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  "company": "Evian, Sephora, Lavazza",
  "headline": "Brands staged tennis-themed pop-ups around NYC when US Open ticket prices soared.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Experience replacement when access costs spike · Evian, Sephora, Lavazza\n\nBrands staged tennis-themed pop-ups around NYC when US Open ticket prices soared.\n\nScalping and high ticket prices create an opening for brands. When the US Open becomes a $300-plus game, the real fans who can't afford it are walking around disappointed. Three smart brands said: 'We'll meet them outside.' The pop-ups weren't competing with the tournament — they were serving the fans the tournament priced out. It's the move for any brand that isn't the title sponsor but wants the halo.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/evian-sephora-lavazza-2026-08-31t21-6\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/evian-sephora-lavazza-2026-08-31t21-6\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/evian-sephora-lavazza-2026-08-31t21-6",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Experience replacement when access costs spike · Evian, Sephora, Lavazza\n\nBrands staged tennis-themed pop-ups around NYC when US Open ticket prices soared.\n\nScalping and high ticket prices create an opening for brands. When the US Open becomes a $300-plus game, the real fans who can't afford it are walking around disappointed. Three smart brands said: 'We'll meet them outside.' The pop-ups weren't competing with the tournament — they were serving the fans the tournament priced out. It's the move for any brand that isn't the title sponsor but wants the halo.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/evian-sephora-lavazza-2026-08-31t21-6\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/evian-sephora-lavazza-2026-08-31t21-6\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/evian-sephora-lavazza-2026-08-31t21-6",
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      "title": "Brands staged tennis-themed pop-ups around NYC when US Open ticket prices soared.",
      "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 👇\nEvian, Sephora, and Lavazza built pop-up experiences around New York City to reach US Open fans priced out of tickets, per Modern Retail.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): when your customer's original event is too expensive, sponsor a free parallel event near the venue. You don't compete with the official event; you extend it to the people priced out. This applies beyond tennis — think music festivals, marathons, comic cons. Camp outside, offer a branded experience, and capture the excluded audience. The beauty is the official event brings the traffic; you just intercept it.\nWhat that means for you: Scalping and high ticket prices create an opening for brands. When the US Open becomes a $300-plus game, the real fans who can't afford it are walking around disappointed. Three smart brands said: 'We'll meet them outside.' The pop-ups weren't competing with the tournament — they were serving the fans the tournament priced out. It's the move for any brand that isn't the title sponsor but wants the halo.\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 — Modern Retail: https://www.modernretail.co/marketing/brands-bring-the-us-open-to-fans-with-tennis-themed-pop-ups-around-new-york-city/.)\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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