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  "headline": "Salomon launched at Foot Locker two weeks after opening its largest U.S. store.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ GOLD · Retail velocity and flagship sequencing · Salomon\n\nSalomon launched at Foot Locker two weeks after opening its largest U.S. store.\n\nMost brands approach wholesale and retail as separate channels. Salomon treated the flagship as the preview for wholesale buyers — it's a show room disguised as a store. That's a sharp move because it turns the brand's cash spend on a flagship into market research and sales collateral for the buyer. The play works for any brand with enough credibility to get a Foot Locker conversation; the unlock is giving the buyer evidence before they take the risk.\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-2026-07-17t03-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/salomon-2026-07-17t03-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/salomon-2026-07-17t03-3",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ GOLD · Retail velocity and flagship sequencing · Salomon\n\nSalomon launched at Foot Locker two weeks after opening its largest U.S. store.\n\nMost brands approach wholesale and retail as separate channels. Salomon treated the flagship as the preview for wholesale buyers — it's a show room disguised as a store. That's a sharp move because it turns the brand's cash spend on a flagship into market research and sales collateral for the buyer. The play works for any brand with enough credibility to get a Foot Locker conversation; the unlock is giving the buyer evidence before they take the risk.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/salomon-2026-07-17t03-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/salomon-2026-07-17t03-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/salomon-2026-07-17t03-3",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ GOLD · Retail velocity and flagship sequencing · Salomon\n\nSalomon launched at Foot Locker two weeks after opening its largest U.S. store.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/salomon-2026-07-17t03-3",
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      "title": "Salomon launched at Foot Locker two weeks after opening its largest U.S. store.",
      "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 Modern Retail, the French sneaker brand Salomon opened its largest U.S. store in New York City, then immediately launched at Foot Locker, signaling a coordinated retail acceleration strategy.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if you're a DTC brand trying to get into wholesale, don't lead with a wholesale pitch deck. Lead with one flagship store in a high-profile city, run it for 30-60 days, capture traffic data and bestseller metrics, then bring that data to buyers at target retailers. The pattern is: flagship proof → wholesale pitch → retail doors. The timing of Salomon's moves suggests they staggered the flagship opening to create momentum and buy confidence before the Foot Locker conversation. Run this if you have $150K+ to invest in a leased space for 60 days; the data you capture is worth more than the rent.\nWhat that means for you: Most brands approach wholesale and retail as separate channels. Salomon treated the flagship as the preview for wholesale buyers — it's a show room disguised as a store. That's a sharp move because it turns the brand's cash spend on a flagship into market research and sales collateral for the buyer. The play works for any brand with enough credibility to get a Foot Locker conversation; the unlock is giving the buyer evidence before they take the risk.\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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