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  "headline": "Sales rose 11.2% amid Mexico expansion and membership growth.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ STEEL · Geographic expansion revenue lift · Costco\n\nSales rose 11.2% amid Mexico expansion and membership growth.\n\nCostco's 11.2% lift is not magic; it's math. New markets have lower penetration, which means higher growth potential because the base is smaller. The real win is that they're proving Mexico subscriptions work at the same rate as US subscriptions. For a brand testing a new market, use Costco's playbook: nail repeat rate and membership retention in market one before opening market two. Many brands expand to grow revenue; Costco expands to deepen membership.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/costco-2026-10-20t15-5\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/costco-2026-10-20t15-5\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/costco-2026-10-20t15-5",
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      "title": "Sales rose 11.2% amid Mexico expansion and membership growth.",
      "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 👇\nCostco reported sales growth of 11.2% driven partly by Mexico expansion and continued membership acquisition, per Mexico Business News.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): for a brand considering expansion into a new region, don't think store count — think membership density. Costco doesn't measure success on foot traffic; it measures on membership renewals. For a DTC brand with a subscription or membership model, identify a geographic cluster with high digital order concentration, open a single fulfillment hub or pickup location, and recruit members from that zip code. Measure success on membership retention rate (ideally above 80%) and repeat visit frequency (target: 1x/month minimum). Scale only after hitting 70%+ utilization in the first 12 months.\nWhat that means for you: Costco's 11.2% lift is not magic; it's math. New markets have lower penetration, which means higher growth potential because the base is smaller. The real win is that they're proving Mexico subscriptions work at the same rate as US subscriptions. For a brand testing a new market, use Costco's playbook: nail repeat rate and membership retention in market one before opening market two. Many brands expand to grow revenue; Costco expands to deepen membership.\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 — Mexico Business News: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPN09kS3luM3k4eXAyVzViUG9WNndFRkViTWNfY2lSMjQ5S1ZqUWpTVGN1M3kteEJtUzhvek9yWmttWFpIY1NQRXQ3ZXFaXzBfOU9BWEZxMGQ5T2dyWmYtWUNERVU0a3ZUQ2ZSWDhpRlQ5dFd3ellYTnZqTURqQm9LVUxJTHZDQnAwTnhKT1lWOTF5NXAxUnc?oc=5.)\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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