LONDON, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, announces the appointment of Diego Mattiolo as School Director and Head of Education of its new London campus, with courses starting from in the 2026/2027 Academic Year.

Diego Mattiolo School Director and Head of Education NABA London campus.

The appointment marks a strategic step in the evolution of NABA’s educational model and strengthens the Academy’s presence in the UK market, at a time when the country is increasingly focusing on creative education to meet the growing demand for skills in the cultural and creative industries.

With over ten years of international experience in academic management, Diego Mattiolo brings to NABA strong expertise in leading multicultural teams and developing dynamic, student-centred learning environments. His international profile, combined with his strong roots in the UK context, will be key to positioning the new campus within one of the world’s most dynamic and stimulating environments for creativity and artistic professions. As Mattiolo underlines, the goal is to build an international learning environment enriched by the care and craftsmanship typical of Italian expertise, with an inclusive, project-driven approach capable of connecting students directly with the professional world.

Building on the experience and heritage of its Milan and Rome campuses, NABA brings to London a distinctive element: Italian know-how, globally recognised in the fields of design, fashion and visual arts. This heritage is understood not only as a cultural legacy, but as a design-driven approach that integrates research, experimentation and making. It translates into an educational model that combines creative vision with practical application, in line with the purpose: “Through Artistic Intelligence we nurture people to design a new tomorrow.”

From September 2026, NABA London will offer Bachelor’s degrees in Design, Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing Management, accredited by Regent’s University London. The academic offering is defined by an interdisciplinary, project-based approach, built around the “learning by doing” model. Small class sizes, with lab practical up to 28 students, theoretical classes up to 40, will enable direct and continuous interaction with faculty, supporting a highly education focused on individual development and the exploration of each student’s creative talent. Hands-on experience will play a central role through dedicated spaces including the Design Lab, Fashion Design Lab and Textile & Knitwear Lab. They will allow students to work on real briefs, develop practical skills, and engage with professional methodologies and dynamics, in dialogue with leading industry players. The campus is located within Here East, an ecosystem where education, industry and research coexist.

Within the London landscape, this approach also translates into an accessible and merit-driven education, with scholarships of up to £7,000, depending on the eligibility round, awarded to students who demonstrate commitment and talent. The scholarship is awarded as a tuition fee reduction for the first year of study and may be continued into the second and third years, subject to the recipient meeting the required academic progression and performance criteria set by the Academy.

Info on: www.naba.ac.uk

LONDON, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, announces the appointment of Diego Mattiolo as School Director and Head of Education of its new London campus, with courses starting from in the 2026/2027 Academic Year.

Diego Mattiolo School Director and Head of Education NABA London campus.

The appointment marks a strategic step in the evolution of NABA’s educational model and strengthens the Academy’s presence in the UK market, at a time when the country is increasingly focusing on creative education to meet the growing demand for skills in the cultural and creative industries.

With over ten years of international experience in academic management, Diego Mattiolo brings to NABA strong expertise in leading multicultural teams and developing dynamic, student-centred learning environments. His international profile, combined with his strong roots in the UK context, will be key to positioning the new campus within one of the world’s most dynamic and stimulating environments for creativity and artistic professions. As Mattiolo underlines, the goal is to build an international learning environment enriched by the care and craftsmanship typical of Italian expertise, with an inclusive, project-driven approach capable of connecting students directly with the professional world.

Building on the experience and heritage of its Milan and Rome campuses, NABA brings to London a distinctive element: Italian know-how, globally recognised in the fields of design, fashion and visual arts. This heritage is understood not only as a cultural legacy, but as a design-driven approach that integrates research, experimentation and making. It translates into an educational model that combines creative vision with practical application, in line with the purpose: “Through Artistic Intelligence we nurture people to design a new tomorrow.”

