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Optoro’s All-in-One Returns Platform Processes More than 100M Goods as Retail Embraces Returns Tech as Competitive Advantage to Drive Revenue

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
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Returns have historically been viewed as a cost center for retail, said Tobin Moore, Optoros co-founder and CEO.

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  • Returns have historically been viewed as a cost center for retail, said Tobin Moore, Optoros co-founder and CEO.
  • Whats unique within the industry is how seamlessly Optoros Returns Experience connects to the companys back-end Returns Management.
  • Optoros platform not only helps retailers attract customers and boost revenue, but also enables retailers to meet their circularity goals.
  • With Optoros all-in-one platform, returns are processed quickly and intelligently, increasing resale value and minimizing the chance they are sent to landfills.

Staples Celebrates Teachers by Honoring the 2022 Thank A Teacher Contest Winners

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
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Staples today announced winners of the fourth-annual Thank A Teacher Contest, which aims to give parents, students, supporters, and fellow teachers a platform to recognize an outstanding teacher who has made a positive impact inside and outside of the classroom.

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  • Staples today announced winners of the fourth-annual Thank A Teacher Contest, which aims to give parents, students, supporters, and fellow teachers a platform to recognize an outstanding teacher who has made a positive impact inside and outside of the classroom.
  • Were thrilled to be recognizing some outstanding teachers through the Thank A Teacher Contest, helping them to outfit their classrooms with everything they need for the year, said Marshall Warkentin, Chief Marketing and Merchandising Officer, Staples US Retail.
  • Staples awarded $5,000 in Staples Gift Cards to each winning teachers school to restock essential supplies for their classrooms.
  • This past July, Staples encouraged parents, students, and supporters to nominate their teachers by sharing their personal stories of thanks and appreciation.

Highspot's Customer Growth Surges as Companies Turn to Enablement to Drive Sales Productivity

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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 SEATTLE, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Highspot, the sales enablement platform that increases sales productivity, today announced surging customer adoption as companies leverage its capabilities to equip, train and coach reps, and analyze their programs to improve sales performance. Over the last year, Highspot connected more than 12 million salespeople, channel partners, services reps and customers in digital sales experiences, representing a 50 percent increase in platform usage from the previous year.

Key Points: 
  • SEATTLE, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Highspot , the sales enablement platform that increases sales productivity, today announced surging customer adoption as companies leverage its capabilities to equip, train and coach reps, and analyze their programs to improve sales performance.
  • "In a challenging sales environment, strategic enablement is the way forward," said Sheevaun Thatcher, VP of Global Sales and Success Enablement, Slack.
  • Adoption by global enterprises and within a vast variety of industries underscores the promise of sales enablement as a critical tool for sales.
  • Highspot is the sales enablement platform that increases the productivity of sales teams by bridging the gap between strategy and execution.

Visions In Education Charter School Secures Copyright Protection for Unique, Comprehensive Information Management System

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Thursday, October 27, 2022
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In September 2022, Visions In Education, a Sacramento-based charter school serving over 6,500 students throughout Northern California, applied for and received copyright protection for its Launchpad Student Support System. This unique system, built from the ground up by Visions, ensures that technology is an asset for the school, not a complicated patchwork of programs and systems that can often overwhelm and confuse users.

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  • "As a non-classroom-based charter school, the effective use of technology is critical to our core mission of serving students," said Tom Tafoya, Visions' Chief Operating Officer who has been with the school for 18 years.
  • After spending considerable time and resources building and refining Launchpad, it only made sense to seek copyright protection for this critical asset.
  • Visions In Education is a free, public charter school that serves over 6,500 TK-12 students in Amador, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter and Yolo counties.
  • Visions offers students flexible and personalized service in their Independent Study, University Prep and Home School programs.

Epson EpiqVision Mini EF12 Streaming Laser Projector Gets Epic Holiday Sale Price

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Thursday, October 27, 2022
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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scrambling for the perfect gift to give the movie buff or avid streamer in your life? Epson is making it even easier to snag its all-in-one Epson EpiqVision® Mini EF12 Smart Streaming Laser Projector – a gift that's certain to put a smile on those film- and series-obsessed individuals on your list this year. Slashing $200 off MSRP, the EpiqVision Mini EF12 will be available via Epson online and select retailers for only $799. Kicking off on Oct. 30, the first promotion will be live until Nov. 6, and another will run from Nov. 13 through Dec. 4. Bringing epic content viewing to more homes this holiday season, the EpiqVision Mini EF12 offers up to 150 inches of big-screen entertainment that's sure to be a hit under the tree this year.

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  • Epson is making it even easier to snag its all-in-one Epson EpiqVision Mini EF12 Smart Streaming Laser Projector a gift that's certain to put a smile on those film- and series-obsessed individuals on your list this year.
  • Slashing $200 off MSRP, the EpiqVision Mini EF12 will be available via Epson online and select retailers for only $799.
  • Designed with simplicity in mind, the EpiqVision Mini EF12 delivers a new type of streaming experience.
  • EPSON and EpiqVision are registered trademarks, EPSON Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation.

