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  "company": "Bath & Body Works",
  "headline": "Expanded Ulta partnership for holidays positions brand in all locations nationwide.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ DIAMOND · Retail distribution expansion · Bath & Body Works\n\nExpanded Ulta partnership for holidays positions brand in all locations nationwide.\n\nThis is how you move from 'we have a product' to 'we own the category at your chain.' Bath & Body Works didn't chase Ulta; they proved the sell-through in a pilot, then scaled. Most brands negotiate placement like it's fixed. Smart operators build the expansion metric into the first conversation. The store wants proof you'll turn inventory faster than what sits there now. Give them a region test, run the numbers clean, and you own the conversation next time.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/bath-body-works-2026-10-17t18-1\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/bath-body-works-2026-10-17t18-1\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/bath-body-works-2026-10-17t18-1",
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      "title": "Expanded Ulta partnership for holidays positions brand in all locations nationwide.",
      "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 👇\nBath & Body Works expanded its partnership to all Ulta Beauty stores for the holiday season, per Retail Dive, securing shelf space across the chain's footprint during peak consumer spending.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): don't negotiate one-off placements. Negotiate the expansion clause built in. Bath & Body Works started in select Ulta doors, then expanded to all when the data proved sell-through. Start in one region or one format (travel sizes, gift sets, a single SKU), document the velocity, then walk back to the buyer with proof and ask for the full roll. The contract clause matters more than the initial shelf.\nWhat that means for you: This is how you move from 'we have a product' to 'we own the category at your chain.' Bath & Body Works didn't chase Ulta; they proved the sell-through in a pilot, then scaled. Most brands negotiate placement like it's fixed. Smart operators build the expansion metric into the first conversation. The store wants proof you'll turn inventory faster than what sits there now. Give them a region test, run the numbers clean, and you own the conversation next time.\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 — Retail Dive: https://www.retaildive.com/news/bath-body-works-ulta-beauty-pink-suede/833214/.)\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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