philanthropic commitments, visit roundroom.com/our-impact.

About Round Room, LLC
Founded on a mission and deep commitment of giving back to employees, customers, and the communities it serves, Round Room is one of the largest Verizon-authorized retailers in the U.S. Its collective portfolio of brands includes TCC, Wireless Zone, and Culture of Good. With more than 1,400 TCC and Wireless Zone retail locations across 43 states, Round Room has donated more than $11M to various causes through ongoing giveback initiatives. The company’s efforts have also been recognized through the Top Workplaces USA 2025 award and Top Workplaces Culture Excellence award. To learn more about Round Room, visit www.RoundRoom.com.

About TCC

Founded in 1991, TCC is a Verizon wireless retailer that operates nearly 600 locations from coast to coast and employs upwards of 1,900 people. As a certified ‘Culture of Good’ company, TCC encourages employees to give back in every community it serves through its Community Grant program, volunteer opportunities, and local philanthropic events. TCC has been recognized with several notable awards including Inc. Magazine’s Best in Business, Top Workplaces USA, and Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work. To learn more about TCC or to find a location near you, visit www.TCCRocks.com. For more information about TCC’s parent company, Round Room, LLC, visit www.RoundRoom.com.

About Wireless Zone 

Wireless Zone® is the nation’s largest wireless retail franchisor with over 800 independently owned and operated Verizon wireless stores across the U.S. Founded in 1988, Wireless Zone has earned prestigious industry rankings on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 and Franchise Business Review’s Top Franchise in 2025. From franchisees to corporate employees, each team member plays a critical role in its giveback efforts through system-wide fundraising campaigns or nominating a local charity for a community grant. The system is franchised and operated by Wireless Zone, LLC. Visit www.WirelessZone.com for more information or www.RoundRoom.com to learn about its parent company, Round Room, LLC.

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VisualLogix Strengthens European Presence and Engineering Software Portfolio Through Acquisition of refyne Group

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NEW YORK, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VisualLogix today announced the acquisition of refyne Group, expanding its global engineering software platform and strengthening its portfolio of mission-critical solutions used by engineers and fabricators who design, analyze and manufacture real world products and systems. The acquisition broadens VisualLogix’s presence across Europe while adding a leading software platform for wood and metal fabricators, providing integrated CAD, CAM, thermal analysis and ERP solutions across the DACH region.

VisualLogix develops software that supports the design, analysis, documentation, and manufacturing of real-world products and systems. Its portfolio includes category-leading solutions such as AutoSPRINK, AlarmCAD, and Metal Building Software (MBS), which are used daily by fire protection engineers, alarm system designers, and structural fabricators throughout North America and internationally.

refyne Group extends these capabilities through a suite of established software solutions including Athena, Apollon, TrunCAD, nCAD, flixo, and Triviso. Together, these products form a leading software platform for fabricators, providing integrated CAD, CAM, thermal analysis, and ERP solutions that support the full design-to-production workflow across wood, metal, and façade manufacturing. The company’s solutions are deeply embedded in customer workflows throughout the DACH region and are supported by a team with decades of domain expertise in engineering, thermal analysis, manufacturing, and fabrication software.

“We have built VisualLogix around a simple principle: mission-critical software requires innovation, deep industry expertise, and a long-term commitment to customers,” said Brett Zane, Chief Executive Officer of VisualLogix. “refyne is an exceptional fit because we share that philosophy. Their solutions are essential to the daily workflows of their customers in the same way our solutions are essential to our customers.

Together, we are creating a stronger software company with expanded capabilities, greater global reach, and an enhanced ability to invest in innovation for the industries we serve. With deep expertise in engineering software and artificial intelligence, VisualLogix is building a common AI foundation that will enhance every product across our portfolio. By combining decades of engineering domain expertise with advanced AI capabilities, we are developing intelligent solutions that help engineers and fabricators automate complex workflows, improve productivity, and deliver greater precision throughout the design and manufacturing process. Our vision is to build the leading AI-enabled software platform for the engineers and fabricators who design, analyze, and manufacture the products and systems that power the modern world.”

VisualLogix operates as a unified software company focused on developing, supporting, and advancing specialized engineering and fabrication solutions. The combined organization will continue investing in product development, customer success, and technical expertise while preserving the deep domain knowledge that has made both companies trusted partners to their customers.

“Joining VisualLogix represents an exciting next chapter for our employees, customers, and products,” said Dr. Stefan Gutberlet, CEO refyne Group. “We share a common vision: delivering highly efficient and accurate software that engineers and fabricators depend on every day to design, analyze and manufacture complex products and systems. By combining our expertise and resources, we can accelerate innovation, expand our capabilities, and create even greater value for customers across Europe and around the world.”

Customers of both organizations will continue to receive the same high level of support and product continuity while benefiting from increased investment, expanded technical resources, and a broader portfolio of engineering and fabrication software solutions.

About VisualLogix

VisualLogix develops mission-critical CAD, simulation, analysis, fabrication, and AI-powered software used by engineers and fabricators designing real-world systems and products. The company’s solutions help customers design, analyze, document, and manufacture complex projects across the built environment and industrial markets.

Its portfolio includes AutoSPRINK, AlarmCAD, Metal Building Software (MBS), Athena, Apollon, TrunCAD, nCAD, flixo, and Triviso, along with other specialized software solutions trusted by customers around the world. Through continuous investment in technology, innovation, and customer success, VisualLogix enables professionals to solve complex engineering and fabrication challenges with confidence.