ROKT BUILDS OUT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH APPOINTMENT OF TWO GOOGLE VETERANS

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Monday, October 24, 2022
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NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rokt, the leading ecommerce technology company using machine learning to make transactions more relevant to each shopper, today announced that it has appointed two Google veterans to its team: Wilfred Yeung has joined the company's Technical Advisory Board and Reuben Kan has joined as Distinguished Engineer. Yeung previously spent 11 years at Google, where he led critical parts of Google AdWords (now called Google Ads), and Kan spent more than 15 years at the company, bringing high-impact products including Google Drive, Google Docs and Google Maps to market. As part of the Technical Advisory Board, Yeung will advise on product strategy and development of Rokt's cutting-edge ecommerce and advertising solutions. As Distinguished Engineer on the Rokt Product and Engineering team led by Bill Barton, Kan will be based in Sydney and help lead projects focused on system architecture, subsystem design, performance optimization, and client-facing APIs and SDKs.

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  • Yeung previously spent 11 years at Google, where he led critical parts of Google AdWords (now called Google Ads), and Kan spent more than 15 years at the company, bringing high-impact products including Google Drive, Google Docs and Google Maps to market.
  • As part of the Technical Advisory Board, Yeung will advise on product strategy and development of Rokt's cutting-edge ecommerce and advertising solutions.
  • Rokt announced that it has appointed two Google veterans to its team: Wilfred Yeung and Reuben Kan.
    "As we continue to focus on our global growth strategy, Wilfred and Reuben are contributing unparalleled knowledge and experience to our team," said Bill Barton, Chief Product and Engineering Officer of Rokt.
  • We're extremely pleased to welcome them both to the team as we drive the next phase of growth for Rokt."

Optimove Launches Direct Access to Optimove Data in Snowflake

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimove, the first Customer-Led Marketing Platform, today announced that it now offers secure and direct access to Optimove data to customers across the Snowflake Data Cloud. The new offering expands Optimove's partnership with Snowflake and builds on previous capabilities.

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  • The integration provides joint customers with direct access to live Optimove data within their Snowflake accounts, further eliminating data silos and enhancing sharing of governed data across business ecosystems
    NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Optimove, the first Customer-Led Marketing Platform, today announced that it now offers secure and direct access to Optimove data to customers across the Snowflake Data Cloud.
  • Optimove, already Powered by Snowflake, is now leveraging Snowflake's Secure Data Sharing, to give clients direct access to Optimove's unified and enriched customer data, such as daily snapshots of customer activity and purchase history.
  • This new integration enables clients to benefit from:
    Direct access to secure, governed data:consumes customer data enriched by Optimove directly within the Data Cloud.
  • "Companies are turning to Snowflake to mobilize data with near unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance," said Erik Holt, VP, Global Channels at Optimove.

Youth Esports Franchise XP League Receives Coveted STEM Accreditation

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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DALLAS, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XP League, the first and largest esports franchise in North America, has been awarded the STEM.org Accredited Experience Trustmark, making the brand the first and only esports franchise to be certified as a STEM.org Accredited Educational Program. This designation is a milestone for XP League, as it provides players and parents further trust and confidence about the brand's programming being superior in the industry.

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  • "We are elated and honored to be recognized as a STEM Accredited Educational Program," said Jay Melamed, XP League CEO and Brand President.
  • XP League has designed a custom coaching program and certification that interweaves skill-building and tools to coach younger esports players.
  • XP League is the first-to-market youth esports league franchise that bridges the gap between conventional youth athletics and competitive esports.
  • Launched in September 2020, XP League has quickly grown to become the first and largest esports franchise concept the U.S. and Canada.

Up to 500 QUANTRON Class 8 Fuel Cell Trucks for US-based TMP Logistics Group Ltd.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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Framework agreement signed between QUANTRON and TMP Logistics Group Ltd. for an order of up to 500 Class 8 trucks with FCEV drive system for delivery by 2024.

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  • Framework agreement signed between QUANTRON and TMP Logistics Group Ltd. for an order of up to 500 Class 8 trucks with FCEV drive system for delivery by 2024.
  • QUANTRON is the preferred supplier of FCEV-powered Class 8 trucks to TMP Logistics.
  • In the US alone, the demand for heavy-duty fuel cell trucks is estimated at up to 300,000 vehicles by 2030.
  • The contract signing followed the Hydrogen Americas Summit, where QUANTRON CEO Michael Perschke highlighted the formation of Quantron USA Inc.

Up to 500 QUANTRON Class 8 Fuel Cell Trucks for US-based TMP Logistics Group Ltd.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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Framework agreement signed between QUANTRON and TMP Logistics Group Ltd. for an order of up to 500 Class 8 trucks with FCEV drive system for delivery by 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Framework agreement signed between QUANTRON and TMP Logistics Group Ltd. for an order of up to 500 Class 8 trucks with FCEV drive system for delivery by 2024.
  • QUANTRON is the preferred supplier of FCEV-powered Class 8 trucks to TMP Logistics.
  • In the US alone, the demand for heavy-duty fuel cell trucks is estimated at up to 300,000 vehicles by 2030.
  • The contract signing followed the Hydrogen Americas Summit, where QUANTRON CEO Michael Perschke highlighted the formation of Quantron USA Inc.