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Hanshow Signs Strategic Partner Agreement with Microsoft to Accelerate Smart Retail Innovation

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REDMOND, Wash., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hanshow, a global leader in digital store solutions, signed a Strategic Partner Agreement with Microsoft at the Microsoft Executive Briefing Center in Redmond, Washington, marking a new milestone in the companies’ long-standing collaboration to advance retail digitalization.

The agreement will further deepen collaboration across Store Digital Twin, Microsoft Azure, and joint go-to-market initiatives. Building on years of cooperation, Hanshow and Microsoft aim to help retailers connect physical store intelligence with secure, scalable cloud capabilities, enabling more visible, responsive, and intelligent store operations while delivering a better customer experience.

Hanshow and Microsoft’s collaboration has evolved from large-scale IoT and SaaS deployment to AI-driven innovation for physical retail. Since joining Microsoft’s AI & IoT Insider Lab in 2019, Hanshow has worked with Microsoft across cloud infrastructure, in-store IoT, data intelligence, and retail AI scenarios. Today, more than 200 million Hanshow electronic shelf labels are supported on Azure, while multiple co-sell solutions have been made available through the Microsoft ecosystem.

Most recently, Hanshow launched xPilot in collaboration with Microsoft at NRF 2026 APAC. Built on Hanshow’s Store Digital Twin and Azure capabilities, xPilot is a real-time store execution AI assistant designed to help retailers turn store insights into faster decisions, clearer workflows, and measurable operational impact.

“This agreement marks a new chapter in Hanshow’s long-standing collaboration with Microsoft,” said Liangyan Li, SVP and Head of Global Sales at Hanshow. “For Hanshow, this collaboration is about bringing trusted, scalable, and future-ready digital store solutions to more retailers worldwide. By deepening our relationship with Microsoft, we aim to support global retail customers with stronger technology foundations, greater operational agility, and long-term business value.”

“Retail transformation is becoming increasingly ecosystem-driven,” said Philippe Brochard, Chairman of Advisory Committee at Hanshow. “By working with Microsoft and other global partners, Hanshow is helping build an open, practical, and scalable innovation ecosystem that brings digital transformation closer to real store operations.”

“Retailers are entering a new era where cloud, AI, and partner ecosystems must work together to solve real operational challenges,” said Sandy Gupta, VP of Microsoft, Head of Global ISV Business. “By combining Microsoft’s cloud and AI capabilities with Hanshow’s deep expertise in store digitalization, we can help retailers unlock new levels of intelligence, efficiency, experience and innovation across physical retail.”

Building on this agreement, Hanshow and Microsoft will continue to strengthen collaboration across cloud-enabled retail innovation, ecosystem development, and global customer engagement.

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Decathlon Reaches 700 Stores Equipped with Vusion Solutions

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The Vusion platform, now deployed across 54 countries on three continents, enhances operational efficiency for Decathlon teams and improves customer experience.

PARIS, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Vusion, the global leader in digitalization solutions for physical retail, today announced that Decathlon reached the milestone of 700 stores equipped with its digital solutions during the second quarter 2026. The deployment now spans 54 countries across three continents (Europe, South America, and Asia-Pacific), making the sporting goods retailer Vusion’s most internationally deployed customer to date.

Operational Efficiency and Greater Value for Store Associates

Voted France’s Most Attractive Retailer in 2026[1] and widely recognized for its outstanding customer experience, Decathlon relies on Vusion’s platform to automate price management. With instant, synchronized price updates on the electronic shelf labels (ESL), store teams are freed from the time-consuming task of manually replacing paper price tags. As a result, associates can dedicate more time to what lies at the essence of their job: welcoming customers, delivering personalized advice and service to sports enthusiast customers.

Zero Pricing Errors at the Check-Out: A Key Driver of Customer Satisfaction

Beyond the productivity gains for store teams, digital shelf management ensures an excellent level of pricing accuracy. Discrepancies between the shelf price and the price charged at checkout are nearly eliminated. This perfect transparency reinforces customer trust and directly contributes to higher customer satisfaction across the Decathlon network.

“Thanks to ESLs, we have further enhanced the in-store experience while improving our operational efficiency. Deploying connected shelf labels at scale enables us to focus on our core mission: advising and supporting our sports customers. This project delivers immediate, tangible benefits for both our store teams and consumers,” commented Xavier Dété, VP Innovation, Decathlon.

“We are particularly proud to support Decathlon, a global retail leader highly valued by its customers and recognized for both the strength of its brand and its commitment to sustainability. This large-scale partnership demonstrates our ability to support leading global retailers and industrialize our cutting-edge solutions in the demanding sporting goods sector—a high-potential market where Vusion continues to strengthen its leadership position,” added Sébastien Fourcy, SEVP EMEA, Vusion.

Agile, High-Performance Technology Integration

From a technical perspective, Decathlon leverages Vusion’s cloud platform. The electronic shelf labels connect natively and securely to the retailer’s existing Cisco Meraki network infrastructure, enabling a seamless deployment without requiring any additional networking hardware.

For more information about Vusion, visit www.vusion.com 

[1] Ipsos-Bonial rating https://corporate.bonial.com/top-enseigne-2026

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Thanks for all the txts: aql and parkrun Celebrate 13 Years of Impactful Tech Partnership Unlocking £10M in NHS Savings

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LONDON, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cloud communications service provider aql and global health charity parkrun have announced the successful completion of their 13-year digital partnership. Throughout the collaboration, aql has provided free SMS infrastructure to deliver millions of weekly text alerts to parkrunners across the country, donating an estimated £1 million in messaging and unlocking substantial direct healthcare savings according to research evaluated by the Royal College of General Practitioners and published in the British Journal of General Practice.

