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Market America completes sale of SHOP.COM domain name, ushering in a new era for the global entrepreneurship company

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Market America consolidates its brands, products, technology and UnFranchise® Business at a reimagined MarketAmerica.com, built on Shopify and enhanced with AI-powered shopping

GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Market America Worldwide today announced the completion of the sale of the SHOP.COM domain name to Shopify, marking a significant milestone in the company’s digital evolution and the beginning of a new chapter for the 34-year-old global business.

The transaction comes as Market America brings its commerce ecosystem back under the name that started it all.

On September 22, Market America launched a completely reimagined MarketAmerica.com, built on Shopify and designed to unite the company’s exclusive brands, products, technology, shopping experience and UnFranchise® Business within one primary global digital destination.

The move represents more than a change in web address. It is part of a broader transformation of Market America designed to simplify the customer experience, accelerate innovation and give entrepreneurs more powerful technology for building their businesses in a rapidly changing digital economy.

“This is not the end of SHOP.COM. It is the beginning of the next era of Market America,” said Loren Ridinger, Co-Founder and CEO of Market America Worldwide. “We built something extraordinary with SHOP.COM, and I am incredibly proud of what it became. But our greatest opportunity is ahead of us. Market America is our name. It is our legacy. It is the company we built more than three decades ago, and now we are bringing our products, our people, our technology and our entrepreneurial community together under that name.”

Market America acquired SHOP.COM in 2011 and spent the next 15 years developing the domain into an international shopping destination serving customers and UnFranchise® Owners around the world. SHOP.COM became an important part of Market America’s expansion into social shopping and digital commerce.

Its sale comes at a time when Market America is making significant investments in the next generation of its commerce platform.

The new MarketAmerica.com offers a faster, modernized and mobile-first shopping experience, including simplified checkout, improved search and navigation and Atlas, Market America’s AI-powered shopping assistant, designed to help customers discover products and navigate the company’s growing portfolio.

Popular customer programs and experiences — including Subscribe & Save, Cashback and the 60-Second Health Quiz — remain part of the platform.

For Market America’s UnFranchise® Owners, the unified platform creates a clearer connection between the company, its exclusive products, customers and the entrepreneurial business behind them.

“For 34 years, we have been Market America,” said Marc Ashley, President of Market America Worldwide. “SHOP.COM became an important part of our evolution, but Market America has always been the company behind our products, brands and UnFranchise® Business. Today we are bringing those pieces together into one stronger ecosystem. One company. One identity. One destination. And a much stronger foundation for the future.”

Founded in 1992, Market America has evolved through multiple generations of commerce — from relationship marketing and direct-to-consumer retail to e-commerce, social shopping and now AI-enabled commerce.

The company sees the launch of the new MarketAmerica.com as the foundation for its next stage of growth, with continued investment planned across its exclusive brands, artificial intelligence, digital commerce technology and the evolution of the UnFranchise® Business.

“Thirty-four years ago, we started Market America with a belief that ordinary people, given the right products, system and opportunity, could create extraordinary lives,” Ridinger said. “Technology has changed. Shopping has changed. The world has changed. But that belief has never changed. Now we have the opportunity to combine what has always made Market America special — our people and our products — with technology that simply wasn’t possible when we started. That is what makes this moment so exciting.”

Built on Product. Powered by People.

About Market America Worldwide

Market America Worldwide is a global product brokerage and internet marketing company specializing in One-to-One Marketing and Social Shopping. Through its UnFranchise® Business, the company provides entrepreneurs with a system for building their own businesses while giving customers access to exclusive products across health and nutrition, beauty, skincare, personal care, home and other categories.

Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, Market America operates in 10 markets and serves customers in more than 190 countries and territories. The company and its global community of UnFranchise® Owners and customers have generated billions of dollars in retail sales.

MarketAmerica.com brings together Market America’s exclusive brands and products with shopping technology, entrepreneurial tools, training and resources designed to help UnFranchise® Owners build their businesses.

Built on Product. Powered by People.

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Market America Worldwide
steve@marketamerica.com
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iAutomation to Attend PACK EXPO International 2026, Supporting Sister Company RND Automation

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iAutomation will walk the show floor at PACK EXPO International 2026, supporting sister company RND Automation’s packaging demos, testing, and robotics at Booth #N-5115.