From September 2026, NABA London will offer Bachelor’s degrees in Design, Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing Management, accredited by Regent’s University London. The academic offering is defined by an interdisciplinary, project-based approach, built around the “learning by doing” model. Small class sizes, with lab practical up to 28 students, theoretical classes up to 40, will enable direct and continuous interaction with faculty, supporting a highly education focused on individual development and the exploration of each student’s creative talent. Hands-on experience will play a central role through dedicated spaces including the Design Lab, Fashion Design Lab and Textile & Knitwear Lab. They will allow students to work on real briefs, develop practical skills, and engage with professional methodologies and dynamics, in dialogue with leading industry players. The campus is located within Here East, an ecosystem where education, industry and research coexist.

Within the London landscape, this approach also translates into an accessible and merit-driven education, with scholarships of up to £7,000, depending on the eligibility round, awarded to students who demonstrate commitment and talent. The scholarship is awarded as a tuition fee reduction for the first year of study and may be continued into the second and third years, subject to the recipient meeting the required academic progression and performance criteria set by the Academy.

Info on: www.naba.ac.uk

GUANGZHOU, China, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global lifestyle brand MINISO has released its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, outlining the Company’s progress and practices across corporate governance, social responsibility and green operations, as it continues to integrate ESG principles into its global growth strategy.

During the reporting period, MINISO further strengthened its ESG governance framework and long-term value creation capabilities. The Company’s overall ESG performance continued to improve, with its S&P CSA score increasing to 43, ranking among the top 15% of the industry, and its Wind ESG rating maintaining an AA level for the third consecutive year. By embedding ESG principles into its IP-driven strategy, MINISO continues to build a sustainable and resilient foundation for long-term global growth.

Advancing Toward a Global IP Operation Platform

Guided by its vision “To become the world’s leading IP operation platform,” MINISO continues to evolve beyond traditional retail, strengthening capabilities in IP operation, product innovation and content integration.

Through a dual‑engine model combining top‑tier licensed IPs and proprietary IPs, MINISO continues to build a resilient IP ecosystem that balances cultural value and commercial strength. While expanding global IP partnerships, the Company has also reinforced the long‑term cultivation of proprietary IPs, providing a stable and sustainable content foundation to support product innovation and long‑term business development.

The Company remains committed to its long‑term goal of supporting 100 Chinese IPs go global over the next decade, while nurturing original creativity through initiatives such as the Global IP Genius Youth Program.

At the product level, MINISO continued to promote craftsmanship and design innovation across IP‑related products, including vinyl plush and hand‑feel oil craftsmanship, further enriching IP product offerings and strengthening the sustainable foundation of its core business.

Building a Diverse and Inclusive Global Workforce

MINISO continues to strengthen a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce across global markets. As of the end of the reporting period, female employees accounted for approximately 65% of the workforce, with women representing around 55% of management positions, reflecting continued progress in building a more balanced and inclusive organization.

Localization continued to be a key pillar of overseas operations. In directly operated overseas markets such as Vietnam, the localization rate of operational employees reached 99%, while the localization rate of store managers reached 100%.

MINISO is also enhancing its employee incentive and care mechanisms. During the reporting period, MINISO granted share incentives to approximately 475 employees, of whom around 400 were non-senior management employees. In addition, MINISO also established a marriage and maternity incentive fund to foster a more family-friendly workplace. As of the end of the reporting period, the fund had distributed a cumulative total of RMB 3.41 million, benefiting more than 200 employee families.

Leveraging its strengthened governance framework and people‑oriented talent strategy, MINISO received a total of 18 employer brand and workplace‑related awards during the reporting period, including the Harvard Business Review’s High‑Energy Team Globalization Special Award, HR Asia’s Best Employer, and the Great Place to Work global certification from Great Place to Work, among others.

Deepening Community Engagement and Public Welfare

Throughout the year, MINISO advanced public welfare initiatives across key focus areas including children’s development, women’s empowerment and animal welfare, with total public welfare donations amounted to approximately RMB 3 million during the reporting period.

