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Appier’s historical high revenue, gross profit and operating profit signal continued profitable growth

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The year-over-year growth rates for FX-neutral revenue and gross profit reached the highest level in the past eight quarters, underscoring strong business momentum

Highlights and achievements of Q2 FY25

  • Revenue reached a record high of JPY 10.3 billion, with a robust 27% YoY growth (JPY 11.0 billion with a 35% YoY growth on a FX neutral basis)
  • The YoY growth rates for revenue (35% on an FX-neutral basis) and gross profit (38%) both reached their past 8 quarters’ high, marking a remarkable trajectory
  • Gross profit grew 38% YoY to a record JPY 5.8 billion, with an all-time high gross margin of 56.1%. This significant margin improvement was driven by both high-margin products and ongoing margin expansion from the core business
  • Profitability outperformed, as operating profit soared to a record high of JPY 806 million, elevating the operating margin to 7.8% with a remarkable 130% YoY growth
  • Strong performance fueled by continuous robust growth in key markets, a 26% YoY increase in NEA (35% on an FX-neutral basis), and 37% YoY growth (48% on an FX-neutral basis) in the US & EMEA

Stellar growth momentum powered the close of Q2 FY25.

TOKYO, Aug. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Appier Group Inc. (TSE: 4180) today announced its earnings results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025. The company delivered a record-high revenue of JPY 10.3 billion, marking robust 27% YoY growth (JPY 11.0 billion and a 35% on an FX-neutral basis), driven by organic business expansion and the strategic contribution from AdCreative.ai in key regions. 

Record-high gross margin and operating profit propel the company’s profitability momentum. The YoY growth rate for FX-neutral revenue was up 35% and gross profit was up 38%, both reaching an eight-quarter high, revealing Appier’s successful strategy and devoting resources to high-margin products to accelerate market penetration.

Appier’s gross profit also reached a record high of JPY 5.8 billion, representing 38% YoY growth, surpassing revenue growth. Gross margin hit an all-time high of 56.1%, a jump of 4.8 percentage points YoY, demonstrating ongoing margin expansion from the contribution of high-margin products, continued organic margin improvements, and advanced adoption of Generative AI (GenAI) technology.

Profitability significantly improved, with operating income surging to a new all-time high of JPY 806 million, reflecting a remarkable 130% YoY increase. Operating margin nearly doubled with YoY growth up to 7.8%, despite the newly recorded OPEX associated with the full consolidation of AdCreative.ai, underscoring Appier’s strong operating leverage from enhanced productivity, resilient business models, and disciplined execution despite foreign exchange headwinds. Core free cash flow also turned positive, reflecting stronger cash generation.

Strong outperformance in key regions, NEA and US & EMEA

Revenue growth remained balanced, with 51% of incremental revenue from existing clients across NEA e-commerce and positive momentum in the US and EMEA. The remaining 49% came from new customers in key regions, supported by NEA’s vertical diversification and strong US and EMEA traction from vertical and product expansion. Appier’s client base expanded by 14% YoY, LTM Net Revenue Retention (NRR) remained strong at 120%, with quarterly ARPC growing 12.6% YoY on an FX-neutral basis, propelled by strategic customer expansion.

Northeast Asia (NEA)’s growth accelerated to 35% YoY on an FX-neutral basis, with solid existing customer expansion and accelerated new customer acquisition; while the US & EMEA achieved an even stronger growth rate of 48% YoY on an FX-neutral basis, fueled by customer base expansion and product diversification.

The accelerated deployment of GenAI technology throughout Appier’s platforms is unlocking powerful product synergies that elevate the company’s creative capability and amplify go-to-market success. By harnessing differentiated GenAI-driven insights and scalable execution, these innovations are starting to enhance Appier’s profitable growth and are poised to further strengthen its ROI and operational efficiency going forward.

Sustained growth driven by disciplined OPEX and AI-powered value creation

The company’s disciplined, cost-effective management and scalable revenue growth, driven by product differentiation from R&D investment and AI-powered automation, have led to an ongoing improvement in the OPEX-to-revenue ratio. Appier’s R&D spending has created a positive cycle, delivering greater operating leverage and efficiency as its business scales.

