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  "company": "Academy Sports + Outdoors",
  "headline": "Retail media network launched; turns shelf into revenue stream for CPG vendors.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Retail media launch · Academy Sports + Outdoors\n\nRetail media network launched; turns shelf into revenue stream for CPG vendors.\n\nRetail media is the retailer's play, but it's also your signal. If a chain launches a media network, they're desperate for vendor money to offset margin pressure. That's your opening. You're not just buying a shelf spot — you're buying inventory visibility and category ownership in a closed network where competitors can't outbid you if you move first.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-07t09-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-07t09-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-07t09-2",
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      "title": "Retail media network launched; turns shelf into revenue stream for CPG vendors.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nAcademy Sports + Outdoors launched Academy Retail Media, converting its retail footprint and e-commerce traffic into a paid placement channel for CPG and brand partners, creating a new revenue stream beyond merchandise sales.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): don't wait for a Walmart buyer to call. If you stock in regional or mid-size chains, ask if they have a retail media network. If they don't, pitch them one (they'll capture 30-50% margin on the ad spend and you'll get guaranteed visibility). If they do, budget for placement in their network before you pitch the buyer directly. The first vendor in the category owns the placement.\nWhat that means for you: Retail media is the retailer's play, but it's also your signal. If a chain launches a media network, they're desperate for vendor money to offset margin pressure. That's your opening. You're not just buying a shelf spot — you're buying inventory visibility and category ownership in a closed network where competitors can't outbid you if you move first.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Yahoo Finance: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/academy-sports-outdoors-advances-omnichannel-130500143.html.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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