The alliance, forged between friends aql Founder and CEO Prof Adam Beaumont DL and parkrun Founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE, concludes amicably as parkrun transitions its digital notifications into an app-first environment.

A Tech-Enabled Public Health Triumph Whilst individual parkrun events are free to attend, running the back-end communication infrastructure requires significant resources. By absorbing £1 million in messaging costs, aql insulated parkrun from operational expenses estimated closer to £2 million.

This investment also yielded a dividend for public health. According to economic frameworks from Sport England and Sheffield Hallam University, every £1 spent staging parkrun events returns roughly £10 in healthcare benefits. Consequently, aql’s sustained support has unlocked an estimated £10 million in targeted NHS savings over the lifetime of the partnership by reducing reliance on clinical services and aiding chronic disease prevention.

Professor Adam Beaumont, Founder and CEO of aql, commented: “When Paul and I first discussed how aql could support parkrun, we shared a vision of technology being the ‘digital glue’ to empower healthier communities. Seeing that our £1 million in tech support has translated into £10 million of tangible savings for the NHS is incredibly fulfilling. It’s been a privilege to help scale parkrun into a cultural phenomenon, and I remain immensely proud of what our teams have achieved.”

Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE, Founder of parkrun, commented: “The longstanding and unwavering support by Adam and his team at aql has helped make parkrun more enjoyable, with many runners looking forward to their ‘personal best’ message. aql’s generosity has grown with the parkrun community, which continues as a global movement.”

About aql: 

aql is a UK-based communications provider specialising in CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service), secure data centers and mobile connectivity solutions.

About parkrun: 

parkrun is a UK-founded global charity delivering free, weekly 5k and 2k events across 20+ countries, promoting physical activity, mental well-being, and social connection. 

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INTURAI SIGNS WITH ASX-LISTED PATHKEY TO ADVANCE DRONE SWARM COMMAND AND CONTROL ON AI EDGE

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Inturai signs MOU with Chipforge, a company of ASX-listed Pathkey Limited (ASX: PKY). Partnership to build drone swarm command and control (C2) on edge silicon for defence and emergency response.Deepens Inturai’s push into defence and autonomous systems, following its acquisition of DomeCommand.

VANCOUVER, BC, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ – Inturai Ventures Corp. (the “Company”) (CSE: URAI) (OTC: URAIF) (FSE: 3QG0) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”) with Chipforge, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pathkey Limited (“Pathkey”) (ASX: PKY), an Australian public-listed semiconductor and technology group, to jointly develop drone swarm command and control on an edge-computing platform.

Under the MOU, the Parties will collaborate on a drone swarm communication and coordination module built on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) platform. The module targets core autonomous functions including path planning, collision avoidance, task allocation, and autonomous deployment sensing — the mission-critical building blocks of command and control (C2) for coordinated drone swarms operating in tactical and emergency-response scenarios. The technical work will be carried out with Pathkey’s Singapore-based AI-native semiconductor subsidiary, Chipforge Pte. Ltd., and covers platform access, FPGA-based prototyping, and vision-processing IP development.

The work sits at the intersection of two fast-growing markets: autonomous unmanned systems and edge AI. Defence and emergency-response operators increasingly require drone swarms that can sense, decide, and act in contested and complex environments where connectivity is degraded or denied. Processing command and control on edge silicon, rather than in the cloud, delivers the low-latency, resilient operational intelligence those missions demand.

“Command and control is the hard problem in autonomous drone swarms, and solving it on the drone is where significant value sits. Working with Chipforge, we are putting our sensing and agentic swarm capabilities directly onto silicon for tactical and emergency-response operations. This collaboration positions Inturai at the front of the defence and national security markets that are moving fastest toward autonomy.”

The collaboration extends Inturai’s spatial intelligence platform beyond RF presence and vital-signs sensing into agentic drone swarm management, a materially larger addressable market. The Company’s hardware-light deployment architecture and AI-native approach are well suited to the FPGA design work, which is intended to compress the path from prototype to production-ready hardware.

The MOU also reinforces the Company’s cross-border footprint. Pathkey is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: PKY), aligning the collaboration with an Australian public-listed group and connecting Inturai to the Asia-Pacific defence and national security corridor. The collaboration follows the Company’s acquisition of DomeCommand, part of a broader build-out of Inturai’s defence and autonomous-systems capabilities.

The Parties intend to negotiate and execute definitive agreements that will document the full scope, timelines, and commercial terms of the collaboration. The Company will update shareholders as material milestones are reached.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

About Pathkey Limited

Pathkey Limited (ASX: PKY) www.pathkey.ai/ is an Australian public-listed semiconductor and technology group. Through its Singapore-based subsidiary Chipforge Pte. Ltd., an AI-native semiconductor chip design platform, Pathkey designs advanced silicon and FPGA-based solutions for real-time, mission-critical applications, and partners with technology developers to bring hardware-accelerated capabilities from prototype to production.

About Inturai Ventures

Inturai Ventures is advancing intelligent environments with cutting-edge AI technologies, transforming industries such as healthcare, military, smart homes, and industrial applications. For more information, visit www.inturai.com.

This document contains certain forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions as of the date of this news release. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as “anticipates”, “plan”, “continue”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “potential”, “proposed”, “positioned” and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions “may” or “will” occur. All such forward-looking statements involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the Company’s control. The reader is cautioned that the assumptions used in the preparation of the forward-looking statements may prove to be incorrect and the actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what benefits, including the amount of proceeds, the Company will derive therefrom. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. The Company is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.

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