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  "company": "ON (On Running)",
  "headline": "ON signs Mbappé as it prepares entry into soccer.",
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  "source_url": "https://www.retaildive.com/news/on-signs-mbappe-schertenleib-soccer-football-nike-adidas/830761/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Brand-Story Play}\n◆ PAPER · Athlete partnership to establish new category · ON (On Running)\n\nON signs Mbappé as it prepares entry into soccer.\n\nMost brands launch first, then chase athletes. ON is signing Mbappé before they ship a soccer shoe. That's the opposite of desperate and it shifts the narrative from 'ON is trying soccer' to 'Mbappé chose ON.' It's a small shift in language that changes everything about how the market perceives the entry.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/on-on-running-2026-09-20t00-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/on-on-running-2026-09-20t00-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/on-on-running-2026-09-20t00-7",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Brand-Story Play}\n◆ PAPER · Athlete partnership to establish new category · ON (On Running)\n\nON signs Mbappé as it prepares entry into soccer.\n\nMost brands launch first, then chase athletes. ON is signing Mbappé before they ship a soccer shoe. That's the opposite of desperate and it shifts the narrative from 'ON is trying soccer' to 'Mbappé chose ON.' It's a small shift in language that changes everything about how the market perceives the entry.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/on-on-running-2026-09-20t00-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/on-on-running-2026-09-20t00-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/on-on-running-2026-09-20t00-7",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Brand-Story Play}\n◆ PAPER · Athlete partnership to establish new category · ON (On Running)\n\nON signs Mbappé as it prepares entry into soccer.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/on-on-running-2026-09-20t00-7",
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      "title": "ON signs Mbappé as it prepares entry into soccer.",
      "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 👇\nON Running signed soccer star Kylian Mbappé as it prepares to enter the soccer footwear and apparel market, per Retail Dive.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): sign the athlete before you launch the category, not after you need sales. ON is buying Mbappé's audience and his credibility in soccer culture as a foundation layer. When the soccer shoe launches, it doesn't start from zero — it starts with an athlete who already told his audience 'this shoe is real.' The play: if you're entering a new category outside your core, anchor the launch with a credible figure in that category first. The partnership becomes the go-to-market, not an ad that runs after launch.\nWhat that means for you: Most brands launch first, then chase athletes. ON is signing Mbappé before they ship a soccer shoe. That's the opposite of desperate and it shifts the narrative from 'ON is trying soccer' to 'Mbappé chose ON.' It's a small shift in language that changes everything about how the market perceives the entry.\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/on-signs-mbappe-schertenleib-soccer-football-nike-adidas/830761/.)\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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