“AI continues to be a powerful engine in driving efficiency, enabling us to achieve strong profitability goals. Following the combination of AI creative content and AI-empowered marketing software suites, we are confident in delivering differentiated products that drive business results and sustaining our growth momentum,” said Chih-Han Yu, CEO and co-founder of Appier. “Appier has been pioneering agentic AI for over a decade. Riding the global wave of agentic AI adoption, we are now embarking on our next transformation by integrating multi-AI agents across the full product suite and internal workflow, unlocking greater value for our long-term growth.”

Strong foundation in agentic AI for the next phase of growth

Building on a strong foundation in agentic AI, Appier is poised for its next phase of growth. The company will continue to introduce new agentic AI-powered solutions—including agent-delivered ROI, creativity, and overall operational efficiency—to fuel both product innovation and internal performance.

About Appier

Appier (TSE: 4180) is an AI-native SaaS company that empowers business decision-making with cutting-edge AdTech and MarTech solutions. Founded in 2012 with the vision of “Making AI Easy by making software intelligent,” Appier endeavors to help businesses turn AI into ROI with its Ad Cloud, Personalization Cloud, and Data Cloud solutions. Now Appier has 17 offices across APAC, the US and EMEA, and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Visit www.appier.com for more company information, and visit ir.appier.com/en/ for more IR information.

 

 

Translators’ Voices: ‘Two mountains’ concept presents a fundamental shift in how development should work: Global Times

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BEIJING, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ —

Editor’s Note:

August 15 marks the National Ecology Day. During an inspection tour to Yucun village, Anji county in East China’s Zhejiang Province on August 15, 2005, Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), for the first time put forward the concept of “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.” 

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, ecological civilization has been placed in the country’s “five-sphere” integrated plan. The concept has become the core philosophy and action framework for China’s eco-civilization construction, ushering in a new chapter for China’s ecological civilization. Guided by this philosophy, the country has achieved historic, transformative, and comprehensive changes in ecological and environmental protection, which has become a distinctive feature of the historic accomplishments and transformations in the cause of the Party and the country.

The book series of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China includes several important speeches on ecological construction. Chinese President Xi’s directive on China’s first National Ecology Day in 2023 is included in Volume V of the book series. President Xi said “I hope our whole society acts now to promote and apply the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. Through solid and sustained efforts, we will make a greater contribution to building a clean and beautiful world.”

In the 10th installment of the special series “Decoding the Book of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China,” the Global Times, along with People’s Daily Overseas Edition, explores the theme: China’s innovative approach in ecological conservation and its global impact. We continue to invite Chinese and foreign scholars, translators of Xi’s works, practitioners with firsthand experience, and international readers to discuss how the concept of “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets” and relevant practices contribute to sustainable development, global ecological governance and building a community with a shared future for humanity.

In the 10th article of the “Translators’ Voices” column, Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen interviewed Dr. Khosraw Ubaidy (Ubaidy), who was a member of the editorial committee of translators of the Dari edition of the book series Xi Jinping: The Governance of China.

GT: The newly published volume V of the book series Xi Jinping: The Governance of China included Xi’s directives on the first National Ecology Day in 2023, in which he expressed hope that the whole society acts now to promote and apply the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. The concept has become a guiding principle for China’s ecological civilization construction, clarifying the relationship between economic development and environmental protection. From your perspective, what specific policies has China implemented to balance ecological protection and economic growth? How can this guiding principle and these specific policies provide lessons for global sustainable development?

Ubaidy: China’s famous saying, “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets,” isn’t just a concept – it presents a fundamental shift in how development should work. Instead of sacrificing nature for short-term economic gains, China has developed policies that treat the environment as invaluable assets. Take the “ecological red lines” program, which protects nearly a third of the country’s land from destructive development. Or consider China’s substantial investments in solar and wind power, demonstrating that cutting emissions doesn’t mean sacrificing growth. Even heavy industries now face strict pollution controls, while rural areas profit from eco-tourism and organic farming, turning untouched landscapes into sustainable sources of income.