Leveraging its youthful brand identity, MINISO works with partners to expand the reach and impact of its community initiatives. Programs such as “Red Power” support adolescent girls’ health in developing regions through educational outreach and material donations. Animal welfare campaigns including “Hey, Don’t Call Me Village Dog” and “From Strays to Heroes – Give Us a Lift” have promoted adoption and in-store awareness, generating over 100 million impressions.

In overseas markets, MINISO actively integrated into local communities by aligning initiatives with local social needs and priorities. Through well-curated community engagement, material donations and employee volunteer activities, the Company continued to strengthen long‑term trust between the brand and local communities.

Advancing Green Operations and Sustainable Retail Practices

MINISO continued to advance its low‑carbon transformation and enhanced resource efficiency across areas including energy structure, operational models, retail scenarios and product design.

In terms of infrastructure, MINISO expanded its use of renewable energy. The headquarters building obtained LEED Platinum pre‑certification and installed solar photovoltaic panels, while its logistics park installed approximately 77,000 square meters of solar photovoltaic panels, generating approximately 12.5 million kWh of clean electricity annually and reducing carbon emissions by over 6,600 tons per year.

Across logistics and warehousing, MINISO enhanced circular packaging and operational efficiency, introducing reusable plastic boxes to replace single-use cartons and completing the full electrification of delivery vehicles and warehouse forklifts in directly operated stores.

At the store and product level, MINISO integrated environmental concepts into retail spaces and products. Stores such as Ningbo Super MINISO and Foshan Lingnan Tiandi incorporated biophilic and local cultural design elements, while 53 SKUs obtained biodegradable certification, and 580 kilograms of recycled materials were used in Eco-friendly PEN PEN plush toys.

Looking ahead, MINISO continues to advance the deep integration of its IP strategy and ESG practices by coordinating IP operations, talent development, public welfare initiatives and green operations. By embedding ESG principles across its global business, MINISO consistently delivers high‑quality, warm and joyful consumption value to society and consumers.

To view the full MINISO 2025 ESG report, click the link here

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About MINISO

MINISO Group is a global lifestyle brand offering a variety of design-led lifestyle products. The Company serves consumers primarily through its large network of MINISO stores, and promotes a relaxing, treasure-hunting and engaging shopping experience full of delightful surprises that appeals to all demographics. Aesthetically pleasing design, quality and affordability are at the core of every product in MINISO’s wide product portfolio, and the Company continually and frequently rolls out products with these qualities. Since the opening of its first store in China in 2013, the Company has built its flagship brand “MINISO” as a globally recognized retail brand and established a massive store network worldwide.

New full-stack offering turns content operations into an agentic growth engine

NEW YORK and MUMBAI, India, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Firstsource Solutions Limited (NSE: FSL) (BSE: 532809), an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, today announced the launch of a new offering — Agentic Marketing Services — in partnership with Typeface, the marketing orchestration engine for the world’s leading enterprises. The offering is designed to help enterprises move from marketing ambition to scale by transforming, implementing, and operating AI-native marketing systems. It transforms marketing operations into a scalable growth engine and delivers measurable top-line revenue growth beyond operational efficiency alone.

Agentic AI is redefining how enterprises think about the customer lifecycle, and marketing content sits at the center of that transformation. Enterprises deploying AI-driven personalization are seeing up to 40% higher revenue compared to their peers. Content operations is both a growth lever and an efficiency play for CMOs: roughly 30% of CMO budgets go to content; approximately 55% of content work is manual — resizing, localization, brand compliance — while 90% of those manual workflows can be AI-enabled.

“At Firstsource, our approach has been about moving beyond traditional boundaries to build adaptive, intelligence-led ecosystems that deliver measurable outcomes. Content operations is now the most disrupted layer of the modern marketing stack, with Large Language Models reshaping the entire value chain — from ideation and production to governance and distribution — making it both the biggest near-term efficiency opportunity and the most exposed surface area in enterprise marketing,” said Ritesh Idnani, MD and Chief Executive Officer of Firstsource.

