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  "headline": "Hair dryer lands Costco shelves, expanding retail footprint nationwide.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ DIAMOND · Retail expansion to Costco · Laifen\n\nHair dryer lands Costco shelves, expanding retail footprint nationwide.\n\nCostco is the cheat code for physical products with a real story — the kind of hair dryer people actually want. The brand did not chase TikTok virality; it built a product that made it to the Costco buyer's desk. That conversation costs zero media spend and moves real units. If you have a product that survives real use, this is the 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/laifen-2026-07-19t00-1\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/laifen-2026-07-19t00-1\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/laifen-2026-07-19t00-1",
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      "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 👇\nLaifen launched its award-winning SE hair dryer in select Costco warehouse locations across the U.S. starting July 18, 2026, per PRNewswire.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): warehouse clubs do not advertise your product — members see it while shopping. Costco membership is a form of third-party trust you do not have to earn; the member already trusts the shelf. Skip the brand-awareness phase and go direct to the shelf where buying intent is highest. The membership model means repeat, predictable foot traffic. Pitch wholesale teams on 90-day velocity benchmarks, not ad spend ROI.\nWhat that means for you: Costco is the cheat code for physical products with a real story — the kind of hair dryer people actually want. The brand did not chase TikTok virality; it built a product that made it to the Costco buyer's desk. That conversation costs zero media spend and moves real units. If you have a product that survives real use, this is the 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 — PRNewswire: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/laifen-expands-us-retail-footprint-with-costco-launch-of-best-selling-se-hair-dryer-302828573.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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