What’s revolutionary here is the mind-set: economic progress and environmental health aren’t enemies – they’re partners. China’s approach shows that developing countries can leapfrog non-clean phases of growth entirely. For Global South nations, this is a game-changer. Why repeat the mistakes of coal-dependent 20th-century development when today’s tech allows cleaner paths? China’s model proves that protecting forests, rivers, and farmland isn’t anti-growth – it’s the only growth that lasts. The lesson? True prosperity isn’t just GDP numbers; it’s breathable air, drinkable water, and stable climates. As climate disasters escalate, this isn’t just China’s strategy – it’s the world’s necessary future.

GT: In his speech at a national conference on ecological and environmental protection in 2023, Xi emphasized that the Party’s overall leadership must be upheld and strengthened. The five volumes of the book series Xi Jinping: The Governance of China provide elaboration on ecological civilization. How do you view the leadership role of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, in the construction of China’s ecological civilization?

Ubaidy: Viewed from a governance and philosophical perspective, the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core frames ecological civilization not merely as an environmental policy, but as a developmental paradigm that binds ecological, economic, social, and political objectives into a single continuum. President Xi’s leadership, as articulated in the book on Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and echoed in Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, elevates top-level design, long-term planning, and cross‑sector coordination to ensure that ecological goals become systemically embedded in law, finance, industry, and regional development.

GT: China has put forward a new development philosophy of innovative, coordinated, green and open development for all, incorporating the “dual carbon” goals (peak carbon and carbon neutrality) into its national strategy. How do these top-level designs reflect the core of China’s high-quality development and ecological civilization construction?

Ubaidy: China’s new development philosophy, alongside its “dual carbon” goals, has redefined economic and social priorities by embedding sustainability into the core of growth. Innovation now drives high-value sectors like AI and renewables, reducing reliance on low-end manufacturing, while coordinated development bridges regional disparities through strategic infrastructure and supply chain integration. Green transformation enforces strict ecological accountability, scaling renewable energy (solar/wind capacity surpassing 1,200 GW) and penalizing high-pollution industries, reflecting a shift from GDP-centric growth to “ecological civilization.” Openness, under the dual-circulation model, strengthens domestic demand while positioning China as a leader in global green tech, evidenced by its dominance in EVs and battery production. The “dual carbon” targets act as structural discipline, accelerating coal phase-outs and carbon trading to align growth with decarbonization. This top-down redesign synthesizes Marxist dialectics with ecological modernity, shaping development as a sustainable recalibration of China’s civilizational trajectory where economic vigor and environmental stewardship are inextricably linked.

GT: In 2013, Xi mentioned in his congratulatory message to the Eco Forum Annual Global Conference Guiyang that leave to future generations a working and living environment with a blue sky, green fields and clean water. In his inspection tour at the Qinling Mountains in Niubeiliang National Nature Reserve in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province in 2020, Xi said that ecological conservation and environmental protection are contemporary causes that will benefit many generations to come. What is your understanding of this long-term perspective?

Ubaidy: China’s long-term ecological governance philosophy centers on ecological civilization – a holistic, value-driven framework that ties development to the health of the natural world. This treats nature not as a mere resource but as a common inheritance and a bedrock of social justice and human well-being, embodying intergenerational responsibility and harmony between people and the environment.

Practically, it rests on a systematic governance architecture: the integrated plan, cross-department coordination, ecological red lines, and market-based tools like carbon trading, all aimed at achieving carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. It fuses green finance, clean technology, and public participation to mobilize both markets and communities. The approach seeks to stabilize ecosystems, improve living environments, and sustain inclusive growth, building resilience in the face of climate and ecological risks.

In sum, China’s ecological governance combines a dignified, future-oriented philosophy with a robust, multi-level institutional toolkit, pursuing sustainable prosperity while honoring the planet’s finite boundaries.

