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  "headline": "Australian UPF sun-protection brand launches U.S. wholesale expansion with new head of sales.",
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  "source_name": "Morning Star",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ SILVER · Wholesale channel entry and sales leadership hire · Solbari\n\nAustralian UPF sun-protection brand launches U.S. wholesale expansion with new head of sales.\n\nMost brands treat wholesale as a channel extension — same product, different logo on the invoice. Solbari is treating it as a business unit. The UPF category is strong right now because of outdoor culture and skin health awareness. If you have a product that solves a certified problem (SPF, organic, allergen-free, made in your country), wholesale retail is waiting. But you need someone in the room who has sold to buyers before. The hire matters more than the pitch.\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-2026-06-18t18-4\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/solbari-2026-06-18t18-4\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/solbari-2026-06-18t18-4",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ SILVER · Wholesale channel entry and sales leadership hire · Solbari\n\nAustralian UPF sun-protection brand launches U.S. wholesale expansion with new head of sales.\n\nMost brands treat wholesale as a channel extension — same product, different logo on the invoice. Solbari is treating it as a business unit. The UPF category is strong right now because of outdoor culture and skin health awareness. If you have a product that solves a certified problem (SPF, organic, allergen-free, made in your country), wholesale retail is waiting. But you need someone in the room who has sold to buyers before. The hire matters more than the pitch.\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-2026-06-18t18-4\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/solbari-2026-06-18t18-4\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/solbari-2026-06-18t18-4",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ SILVER · Wholesale channel entry and sales leadership hire · Solbari\n\nAustralian UPF sun-protection brand launches U.S. wholesale expansion with new head of sales.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/solbari-2026-06-18t18-4",
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      "title": "Australian UPF sun-protection brand launches U.S. wholesale expansion with new head of 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 👇\nPer Morning Star, Solbari, an Australian UPF 50+ sun-protection apparel brand, entered the U.S. wholesale channel and appointed Grayson Davis as head of sales to lead retail growth.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): specialty retail does not want another DTC brand fighting for attention. They want certified, defensible product and a sales leader who understands their margins and reorder cycles. Solbari's move was not to pitch wholesale generically but to hire a head of sales who speaks to buyers in their language — bulk, fill rate, display units, seasonal resets. If you are testing wholesale, hire the buyer-facing role first, then the product follows. The hire is the proof to retailers that you are serious about restocking.\nWhat that means for you: Most brands treat wholesale as a channel extension — same product, different logo on the invoice. Solbari is treating it as a business unit. The UPF category is strong right now because of outdoor culture and skin health awareness. If you have a product that solves a certified problem (SPF, organic, allergen-free, made in your country), wholesale retail is waiting. But you need someone in the room who has sold to buyers before. The hire matters more than the pitch.\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 — Morning Star: 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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