“CEOs and CMOs are not looking for a consultancy that hands off a roadmap or an agency that operates in silos — they want a partner who can transform, implement, and operate marketing systems end-to-end. By combining micro-segmentation, personalization, and deep industry context, we help clients build acquisition, engagement, and retention engines that are intelligent, compliant, and scalable. Typeface brings the AI technology to generate personalized, on-brand, compliant content at scale, and Firstsource brings deep experience in customer operations, especially in regulated industries like banking, financial services, healthcare, and retail. Together, we enable enterprises to plan, build, and run modern marketing — turning content operations into a compounding growth engine and delivering outcomes, not just effort.”

The partnership extends the capabilities announced with Typeface’s recent Marketing Orchestration Engine launch — bringing governed AI systems into full-stack marketing operations for regulated enterprises.

“AI only transforms marketing when it’s embedded into the workflows that drive real customer outcomes,” said Abhay Parasnis, Founder & CEO of Typeface. “Firstsource brings deep industry expertise and operational rigor in highly regulated environments. Together, we’re helping enterprises turn AI ambition into operational reality, embedding governed intelligence into the systems that power durable growth.” 

While Typeface provides the orchestration layer that unifies brand intelligence, AI agents, and enterprise systems, Firstsource brings the operational expertise and insights to enable effective decision making and implement and run these systems in complex, regulated environments. Together, they redesign how growth is driven — focusing on the moments, segments, and mechanisms that truly move the needle — enabling enterprises to shift from fragmented activity to scalable, revenue-led execution.

Industry view

“In retail, seasonality and micro-segmentation are where revenue is won or lost. Every peak moment demands thousands of personalized variants across marketing, service, and customer operations — and the retailers who get this right see real movement on acquisition, conversion, and retention, not just efficiency. What makes the Firstsource–Typeface offering different is that it is not another tool — it is an operating capability. Pairing agentic AI with embedded marketing operations is exactly what retailers need to move from broad campaigns to true lifecycle-driven engagement. For the industry, this is a meaningful step-change in how growth gets engineered.”
– Dave Kimbell, Ex-CEO Ulta Beauty; Firstsource Advisory Board Member

“Healthcare payers sit on a real paradox: a huge share of member communication is locked inside PHI and claims workflows where the rules are clear and rightly strict — but the biggest lever on affordability lives outside that envelope, in how payers engage members on wellness, prevention, plan literacy, and proactive disease management. That is a white-space opportunity the industry has barely touched. This is where marketing AI services can genuinely move the needle. With micro-segmentation and agentic content, payers can reach the right member with the right nudge at the right moment — entirely within compliant, non-PHI pathways — and shift the engagement model from acquisition and retention to lifelong wellness. That is how you make healthcare more affordable, improve member experience, and strengthen the economics of the plan at the same time. The Firstsource–Typeface offering is one of the few capabilities purpose-built to operate at that intersection of compliance, personalization, and outcomes.”
– Paul Sanford, Ex-EVP Operations, Cigna Group; Firstsource Advisory Board Member

About Firstsource

Firstsource Solutions Limited, an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company (NSE: FSL) (BSE: 532809), is a global intelligence partner to enterprises across healthcare, banking and financial services, communications, media, technology, retail, and utilities. Its inch-wide, mile-deep practitioners work collaboratively to reimagine business process management.

With operations across the US, UK, India, Philippines, Mexico, Romania, Trinidad & Tobago, South Africa, and Australia, Firstsource combines over twenty-five years of domain expertise with an agent-first delivery model to design, build, and operate intelligent enterprise operations. Through its Intelligence That Operates promise—powered by Kairos, the operating system that makes it real—the company unifies consulting, implementation, and operations into a single full-stack engagement and underwrites outcomes, not effort, turning deep domain intelligence into a compounding operational advantage for firms in the world’s most regulated industries. (www.firstsource.com)