GT: President Xi proposed the concepts of “strengthening biodiversity conservation” and “building a community of all life on the Earth,” and called on all countries to work together to address challenges such as biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. How do you evaluate this approach to transforming ecological values into international action? In the current international political climate, how can China cooperate with more countries in the ecological field?

Ubaidy: Xi’s proposals ground biodiversity protection in a universal ethic of stewardship and interdependence, turning ecological values into international norms that unite diverse publics around shared stakes rather than ideological lines. The idea of a “community of all life” echoes cosmopolitan duties and intergenerational justice: Today’s choices shape tomorrow’s life support systems.

To translate values into action, China can leverage multiple channels: strengthen global governance by embedding biodiversity in multilateral frameworks, align targets with the Sustainable Development Goals, and establish clear, science-based metrics; promote openness and cooperation through joint research, technology transfer, capacity building, and open data sharing; mobilize finance and incentives via green finance, biodiversity focused investments, debt relief for biodiversity projects, and mechanisms that invite private-sector participation; and engage civil society and culture through education, media, and science to sustain public support. To broaden buy-in, China can lead by example, honor diverse responsibilities, invite inclusive dialogue, and offer win-win partnerships that deliver concrete biodiversity gains while advancing development and energy transition.

 

Rizhao builds port-city model for 21st century

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RIZHAO, China, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:

Once a modest fishing outpost, the port city of Rizhao is rewriting its future. Since Shijiu Port opened in 1986 and the city won prefecture-level status in 1989, officials have treated the waterfront as the engine driving industrial development.

The bet is paying off: port-related industries have accounted for over 85 percent of the city’s above-scale industrial output and profits for years.

Smart port serves as global hub

Rizhao now runs the only Chinese harbor with two 1,000-kilometre railways entering the yard, enabling fully automated unloading-to-loading cycles for both trains and ships. 5G, AI and a lightweight edge-computing platform allow real-time visualization of every container.

Officials reported that Rizhao Port handled 552 million metric tons last year, ranking tenth nationwide. The port ranks first nationally in six cargo categories and exceeds 10 million tons in nine others, serving as a global hub for grain, energy and bulk raw materials.

From coal yard to golden shore

Development has not come at the expense of the coast. A 100 percent excellent water-quality record in near-shore waters earned Rizhao pilot status for China’s “beautiful bays” programme.

The refurbished Hailong Bay reopened to the public on May 25, completing an eight-year, 460,000-square-meter beach restoration that turned a former coal stockpile into 1,882 meters of ecological shoreline where finless porpoises and egrets now outnumber bulldozers.

Business climate fuels prosperity

Rizhao has paired hardware upgrades with red-tape cuts under a new business-environment plan that promises “convenient, efficient and reassuring” approvals. Officials said the reforms are designed to convert the port’s cargo traffic into lasting economic “increment” and to deepen the fusion of port, industrial park and downtown districts.

According to city data released in June, in the first five months of 2025, fixed-asset investment rose 8.3 percent year-on-year, industrial output above designated size by 8.1 percent, and the revenue of service enterprises above designated size by 10.6 percent. If current momentum holds, Rizhao’s experiment could offer a template for other coastal cities in balancing growth, livability, and climate goals.

 

Saudi Arabia leaps from 104th to 23rd globally in the Mining Investment Attractiveness Index

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Saudi Arabia’s mining sector has achieved an unprecedented global milestone, jumping from 104th place in 2013 to 23rd in 2024 in the Fraser Institute’s Mining Investment Attractiveness Index, according to the Institute’s 2024 Annual Survey of Mining Companies. The Kingdom surpassed mining jurisdictions in prominent destinations across Asia and Latin America.

King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh
King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh

 

The Kingdom also made notable progress in the Policy Perception Index (PPI), rising from 82nd globally in 2013 to 20th in 2024, reflecting growing international confidence in its stable regulatory environment.

The Mineral Potential Index (MPI) also saw an unprecedented leap, moving from 58th in 2013 to 24th in 2024, highlighting the scale of the Kingdom’s vast and untapped mineral wealth—supported by ongoing geological surveys, new discoveries, and widely attended mining licensing rounds.

