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  "company": "Academy Sports + Outdoors",
  "headline": "Sporting goods retailer launches Academy Retail Media network.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PAPER · Retail media platform launch · Academy Sports + Outdoors\n\nSporting goods retailer launches Academy Retail Media network.\n\nRetail media networks are becoming the moat retailers use to offset margin pressure. Academy's is still new, which means it's not yet crowded. If you're a small outdoor or sporting goods brand, this is your moment to buy placement before the network fills up. The early buyers get the premium spots at the lowest cost.\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-2026-08-11t00-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-11t00-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/academy-sports-outdoors-2026-08-11t00-7",
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      "title": "Sporting goods retailer launches Academy Retail Media network.",
      "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 (ARM), expanding its omnichannel growth strategy by opening inventory for brand advertising within its digital and physical ecosystem, per Yahoo Finance.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if you sell sporting goods or outdoor CPG and want to be front-of-Academy's digital store, their retail media network is now open. The cost is likely lower than Google Shopping or Meta right now (early adoption discount). Brands that move first into a retail media network tend to own the top placements before competition drives prices up. If you're not yet in Academy, buying into their retail media is cheaper than paying a broker to negotiate shelf.\nWhat that means for you: Retail media networks are becoming the moat retailers use to offset margin pressure. Academy's is still new, which means it's not yet crowded. If you're a small outdoor or sporting goods brand, this is your moment to buy placement before the network fills up. The early buyers get the premium spots at the lowest cost.\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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