For more information, visit www.visuallogix.com.

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Popl and Apollo.io Join Forces to Power the Data Layer of In-Person Events

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Apollo.io to serve as a key data source behind Popl’s AI-native data enrichment engine, helping deliver 97%+ data coverage on in-person interactions

NEW YORK, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Popl, the leading AI-powered platform for in-person go-to-market, today announced a data collaboration with Apollo.io, a leading AI-native go-to-market platform with one of the largest B2B data networks, covering 240M+ contacts and 30M+ companies. The agreement establishes Apollo as a key data source for Popl’s enrichment engine, the system that turns real-world interactions, like a scanned badge at an event, into complete, CRM-ready contact records.

The tie-up deepens an existing relationship between the two companies and brings Apollo’s data scale and quality into one of the fastest-growing categories in go-to-market: event lead capture and in-person revenue intelligence.

“Every great GTM platform is only as strong as the data underneath it,” said Jason Alco, CEO and founder of Popl. “Apollo has built one of the most powerful B2B data networks in the market, and this agreement brings that strength directly into the event lead capture workflow. Together, we’re helping customers turn in-person conversations into more complete, more accurate pipeline data in seconds.”

“Popl is AI-native, fast-moving, and obsessed with turning real-world moments into pipeline,” said Scott Singerman, VP Partnerships, Apollo.io. “Putting Apollo’s robust and fresh data behind their engine helps their customers act on every conversation in seconds and enable modern go-to-market.”

How Apollo helps power Popl’s data engine

Popl’s AI-native waterfall enrichment approach combines premium data with proprietary AI agents built in-house. When a customer captures a lead in person, Popl draws on 20+ hand-picked data partners, including Apollo, to identify and enrich contact and company data. Popl then deploys proprietary AI agents to help fill remaining gaps through AI web discovery, smart email prediction, and real-time validation.

This combination of Apollo’s robust B2B data network and Popl’s real-time enrichment engine helps enable 97%+ data coverage on in-person interactions.

Apollo plays a primary role in the enrichment waterfall by contributing fresh contact and company data that helps make high coverage possible at scale. Combined with Popl’s AI matching and resolution layer, the result is clean, CRM-ready data that flows directly into systems like Salesforce and HubSpot, closing the gap between a conversation at a booth and a tracked, attributable opportunity in pipeline.

“As we scale, the goal is simple: give event and revenue teams the most complete picture possible of who they met and what to do next, with enriched data returned in seconds,” Alco added. “By teaming up with Apollo, we expand what we can deliver to customers, from stronger coverage and accuracy to new layers of data and intelligence.”

About Popl

Popl is the AI-powered platform for in-person go-to-market, turning real-world interactions at trade shows and events into CRM-ready pipeline data. Through badge scanning, AI-native enrichment, native CRM integrations, and ROI reporting, Popl helps revenue teams capture, enrich, and act on leads the moment they’re met. Popl is a Y Combinator company (W21). Learn more at https://popl.co.

About Apollo

Apollo.io is the AI-powered end-to-end go-to-market platform that empowers sales, marketing, and revenue teams to find prospects, engage customers, and close deals with intelligence and efficiency. Trusted by millions of users and hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide, Apollo uniquely combines one of the industry’s largest B2B contact databases with an AI-native GTM platform to help teams of any size deliver revenue growth at scale. Learn more at https://apollo.io.

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LawProactive Launches SB 37-Compliant Attorney Marketing Software With Exclusive City Territories Across California

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High-performance marketing and intake technology helps California law firms strengthen client acquisition while supporting advertising compliance.

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LawProactive today announced the launch of its advanced client acquisition systems designed specifically for California law firms adapting to evolving attorney advertising requirements under California Senate Bill 37 (SB 37).

Rather than investing significant time and capital to build complex marketing infrastructure from scratch, attorneys can deploy fully developed client acquisition systems that combine modern intake technology, automation, localized SEO, and compliance-focused workflows in a turnkey solution.

The platform is designed to help law firms generate qualified leads while incorporating features intended to support compliance with California’s attorney advertising regulations.

Key features include:

Compliance-Focused Advertising Templates — Marketing pages and digital advertising templates designed to help firms include required attorney and office information where applicable.Advertising Content Review Tools — Built-in safeguards intended to reduce the use of language that could create unnecessary compliance concerns.Rapid Content Management — Centralized controls allowing firms to quickly update or remove advertising materials when necessary.Conversion-Optimized Intake Systems — Multi-step intake funnels, localized landing pages, and automated workflows designed for personal injury, employment, and other consumer practice areas.SEO-Driven Market Coverage — Geographic landing page architecture that enables firms to efficiently expand their digital presence throughout California.

“California attorneys face an increasingly complex digital advertising environment,” said Octavio Sanchez, founder of LawProactive. “Our goal is to provide firms with sophisticated client acquisition technology that supports compliance while improving the efficiency of their marketing and intake operations.”

The systems are available through a flexible monthly rental model, allowing solo practitioners, growing firms, and established multi-attorney practices to access enterprise-level marketing technology without the expense of developing proprietary platforms.

Attorneys interested in growing their law firm can schedule a live demonstration or learn more about the CRM client acquisition platform by visiting: LawProactive.com or by contacting the company directly.

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