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  "company": "Salomon",
  "headline": "French sneaker brand opens largest US store, launches Foot Locker 2 weeks later.",
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  "source_name": "Modern Retail",
  "source_url": "https://www.modernretail.co/operations/salomon-continues-its-us-growth-streak-by-launching-at-foot-locker/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ STEEL · Retail expansion sequencing · Salomon\n\nFrench sneaker brand opens largest US store, launches Foot Locker 2 weeks later.\n\nSalomon is not trying to make money in Manhattan — they're trying to tell Foot Locker 'we matter now.' The flagship is a billboard you own. The wholesale deal is the actual revenue. Most founders get this backwards and treat the flagship like it should be profitable day one.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/salomon-2026-07-16t12-5\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/salomon-2026-07-16t12-5\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/salomon-2026-07-16t12-5",
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      "title": "French sneaker brand opens largest US store, launches Foot Locker 2 weeks later.",
      "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 👇\nSalomon opened its largest store in New York City and announced a Foot Locker launch within two weeks, per Modern Retail, using flagship momentum to anchor a wholesale expansion.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): flagship stores are not retail revenue centers — they are wholesale negotiation tools. Open a flagship, run a week of local PR and foot traffic, then announce a wholesale partnership while the brand narrative is hot. The wholesale buyer sees proof (a flagship is proof that the brand is investable) and the cost of saying 'no' rises. Run this sequence in your category: secure a high-traffic location, confirm your opening date, pitch wholesale partners 2-3 weeks before opening, then announce the partnership same week as the flagship launch.\nWhat that means for you: Salomon is not trying to make money in Manhattan — they're trying to tell Foot Locker 'we matter now.' The flagship is a billboard you own. The wholesale deal is the actual revenue. Most founders get this backwards and treat the flagship like it should be profitable day one.\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 — Modern Retail: https://www.modernretail.co/operations/salomon-continues-its-us-growth-streak-by-launching-at-foot-locker/.)\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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