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  "company": "Michaels",
  "headline": "3D frame builder tool lets customers preview finished products before buying.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Packaging Play}\n◆ STEEL · 3D augmented-reality product configurator · Michaels\n\n3D frame builder tool lets customers preview finished products before buying.\n\nMichaels is a craft and home goods retailer—frames sit in a category where sizing and aesthetic fit matter a lot, and returns are expensive. A 3D preview tool doesn't sell more frames; it sells the *right* frame and reduces the buyer's second-guessing. This is useful for any physical product where fit, size, or wall-space matters. If you're in furniture, home decor, or anything that needs to match a customer's space, this is a tactic to test.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/michaels-2026-08-21t03-5\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/michaels-2026-08-21t03-5\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/michaels-2026-08-21t03-5",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Packaging Play}\n◆ STEEL · 3D augmented-reality product configurator · Michaels\n\n3D frame builder tool lets customers preview finished products before buying.\n\nMichaels is a craft and home goods retailer—frames sit in a category where sizing and aesthetic fit matter a lot, and returns are expensive. A 3D preview tool doesn't sell more frames; it sells the *right* frame and reduces the buyer's second-guessing. This is useful for any physical product where fit, size, or wall-space matters. If you're in furniture, home decor, or anything that needs to match a customer's space, this is a tactic to test.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/michaels-2026-08-21t03-5\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/michaels-2026-08-21t03-5\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/michaels-2026-08-21t03-5",
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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 👇\nMichaels launched a 3D digital frame builder that lets customers design and preview custom frames in their own space before purchase, per Retail Dive.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): a 3D configurator is a pre-purchase simulation that reduces return risk and increases conversion confidence. If you sell anything customizable or space-dependent (frames, furniture, home decor, apparel), a 3D preview tool cuts the gap between intent and purchase. You don't need to build it in-house—there are SaaS tools that integrate into Shopify or your e-comm platform in weeks. The ROI is conversion rate, not new traffic. Test it on your highest-return product category first.\nWhat that means for you: Michaels is a craft and home goods retailer—frames sit in a category where sizing and aesthetic fit matter a lot, and returns are expensive. A 3D preview tool doesn't sell more frames; it sells the *right* frame and reduces the buyer's second-guessing. This is useful for any physical product where fit, size, or wall-space matters. If you're in furniture, home decor, or anything that needs to match a customer's space, this is a tactic to test.\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 — Retail Dive: https://www.retaildive.com/news/michaels-3d-augmented-reality-digital-frame-builder/828381/.)\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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