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  "company": "On Running",
  "headline": "On Running targets nearly double sales by 2029 despite toughening athletic market.",
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  "source_url": "https://www.retaildive.com/news/on-growth-sales-targets-challenging-athletics-market/831021/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Brand-Story Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Growth targets in downturn · On Running\n\nOn Running targets nearly double sales by 2029 despite toughening athletic market.\n\ngrowth targets announced in a down-market category are not financial predictions — they are positioning statements for stakeholders who are watching for signs of weakness. On's move signals to wholesale partners that they should allocate shelf to On over legacy players, to employees that capital will flow to growth, and to buyers that the brand is not playing defense. For a smaller athletic brand, the lever is not to match Nike's spend, but to claim a narrow technical or lifestyle claim so specific that your target buyer sees you as orthogonal to the giants, not subordinate. Build the narrative around the gap you own, then make the growth target announcement to your wholesale channel first, not to the press.\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-running-2026-09-23t06-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/on-running-2026-09-23t06-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/on-running-2026-09-23t06-2",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Brand-Story Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Growth targets in downturn · On Running\n\nOn Running targets nearly double sales by 2029 despite toughening athletic market.\n\ngrowth targets announced in a down-market category are not financial predictions — they are positioning statements for stakeholders who are watching for signs of weakness. On's move signals to wholesale partners that they should allocate shelf to On over legacy players, to employees that capital will flow to growth, and to buyers that the brand is not playing defense. For a smaller athletic brand, the lever is not to match Nike's spend, but to claim a narrow technical or lifestyle claim so specific that your target buyer sees you as orthogonal to the giants, not subordinate. Build the narrative around the gap you own, then make the growth target announcement to your wholesale channel first, not to the press.\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-running-2026-09-23t06-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/on-running-2026-09-23t06-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/on-running-2026-09-23t06-2",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Brand-Story Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Growth targets in downturn · On Running\n\nOn Running targets nearly double sales by 2029 despite toughening athletic market.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/on-running-2026-09-23t06-2",
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      "title": "On Running targets nearly double sales by 2029 despite toughening athletic market.",
      "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 Retail Dive, On Running issued aggressive sales targets for 2029 in an athletic footwear market it itself described as 'far more challenging,' signaling confidence in product differentiation and market share capture.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): growth targets announced in a down-market category are not financial predictions — they are positioning statements for stakeholders who are watching for signs of weakness. On's move signals to wholesale partners that they should allocate shelf to On over legacy players, to employees that capital will flow to growth, and to buyers that the brand is not playing defense. For a smaller athletic brand, the lever is not to match Nike's spend, but to claim a narrow technical or lifestyle claim so specific that your target buyer sees you as orthogonal to the giants, not subordinate. Build the narrative around the gap you own, then make the growth target announcement to your wholesale channel first, not to the press.\nWhat that means for you: growth targets announced in a down-market category are not financial predictions — they are positioning statements for stakeholders who are watching for signs of weakness. On's move signals to wholesale partners that they should allocate shelf to On over legacy players, to employees that capital will flow to growth, and to buyers that the brand is not playing defense. For a smaller athletic brand, the lever is not to match Nike's spend, but to claim a narrow technical or lifestyle claim so specific that your target buyer sees you as orthogonal to the giants, not subordinate. Build the narrative around the gap you own, then make the growth target announcement to your wholesale channel first, not to the press.\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-growth-sales-targets-challenging-athletics-market/831021/.)\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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