“This outstanding performance reflects the structural transformation and holistic efforts being driven across the mining and mineral sector under Vision 2030,” said His Excellency Eng. Khalid Al-Mudaifer, Vice Minister for Mining Affairs.

“Our focus remains on maximizing the economic value of our mineral resources, creating jobs for citizens, and localizing supply chains. Mining is no longer a traditional sector; rather, it has become a key driver of industrial and economic growth, and we are committed to building on this momentum to ensure sustainable success,” Al-Mudaifer added.

The noted that the Kingdom’s success was driven by broad regulatory transformations covering security of tenure, taxation, environmental legislation, infrastructure, and community engagement. These efforts enabled Saudi Arabia to enter the top quartile of the index for the first time.

According to the Fraser Institute report, the Kingdom achieved exceptional improvements in key indicators between 2013 and 2024, including:

  • 305.8% improvement in the clarity and effectiveness of mining administration, from 17% in 2013 to 69% in 2024, ranking 11th globally.
  • 82.2% improvement in clarity of land use for mining activities, from 45% in 2013 to 82% in 2024, ranking 7th globally.
  • 102.2% improvement in labor regulations, from 45% in 2013 to 91% in 2024.
  • 81.8% improvement in the quality of geological databases, from 33% in 2013 to 60% in 2024.

The report praised the Kingdom’s stable regulatory environment and ambitious reforms, which have strengthened international investor confidence and solidified Saudi Arabia’s status as a world-class mining investment destination—fully aligned with Vision 2030’s goal of diversifying the economy and developing strategic sectors. 

The TopBrand 2025 “Top 500 Global Brands list” has been released, with Microsoft ranking first.

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SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The 19th China Brand Festival has been successfully held in Shenzhen from August 7–11, 2025. This year’s theme is “AI and Global Expansion.” A total of 10,000 guests have been gathered in the city of innovation to participate in parallel forums, the Brand Expo, the Entrepreneurs’ Sports Games, Brand Leaders Face-to-Face sessions, and other events. More than 2,000 people attended the opening ceremony.

The TopBrand 2025 “Top 500 Global Brands list” has been released, with Microsoft ranking first.
The TopBrand 2025 “Top 500 Global Brands list” has been released, with Microsoft ranking first.

During the event, the TopBrand Union released the TopBrand 2025 “Top 500 Global Brands list”, now in its fourth year. Microsoft ranked first with a brand value of USD 1,062.505 billion, followed by NVIDIA in second place with USD 1,046.760 billion, and Apple in third with USD 997.685 billion. Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Saudi Aramco, Walmart, Meta (Facebook), Berkshire Hathaway, and Broadcom ranked fourth to tenth, respectively. PetroChina ranked 14th, making it the highest-valued Chinese brand.

Dr. Wang Yong, Chairman of TopBrand Union and President of the China Brand Festival, noted that in the recently released “Fortune 2025 Global 500 list”, China had 130 companies on the list, just eight fewer than the United States. However, in this TopBrand 2025 “Top 500 Global Brands” ranking, the number of Chinese companies is less than half that of the United States. This shows there is still a significant gap between the brand influence of Chinese companies and their economic strength, and much work remains to be done.

CisionOne Wins “Best Media Monitoring Solution” for Second Consecutive Year at 2025 MarTech Breakthrough Awards

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CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cision, a global leader in consumer and media intelligence, today announced that CisionOne has been named “Best Media Monitoring Solution” for the second year running by MarTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the most innovative companies in marketing, sales, and advertising technology.

CisionOne has been named “Best Media Monitoring Solution” at the 2025 MarTech Breakthrough Awards for the second year in a row.
CisionOne has been named “Best Media Monitoring Solution” at the 2025 MarTech Breakthrough Awards for the second year in a row.