CHICAGO, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — iAutomation, a division of CAS Holdings, announced today that its team will attend PACK EXPO International 2026, taking place October 18–21 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. iAutomation will walk the show floor and support its sister company, RND Automation, which will exhibit at Booth #N-5115 in the North Building.

“We’re excited to be back at PACK EXPO International this year,” said Patrick McDermott, CEO of CAS Holdings. “Events like this are a great opportunity to see where packaging and processing automation are headed, and to connect face-to-face with the partners and customers who make our work possible.”

PACK EXPO International is one of the packaging and processing industry’s largest gatherings, drawing manufacturers, suppliers, and solution providers from around the world. iAutomation’s presence at the show underscores its ongoing commitment to staying close to industry trends in automation, packaging, and processing technology, and to supporting the broader family of companies it operates alongside.

At Booth #N-5115, RND Automation will showcase its expanding packaging-equipment portfolio, including a live KANGA Poucher pouching demonstration, its configurable High-Risk Test Bench for evaluating challenging automation applications before they reach full production, and a large-scale FANUC M-710 industrial robot display. Attendees will also have the chance to enter RND’s PACK EXPO giveaway for a Bambu Lab 3D printer. More information on RND’s exhibit is available at rndautomation.com/rnd-automation-pack-expo-2026.

Vendor Partners Featured in the Booth

RND’s Test Bench exhibit will feature technology from automation suppliers also represented across iAutomation’s vendor network, including:

Doosan RoboticsOnRobotB&R Industrial AutomationFANUCPilzBanner EngineeringFesto

Representatives from iAutomation will be available throughout the show to meet with current and prospective partners, discuss automation and integration needs, and connect attendees with the right resources across its distribution, panel building & assembly, engineering & integration, and system integration & engineering services teams. Attendees who would like to meet with iAutomation during the show are encouraged to reach out in advance to schedule a dedicated appointment, so that the right team members are available at the time that works best. To schedule, please contact marketing@i-automation.com

Registration for PACK EXPO International is complimentary using code 90R21 at packexpointernational.com.

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Erika Jacques
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LeapXpert and Carahsoft Partner to Bring Governed Messaging Solutions to the Public Sector

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Advanced Communications Platform Now Available to Federal, State and Local Government Agencies

NEW YORK and RESTON, Va., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LeapXpert, the leader in Governed Communication Intelligence, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced a partnership to bring governed messaging to the Public Sector. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as LeapXpert’s Master Government Aggregator®, making The LeapXpert Communications Platform available to Federal, State and Local Government agencies through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS), OMNIA Partners, E&I Cooperative Services Contract and The Quilt contracts.

Government officials increasingly rely on consumer messaging channels, including WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage and SMS, to communicate with colleagues, constituents and external stakeholders. Yet many agencies lack the infrastructure needed to capture, govern and archive these conversations in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) record retention requirements, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) obligations and broader Federal security mandates. The result is a growing compliance gap between how Public Sector employees communicate and what agencies can account for.

The LeapXpert Communications Platform enables secure communication across consumer messaging channels while capturing conversations in real time, allowing organizations to apply policy and governance as communications take place. LeapXpert serves hundreds of enterprise customers and hundreds of thousands of employees and professionals across 50 countries, spanning financial services, Government and the Forbes Global 2000.

“Federal employees are already having these conversations on WhatsApp and Signal. Until now, the record of them lived on a personal phone, outside every system meant to protect it,” said Avi Pardo, Co-Founder and CBO at LeapXpert. “Government is now our fastest-growing segment, and the demand is arriving faster than a direct sales motion can meet it. Carahsoft brings the agency relationships and the contract reach to close that gap, and its reseller and value-added partner community extends it further than we could build on our own timeline.”

“Government agencies need secure, governed communications across the messaging channels their employees already rely on,” said Brian O’Donnell, Vice President of Cybersecurity Solutions at Carahsoft. “LeapXpert’s Communications Platform provides agencies with a scalable path to integrate governed messaging across their organization, providing a solution that meets Federal security and compliance requirements. Together with our reseller partners, Carahsoft and LeapXpert are delivering Government-grade, mission-ready messaging security across the Public Sector.”

LeapXpert’s solutions are available through Carahsoft’s TIPS Contract #220105, OMNIA Partners Contract #R240303, E&I Contract #EI00063~2021MA and The Quilt Master Service Agreement Number MSA05012019-F. For more information, contact the Carahsoft Team at (703) 889-9710 or LeapXpert@carahsoft.com. Learn more about LeapXpert’s solutions here.

