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  "company": "Reformation",
  "headline": "DTC model turned profit for 20 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.",
  "topic": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ DIAMOND · Direct-to-consumer profitability IPO filing · Reformation\n\nDTC model turned profit for 20 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.\n\nThis is the one data point that wipes out the myth that DTC has to bleed for five years. Reformation is proof the model works if you actually price for it. The founder class will pretend this doesn't exist because it means they have to sell at higher price and grow slower — but slower is exactly what makes the math survivable. Pick margin first, velocity second.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/reformation-2026-07-09t03-1\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/reformation-2026-07-09t03-1\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/reformation-2026-07-09t03-1",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ DIAMOND · Direct-to-consumer profitability IPO filing · Reformation\n\nDTC model turned profit for 20 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.\n\nThis is the one data point that wipes out the myth that DTC has to bleed for five years. Reformation is proof the model works if you actually price for it. The founder class will pretend this doesn't exist because it means they have to sell at higher price and grow slower — but slower is exactly what makes the math survivable. Pick margin first, velocity second.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/reformation-2026-07-09t03-1\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/reformation-2026-07-09t03-1\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/reformation-2026-07-09t03-1",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ DIAMOND · Direct-to-consumer profitability IPO filing · Reformation\n\nDTC model turned profit for 20 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/reformation-2026-07-09t03-1",
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      "title": "DTC model turned profit for 20 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.",
      "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, Reformation's IPO filing documented that the brand generates 90% of revenue from DTC channels and has maintained profitability for years while posting 20 consecutive quarters of double-digit revenue growth.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): do not launch DTC and chase growth at the expense of unit economics. Reformation shows the model works only if you build for margin first, then velocity. That means testing price floor before volume, knowing your cost per acquisition against lifetime value before you scale paid media, and keeping gross margin above 65% through the first five years. Run the math backward from profit, not forward from growth.\nWhat that means for you: This is the one data point that wipes out the myth that DTC has to bleed for five years. Reformation is proof the model works if you actually price for it. The founder class will pretend this doesn't exist because it means they have to sell at higher price and grow slower — but slower is exactly what makes the math survivable. Pick margin first, velocity second.\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/reformation-ipo-profitable-dtc-model-possible/823857/.)\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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