Powered by cutting-edge AI, real-time data processing, and automation, CisionOne is redefining media monitoring—equipping communications teams with the insights they need to act faster, respond smarter, and lead with confidence. Far beyond basic mention tracking, CisionOne functions as an intelligent assistant that surfaces critical insights the moment they happen—turning overwhelming media noise into clear, actionable intelligence.

“Standing out among thousands of nominations is no small feat, and we’re proud to see CisionOne recognized again by MarTech Breakthrough,” said Jim Daxner, Chief Product Officer at Cision. “This back-to-back win is a testament to the thoughtful ways we’re applying AI—building tools that help PR professionals stay ahead, not just keep up. Whether it’s real-time alerts, personalized journalist outreach, or intelligent sentiment analysis, CisionOne gives communicators the edge they need in today’s high-speed media landscape.”

CisionOne’s award-winning capabilities include:

  • Smarter, AI Powered Monitoring: Real-time mention streams track brand, competitor, and industry coverage the moment it breaks—paired with Cision’s proprietary React Score to detect potentially harmful stories before they escalate.
  • Faster, More Actionable Insights: Instant Insights and AI-generated coverage summaries make it easy to spot trends, filter out the noise, and visualize impact in customizable dashboards—helping teams work more effectively than ever before.
  • Deeper Intelligence Across Channels: Unified, omnichannel coverage brings together earned and social media in one place for a complete view of the media landscape.
  • Integrated PR Workflow Efficiency: CisionOne goes beyond monitoring to support the full PR workflow—helping teams build smarter search queries, draft personalized journalist pitches, and execute targeted outreach with greater precision and speed.

“CisionOne isn’t just keeping pace with the modern media landscape—it’s setting the pace,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director at MarTech Breakthrough. “As news breaks faster and spreads further than ever before, CisionOne stands out for giving PR professionals the speed, clarity, and strategic foresight they need to act decisively. It’s exactly the kind of breakthrough innovation we’re proud to celebrate.”

Now in its eighth year, the MarTech Breakthrough Awards honor the top companies, technologies, and products in the global marketing technology industry. The 2025 program attracted thousands of nominations from over 15 countries, reflecting the industry’s growing demand for innovative, AI-driven solutions.

See how the award-winning CisionOne platform can power your next breakthrough. Get started today.

About Cision 

Cision is the global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We equip PR and corporate communications, marketing, and social media professionals with the tools they need to excel in today’s data driven world. Our deep expertise, exclusive data partnerships, and award-winning products, including CisionOne, Brandwatch, and PR Newswire, enable over 75,000 companies and organizations, including 84% of the Fortune 500, to see and be seen, understand and be understood by the audiences that matter most to them.

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TraceLink Accelerates Supply Chain Transformation with New OPUS Platform Capabilities for an AI-Powered Future

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BOSTON, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — TraceLink, the largest end-to-end digital network platform for intelligent orchestration of the life sciences and healthcare supply chain, today announced significant new platform enhancements to drive supply chain transformation with its Orchestration Platform for Universal Solutions (OPUS). The new capabilities are designed to empower supply chain, finance, commercial, and IT leaders to master today’s supply chain complexities and prepare for an agentic-first future.

The platform and product releases—spanning OPUS, Multienterprise Information Network Tower (MINT), Process Orchestration for Empowered Teams (POET), and Serialized Product Intelligence (SPI)—each play a distinct role in enabling transformation:

  • OPUS: Enables the design, deployment, and scaling of orchestration solutions across the supply chain, driving process consistency and automation.
  • MINT: Links partners and automates multienterprise supply chain transactions, eliminating silos and improving real-time collaboration.
  • POET: Empowers cross-functional teams to execute shared workflows with greater speed, visibility, and accountability.
  • SPI: Ensures data accuracy and real-time visibility into serialized product events, reducing compliance risk and improving inventory decisions.

Individually, they drive change. Together, they empower companies to digitalize and orchestrate critical business processes end-to-end, slashing operational costs, ensuring seamless regulatory compliance, and unlocking new commercial opportunities through new market and customer network expansion.

