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  "headline": "Australian sun-protection brand expands U.S. wholesale, appoints head of retail sales.",
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  "source_name": "Business Wire / Morningstar",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Wholesale channel entry with dedicated sales leadership · Solbari\n\nAustralian sun-protection brand expands U.S. wholesale, appoints head of retail sales.\n\nMost brands chase wholesale without sales infrastructure. Solbari inverted it — structure first, then distribution. If you're moving DTC to wholesale, don't walk in cold with a LinkedIn message. Hire or contract a dedicated person, get them trained on your product and your retail targets, lock one anchor account, then announce the role. Retail buyers see the job posting and think, 'They're serious.' It costs money up front but compresses the sales cycle.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/solbari-2026-06-14t21-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/solbari-2026-06-14t21-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/solbari-2026-06-14t21-2",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Wholesale channel entry with dedicated sales leadership · Solbari\n\nAustralian sun-protection brand expands U.S. wholesale, appoints head of retail sales.\n\nMost brands chase wholesale without sales infrastructure. Solbari inverted it — structure first, then distribution. If you're moving DTC to wholesale, don't walk in cold with a LinkedIn message. Hire or contract a dedicated person, get them trained on your product and your retail targets, lock one anchor account, then announce the role. Retail buyers see the job posting and think, 'They're serious.' It costs money up front but compresses the sales cycle.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/solbari-2026-06-14t21-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/solbari-2026-06-14t21-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/solbari-2026-06-14t21-2",
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      "title": "Australian sun-protection brand expands U.S. wholesale, appoints head of retail sales.",
      "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 👇\nSolbari, a UPF 50+ sun-safe apparel brand from Australia, launched a U.S. wholesale expansion and appointed Grayson Davis as Head of Sales to drive retail growth strategy, per Business Wire.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): hire the sales leader before you announce the retail wins. By naming a head of sales tied to retail growth, Solbari signals to specialty retailers that the brand has momentum and internal investment — not desperation. A one-person wholesale operation screams 'beta'; a dedicated head of sales screams 'we're coming in with resources.' The sequence is: secure pilot stores, hire the leader, then announce. This pattern builds confidence with retail partners and legitimizes your category urgency.\nWhat that means for you: Most brands chase wholesale without sales infrastructure. Solbari inverted it — structure first, then distribution. If you're moving DTC to wholesale, don't walk in cold with a LinkedIn message. Hire or contract a dedicated person, get them trained on your product and your retail targets, lock one anchor account, then announce the role. Retail buyers see the job posting and think, 'They're serious.' It costs money up front but compresses the sales cycle.\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 — Business Wire / Morningstar: https://www.morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20260429488136/solbari-launches-us-wholesale-expansion-and-appoints-grayson-davis-as-head-of-sales-to-lead-retail-growth-strategy.)\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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