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  "headline": "July same-store sales up 3.3% YoY, average price rises 1.7% YoY—volume stalling, margin shrinking.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Pricing Play}\n◆ STEEL · Price-led growth masking volume decline · NRSInsights\n\nJuly same-store sales up 3.3% YoY, average price rises 1.7% YoY—volume stalling, margin shrinking.\n\nif volume is flat and price is the only lever, brands with pricing power are winning and brands without it are losing shelf space. The data says: do not assume price increases will save your margin. If your COGS went up 8% and retail price only went up 2%, you are losing 6 points of gross profit per unit. Instead, focus on turnover—if you can move 50% more units at the same price, you gain margin and shelf priority. For DTC brands, this means lean into bundling and cross-sells to raise AOV without raising per-unit price. For wholesale, it means prove your turnover metrics to the buyer (stock velocity, repeat purchase rate) and negotiate shelf space, not price.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/nrsinsights-2026-08-31t00-5\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/nrsinsights-2026-08-31t00-5\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/nrsinsights-2026-08-31t00-5",
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      "title": "July same-store sales up 3.3% YoY, average price rises 1.7% YoY—volume stalling, margin shrinking.",
      "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 👇\nPer NRSInsights' July 2026 retail report, same-store sales increased 3.3% year-over-year, but average prices only rose 1.7%, indicating that price hikes are covering volume loss and that consumer unit demand is flat or declining.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if volume is flat and price is the only lever, brands with pricing power are winning and brands without it are losing shelf space. The data says: do not assume price increases will save your margin. If your COGS went up 8% and retail price only went up 2%, you are losing 6 points of gross profit per unit. Instead, focus on turnover—if you can move 50% more units at the same price, you gain margin and shelf priority. For DTC brands, this means lean into bundling and cross-sells to raise AOV without raising per-unit price. For wholesale, it means prove your turnover metrics to the buyer (stock velocity, repeat purchase rate) and negotiate shelf space, not price.\nWhat that means for you: if volume is flat and price is the only lever, brands with pricing power are winning and brands without it are losing shelf space. The data says: do not assume price increases will save your margin. If your COGS went up 8% and retail price only went up 2%, you are losing 6 points of gross profit per unit. Instead, focus on turnover—if you can move 50% more units at the same price, you gain margin and shelf priority. For DTC brands, this means lean into bundling and cross-sells to raise AOV without raising per-unit price. For wholesale, it means prove your turnover metrics to the buyer (stock velocity, repeat purchase rate) and negotiate shelf space, not price.\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 — NRSInsights / Business Insider: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a94c47962474fefba1a04673b2d23c6&url=https%3a%2f%2fmarkets.businessinsider.com%2fnews%2fstocks%2fnrsinsights-july-2026-retail-same-store-sales-report-1036435597&c=11445125985727155235&mkt=en-us.)\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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