About Typeface

Typeface is a marketing orchestration engine for the world’s leading enterprises, coordinating brand intelligence, AI agents, and enterprise systems across cross-channel marketing operations. Built for large organizations, Typeface combines shared brand intelligence, governed agent workflows, and deep enterprise integration at scale — connecting seamlessly with platforms like Salesforce, Microsoft, and Google — to help teams scale what works without sacrificing quality or control. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, Typeface enables organizations to operationalize AI inside real marketing workflows, turning brand standards, approvals, and performance signals into coordinated systems that improve over time. Typeface is backed by Lightspeed, GV, Salesforce Ventures, Madrona, Menlo, and M12, and has been recognized by Fast Company, Gartner, TIME, LinkedIn, and Adweek as a leader in AI for marketing. Learn more at www.typeface.ai.

With a platform designed to transform existing human-created assets into animated series and films, Nura gives game and animation studios a new way to extend their IP, reach new audiences, and meet growing demand for content.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Nura Studios today announced Showcraft™, its animation platform, will enter Early Access on May 19. Nura enables game and animation studios to turn existing characters, environments, and production assets into episodic series and films using AI models designed to work from artist-created content. Unlike tools that generate content from prompts alone, Nura’s platform is built around human-created IP. The result is animated episodic storytelling that carries the emotional depth and artistic intent of the source material and does not look or feel machine-made.

“Game studios and publishers are constantly finding new ways to engage players and grow their worlds, while animation studios are pushing to deliver more stories at a higher cadence,” said Sylvio Drouin, CEO and co-founder, Nura Studios. “There is so much creative value that already exists inside worlds and IP. With Showcraft, teams can extend their characters, environments, and production assets into episodic storytelling unlocking new formats for engagement without starting over. Machines have no talent, humans do. Showcraft is built to amplify that talent.”

Showcraft, Nura’s integrated platform for animated episodic production, connects story development, pre-production, visual and voice creation, and final edit within a single environment. Underpinned by fine-tuned AI models, Showcraft removes production friction and lowers the barriers to entry, enabling both studios and independent storytellers to produce high-quality content with control and consistency. Designed to manage the complexities of AI behind the scenes, Showcraft offers an intuitive, controlled workflow that maintains visual and narrative integrity avoiding the generic outputs often associated with generative tools.

Nura Atelier, the company’s in-house creative studio, leverages Showcraft to bring episodic storytelling to life for a select group of partners. The team brings together Emmy and Academy Award-winning talent across writing, directing, animation, and voice paired with a new generation of AI-native production expertise. The studio also maintains rigorous standards around rights management and IP protection, providing partners with confidence at every stage of production.

Nura Studios was founded by leaders in real-time technology, AI, and creative tools. CEO and co-founder Sylvio Drouin brings more than two decades of experience building platforms for creators. He previously served as Senior Vice President at Unity, where he led advanced research, labs, and AI innovation, and has held executive roles across startups and growth-stage companies globally. He also serves on the board of the UCLA Technology Development Group. CTO Gabriele Farina spent over a decade shaping the architecture of the Unity engine, contributing to one of the world’s most widely used real-time creation platforms. Chairman and co-founder Stefano Corazza, PhD, Head of AI Research at Canva and former Head of Roblox Studio and AR at Adobe, brings deep expertise in AI and immersive media. Nura’s leadership team includes talent from Roblox, Adobe, Unity, Apple, Softimage, Canva, and Disney.

Nura Studios is backed by seed funding from iGlobe Partners, Fellows Fund and Shanda Ventures supporting the development of its AI-enabled creative platform. The company is focused on building long-term infrastructure for episodic storytelling, with plans to scale its platform, creator ecosystem, and production capabilities over time.

Game and animation studios can join the Early Access waitlist at www.nurastudios.com. Studios interested in partnering with Nura Atelier can contact studio@nurastudios.ai. 

About Nura Studios
Founded by pioneers in democratizing content creation, Nura Studios empowers animation creators with human-led tools to bring high-quality, episodic stories to life.