“Our mission is to build the digital foundation for the intelligent and agentic supply chains of the future,” said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO of TraceLink. “These OPUS platform enhancements, developed in close collaboration with hundreds of our customers, are a massive step forward. We are delivering the orchestration tools our customers need to win today, while simultaneously laying the groundwork for agentic AI to intelligently sense, respond, and adapt to supply chain dynamics in real time. This is how true productivity, agility, and next-level performance will be achieved.”

Deepening the Foundation for Supply Chain Transformation
In today’s volatile business environment, siloed data and disjointed partners fuel inefficiencies, stockouts, delayed revenue, and compliance risks. TraceLink addresses these challenges at the root with its unique B2N Integrate-Once™ model, enabling companies of any size or digital maturity to collaborate on a shared digital network. Building on this foundation, the latest platform enhancements deliver powerful new capabilities—each offering targeted innovations, yet designed to work in concert across the OPUS platform to maximize value.

Orchestration Platform for Universal Solutions (OPUS)

  • Launch of OPUS Link Lab, a free innovation lab and testing environment for no-code solutions built on OPUS that dramatically accelerates time-to-value for solution partners solving unique business process challenges. Simulate multienterprise workflows, test data flows across partner networks, validate orchestration logic in a secure design environment, and add new orchestration solutions to the OPUS Marketplace catalog for use by customers and their trading partners.
  • Enhanced OPUS Reports and Dashboards with deeper drill-down capabilities and support for multiple child object handling in report development.

Multienterprise Information Network Tower (MINT)

  • Expanded End-to-End Process Coverage: MINT now orchestrates a wider range of critical transaction types across the value chain:
    • Commerce: New capabilities for chargeback reconciliation to reduce revenue leakage and enhanced collaboration on demand forecasts to improve product availability.
    • External Manufacturing: Deeper integration with contract partners through new transactions for planned orders, process orders, and batch closure, improving production visibility and control.
    • Logistics and Transportation: New transactions for logistics planning and transportation status, including article master data, carrier shipment status, routing, and carrier information to streamline and track shipments with partners.
  • Accelerated Insights: Addition of over 20 predefined reports and dashboards to provide immediate, actionable intelligence across order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and inventory management processes.
  • Improved Operational Flexibility: New capabilities to download exchanged files via UI and exchange transactions as email attachments improve agility for customers and trading partners participating in orchestration networks.

Process Orchestration for Empowered Teams (POET)

  • Launch of POET for DSCSA Compliance Exceptions: The industry’s only solution for structured, automated, and collaborative resolution of DSCSA exceptions among teams distributed across different enterprises. The solution digitalizes the HDA Exceptions Guideline process, including the ability to auto-create exceptions identified by TraceLink’s Serialized Operations Manager (SOM) solution and initiate email transactions between trading partners following the Guideline standards, enabling trading partners to resolve issues like verification failures or missing EPCIS data up to 80% faster, protecting revenue and ensuring compliance.

Serialized Product Intelligence (SPI)

  • Enhanced Inventory Reconciliation: Additional data fields added to the reconcile lots and serial number events reports help ensure accuracy between physical inventory and serialized data.
  • Increased Real-Time Inventory Visibility: Reports now include available quantity data to help avoid using decommissioned or non-saleable products.

While each solution delivers powerful new capabilities on its own, their true strength lies in how they work together—each one amplifying the value of the others.

Real-World Results: How Customers Are Transforming with TraceLink
TraceLink customers are achieving transformative results by harnessing the power of end-to-end supply chain solutions that work seamlessly together:

TraceLink will showcase these innovations and specific scenarios of transformation of supply chain performance at upcoming events, including the Life Sciences & Healthcare Leaders Seminar: Maximizing Revenue and Service Using Digital Commerce Networks in New Jersey (September 2025), and at FutureLink Barcelona (October 2025) where TraceLink will unveil early innovations around agentic orchestration.

To explore the full scope of TraceLink’s platform and product innovations and see how these capabilities are driving real-world transformation, please visit www.tracelink.com.

