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🗞️NEWS OF THE DAY:

Netflix announced one final surprise for U.S. customers of its 25-year-old DVD-by-mail business ahead of its Sept. 29 shutdown. They get to keep their last shipment of DVDs without a late charge for unreturned discs. Remaining customers also had the chance to receive up to 10 extra discs in their final shipment for one last binge-fest.

For years, Shayan Hamidi has seen a problem in the way real estate agents work. So, he invented Rechat, the ultimate mobile platform for agents. They don't have to learn 10 different products; they just learn one.

Jury finds 80-year-old veteran not guilty of trying to smuggle meth through DFW Airport. Federal prosecutors charged him even though he was a victim of a financial scam that sent him to Mexico thinking he had won an international lottery.

Franchising 2: DeLucca Gaucho Pizza & Wine, which started in Southlake and has a restaurant in Fort Worth, will begin franchising, according to The Dallas Morning News. 

Franchise 3: According to Dallas Innovates, BRIX Holdings will unveil a “first-of-its-kind” Smoothie Factory + Kitchen in North Richland Hills this fall. The restaurant will offer diverse food options in addition to smoothies and juices.

Pennsylvania-based Victaulic Co. acquired a 213,581-square-foot industrial facility in a 29-acre business park near Alliance Airport and 35W, according to The Dallas Morning News. Victaulic is a global manufacturer of mechanical pipe and flow control products and will use the location for manufacturing and distributing its products in Texas.

U.S. Navy avionics experts will receive two production lots of the third-generation, helmet-mounted displays for the Lockheed F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, a $347.4 million order. The advanced helmet-mounted display is a joint venture between Collins Aerospace and Elbit Systems of America in Fort Worth.

🩴🩴PEOPLE ON THE MOVE:

• UT-Arlington: Hires Beth Zimmerman as Director of Development-Principal Gift for the College of Fine Arts

• Fort Worth Chamber: Hires Jared Sloane as Executive VP/ Chief Operating Officer

• 820 Conflans Management: Hires Amy Pitman as Assistant Property Management

• Sabre: Names Jessica Matthias as global director of sustainability and Tess Longfield as head of sustainability communications

• Operio: Hires Deb Blackwell as Chief Revenue Officer

• Vickery Street Properties: Promotes Bob Akin to Chief Strategy Officer

• TCU: Hires Meghan Wright as Assistant Professor of Management Practice

• CME Consulting: Hires Scott Morikawa as Associate

✂️SNIPPETS:

• What is the Fort Worth Lab and why is it getting such plaudits?

• First-time homebuyers in Fort Worth will need to earn 14.4% more to afford the typical starter home, study says.

• General Motors made $8 million in product placement value in 10 minutes of exposure in Barbie movie.

• Lamborghini released the concept for its first all-electric car.

• TikTok prank ends with GameStop employee unemployed.

• Study finds kids who play organized sports and less time on the computer are smarter.