About LeapXpert

LeapXpert is the leader in Governed Communication Intelligence. The LeapXpert Communications Platform brings enterprise-grade governance to the consumer messaging channels employees and clients already use. Every conversation is captured, governed, and understood in real time, turning client interactions into intelligence businesses can act on. Hundreds of the world’s most demanding enterprises across financial services, government, and the Forbes Global 2000 rely on LeapXpert daily. For more information, visit LeapXpert.com.

About Carahsoft’s Cybersecurity Solutions Portfolio

Carahsoft’s Cybersecurity solutions portfolio includes leading and emerging technology vendors who enable organizations to defend against cyber threats, manage risk and achieve compliance. Supported by dedicated cybersecurity product specialists and an extensive ecosystem of resellers, integrators and service providers, we help organizations identify the right technology for unique environments and provide access to technology solutions through our broad portfolio of contract vehicles. The cybersecurity portfolio spans solutions for Supply Chain Risk Management, Cloud Security, Zero Trust, Network & Infrastructure, Identity & Access Management, Risk & Compliance and more, ensuring comprehensive protection for organizations’ cyber ecosystems. Explore Carahsoft’s Cybersecurity Solutions for Government here. 

About Carahsoft

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider, supporting Public Sector organizations across Federal, State and Local Government agencies and Education and Healthcare markets. As the Master Government Aggregator for our vendor partners, we deliver solutions for Cybersecurity, MultiCloud, DevSecOps, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience and Engagement, Open Source and more. Working with resellers, systems integrators and consultants, our sales and marketing teams provide industry leading IT products, services and training through hundreds of contract vehicles. Visit us at www.carahsoft.com. 

 

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JisuLife and POP MART Announce Their First Collaboration Featuring TWINKLE TWINKLE

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JisuLife, ranked the world’s No. 1 portable fan brand by Euromonitor International, today announced its first collaboration with POP MART, featuring the beloved character IP TWINKLE TWINKLE.

Inspired by a group of tiny stars, TWINKLE TWINKLE tells heartfelt stories of courage, longing, and love. The partnership brings the character’s whimsical world to JisuLife’s lifestyle technology, blending imaginative design with practical innovation.

At the heart of the collection is the Pro1S handheld fan from JisuLife’s Pro Series. Featuring 100 adjustable speed settings and up to 40 hours of battery life, the Pro1S delivers powerful, customizable cooling in a compact form. Reimagined through the visual world of TWINKLE TWINKLE, the fan becomes both a functional device and a form of personal expression.

The campaign features JisuLife’s brand ambassador TEN, a Thai singer, dancer, rapper, and solo artist known for his work with NCT and WayV. Recognized for his creative versatility and international appeal, TEN brings the campaign message, “Wind Flows, Love Glows,” to life by connecting performance, personal expression, and everyday comfort.

The partnership reflects JisuLife’s commitment to creating products that combine technology, thoughtful design, and emotional connection. By working with POP MART and TEN, JisuLife continues to explore new ways to bring comfort, creativity, and cultural storytelling into consumers’ daily lives.

“We are delighted to partner with POP MART and bring the heartfelt world of TWINKLE TWINKLE to JisuLife,” said Gino He, Cofounder of JisuLife. “With the Pro1S, we want people to feel love in every breeze and experience a sense of comfort and care wherever life takes them.”

The limited edition JisuLife x POP MART TWINKLE TWINKLE collection will be available through JisuLife.com beginning at 8:00 p.m. PDT on Sept. 30, 2026. The Pro1S will retail for $99.99, excluding taxes and shipping.

About JisuLife

Founded in 2016, JisuLife specializes in portable fans designed for modern life. Ranked the world’s No. 1 portable fan brand by Euromonitor International, the company develops innovative cooling solutions guided by its core values of care, comfort, convenience, cooperation, and creation. For more information, visit JisuLife.com.

About POP MART

Founded in 2010, POP MART (09992.HK) is a leading company in the designer collectibles and pop culture entertainment industry. Leveraging our ecosystem built around characters and IPs, connecting with our fans through creative, immersive experiences, POP MART aims to light up passion and bring joy to fans everywhere.

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Crystal Li
PR Manager
crystal@jisulife.com

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