About TraceLink
TraceLink Inc. is the largest end-to-end intelligent supply chain platform for life sciences and healthcare, enabling end-to-end orchestration by connecting more than 291,000 healthcare and life sciences entities through its B2N Integrate-Once™ network. Leading businesses trust TraceLink to deliver complete global connectivity, visibility, and traceability of healthcare products, ensuring that every patient gets the medicines they need when needed, safely and securely.

Toss Surpasses KRW 668 Billion in Consolidated Revenue for Q2 2025, Achieving 41% Year-over-Year Growth

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– Consolidated Q2 2025 revenue of KRW 668 billion (USD 493 million*); 
net profit of KRW 57 billion (USD 42 million*)
– Growth driven by strong engagement from scaled user base and 
rapid expansion of business customers

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Toss today announced that it recorded a consolidated revenue of KRW 668 billion (USD 493 million*) for the second quarter of 2025, a 41% year-over-year increase (constant currency basis). Operating profit reached KRW 84 billion (USD 62 million*), and consolidated net profit came in at KRW 57 billion (USD 42 million*), continuing the company’s margin expansion since achieving its first full-year net profitability in 2024.

The Toss ecosystem brings together the Toss SuperApp – which distributes services such as advertising, trading, e-commerce, and financial marketplace to its users – and the payments network – which powers the entire platform by spanning mobile, online, and offline payments. The Toss ecosystem operates as one unified platform offering users and business customers the best-in-class experience whether they are managing their financial lives on the SuperApp or discovering an engaged user base to sell products to. 

Toss’ user base grows consistently, now reaching over 60% of the Korean population across all demographics. The company currently has over 30 million users registered on the Toss app, about 25 million of whom are monthly active. The engagement level of each of those users is improving over time, mainly due to the platform advantage Toss gets from having best-in-class products all housed under one SuperApp. Users will open the Toss app to trade stocks, transfer money, apply for loans and more – essentially using the app as the go-to destination to manage their finances. At the forefront of digital finance innovation, Toss continues to launch transformative products in a user-centric approach.

Toss’ dedication to business customers has been instrumental to its strong financial results over the past quarters. Leveraging Toss’ unified fintech platform and frontier technology, the company continues to accelerate financial growth by transforming its business customers’ opportunities and experiences. Toss empowers these business customers with an innovative technology stack that drives efficient growth and provides access to one of the nation’s largest and deeply-engaged customers. Toss continues to accumulate a wide range of business customers across advertisers, e-commerce sellers, financial institutions, and merchants. Supporting business customers comprehensively continues to be a key focus area for Toss.

Net profit growth was underpinned by both higher platform-wide revenue and improved unit economics across the Toss ecosystem. Despite meaningful investments into key growth initiatives such as a firm-wide AI initiatives and deeper ML engines, new product launches, and global expansion, Toss continues to remain highly profitable while growing at scale. 

A Toss spokesperson commented: “Our strong financial results are a collective outcome of operating as one unified platform, with a shared strategic vision across the Toss ecosystem. Through our unified financial SuperApp powered by an integrated payments network that operates across mobile, online and offline, we have strengthened our position as the nation’s financial control center, delivering value to both users and businesses. The continued profitability in our core businesses, rapid expansion of our business customer base, and company-wide efficiency gains reflect the strength of our ecosystem-driven strategy.” 

* All figures converted using USD/KRW of 1,353.75 ended 30 June 2025, per Bloomberg

About Toss

Toss is South Korea’s leading unified fintech platform, which includes the Toss SuperApp and a nation-wide payments network, dedicated to helping individuals manage their financial lives seamlessly in one place, and businesses connect with a rich and engaged user base. 

Founded in 2015 with the vision of transforming finance into a more accessible, personalized, and secure experience, Toss now serves nearly 30 million users with a comprehensive suite of services, including money transfer, payments, banking, stock trading, credit score management and tax services, all within a single, seamless app. 

Expanding beyond finance, Toss also offers services in retail, mobility, and telecommunications, solidifying its role as a true SuperApp that supports customers in every aspect of their daily lives.

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