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  "headline": "CarParts targets free cash flow positive in 2026, A-Premium near $50M run rate.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ SILVER · Q2 2026 EBITDA recovery and fulfillment scale · CarParts.com\n\nCarParts targets free cash flow positive in 2026, A-Premium near $50M run rate.\n\nphysical-product brands are winning by owning fulfillment, not outsourcing it. CarParts built A-Premium to control the last-mile and recover EBITDA. Run this week: if you ship high-velocity, low-margin SKUs (automotive, hardware, food), audit your fulfillment spend — every percentage point of cost recovery flows to EBITDA. Contact one regional 3PL and get a quote for their last-mile service vs. your internal cost. If internal is cheaper at scale (over 50,000 units/month), you have a venture: spin fulfillment into a subsidiary and license it to competitors in adjacent categories. This is CarParts' exact play.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/carpartscom-2026-08-08t03-4\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/carpartscom-2026-08-08t03-4\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/carpartscom-2026-08-08t03-4",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ SILVER · Q2 2026 EBITDA recovery and fulfillment scale · CarParts.com\n\nCarParts targets free cash flow positive in 2026, A-Premium near $50M run rate.\n\nphysical-product brands are winning by owning fulfillment, not outsourcing it. CarParts built A-Premium to control the last-mile and recover EBITDA. Run this week: if you ship high-velocity, low-margin SKUs (automotive, hardware, food), audit your fulfillment spend — every percentage point of cost recovery flows to EBITDA. Contact one regional 3PL and get a quote for their last-mile service vs. your internal cost. If internal is cheaper at scale (over 50,000 units/month), you have a venture: spin fulfillment into a subsidiary and license it to competitors in adjacent categories. This is CarParts' exact play.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/carpartscom-2026-08-08t03-4\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/carpartscom-2026-08-08t03-4\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/carpartscom-2026-08-08t03-4",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ SILVER · Q2 2026 EBITDA recovery and fulfillment scale · CarParts.com\n\nCarParts targets free cash flow positive in 2026, A-Premium near $50M run rate.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/carpartscom-2026-08-08t03-4",
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      "title": "CarParts targets free cash flow positive in 2026, A-Premium near $50M run rate.",
      "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 👇\nCarParts.com CEO David Meniane reported Q2 2026 adjusted EBITDA of $1.8 million, described as the highest since Q3 2023, and flagged A-Premium subsidiary nearing $50M in run-rate revenue with a 300,000-package last-mile delivery target, per Seeking Alpha.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): physical-product brands are winning by owning fulfillment, not outsourcing it. CarParts built A-Premium to control the last-mile and recover EBITDA. Run this week: if you ship high-velocity, low-margin SKUs (automotive, hardware, food), audit your fulfillment spend — every percentage point of cost recovery flows to EBITDA. Contact one regional 3PL and get a quote for their last-mile service vs. your internal cost. If internal is cheaper at scale (over 50,000 units/month), you have a venture: spin fulfillment into a subsidiary and license it to competitors in adjacent categories. This is CarParts' exact play.\nWhat that means for you: physical-product brands are winning by owning fulfillment, not outsourcing it. CarParts built A-Premium to control the last-mile and recover EBITDA. Run this week: if you ship high-velocity, low-margin SKUs (automotive, hardware, food), audit your fulfillment spend — every percentage point of cost recovery flows to EBITDA. Contact one regional 3PL and get a quote for their last-mile service vs. your internal cost. If internal is cheaper at scale (over 50,000 units/month), you have a venture: spin fulfillment into a subsidiary and license it to competitors in adjacent categories. This is CarParts' exact play.\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 — Seeking Alpha: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a769bc2abe142a99b7367c01d84f615&url=https%3a%2f%2fseekingalpha.com%2fnews%2f4628661-carparts-com-targets-free-cash-flow-positive-in-2026-with-a-premium-near-50m-run-rate-and&c=7803918660261189570&mkt=en-us.)\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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