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  "company": "Laifen",
  "headline": "Hair dryer hits Costco warehouses — e-commerce brand breaks retail in select locations July 18.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · DTC-to-Costco expansion · Laifen\n\nHair dryer hits Costco warehouses — e-commerce brand breaks retail in select locations July 18.\n\nCostco's selective-warehouse approach lets a DTC brand test retail without committing margin to a national rollout. Laifen does not need to discount; Costco's membership model does the filtering. Run this: measure the first four weeks of warehouse traffic by location, compare conversion rates warehouse-to-web (do buyers show up on the site after warehouse visits?), and use that data to negotiate terms for a wider Costco rollout or to prove the warehouse velocity to other retailers. The warehouse is a proof point, not the endgame.\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-2026-07-19t06-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/laifen-2026-07-19t06-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/laifen-2026-07-19t06-2",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · DTC-to-Costco expansion · Laifen\n\nHair dryer hits Costco warehouses — e-commerce brand breaks retail in select locations July 18.\n\nCostco's selective-warehouse approach lets a DTC brand test retail without committing margin to a national rollout. Laifen does not need to discount; Costco's membership model does the filtering. Run this: measure the first four weeks of warehouse traffic by location, compare conversion rates warehouse-to-web (do buyers show up on the site after warehouse visits?), and use that data to negotiate terms for a wider Costco rollout or to prove the warehouse velocity to other retailers. The warehouse is a proof point, not the endgame.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/laifen-2026-07-19t06-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/laifen-2026-07-19t06-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/laifen-2026-07-19t06-2",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · DTC-to-Costco expansion · Laifen\n\nHair dryer hits Costco warehouses — e-commerce brand breaks retail in select locations July 18.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/laifen-2026-07-19t06-2",
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      "title": "Hair dryer hits Costco warehouses — e-commerce brand breaks retail in select locations July 18.",
      "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, a direct-to-consumer hair-dryer brand, launched its best-selling SE model in select Costco warehouse locations starting July 18, 2026, per PRNewswire.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): Costco's selective-warehouse approach lets a DTC brand test retail without committing margin to a national rollout. Laifen does not need to discount; Costco's membership model does the filtering. Run this: measure the first four weeks of warehouse traffic by location, compare conversion rates warehouse-to-web (do buyers show up on the site after warehouse visits?), and use that data to negotiate terms for a wider Costco rollout or to prove the warehouse velocity to other retailers. The warehouse is a proof point, not the endgame.\nWhat that means for you: Costco's selective-warehouse approach lets a DTC brand test retail without committing margin to a national rollout. Laifen does not need to discount; Costco's membership model does the filtering. Run this: measure the first four weeks of warehouse traffic by location, compare conversion rates warehouse-to-web (do buyers show up on the site after warehouse visits?), and use that data to negotiate terms for a wider Costco rollout or to prove the warehouse velocity to other retailers. The warehouse is a proof point, not the endgame.\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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