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  "headline": "Australian sun-protection brand enters U.S. wholesale, hires dedicated head of retail sales.",
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  "source_name": "Morningstar / Business Wire",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Wholesale expansion with vertical hire · Solbari\n\nAustralian sun-protection brand enters U.S. wholesale, hires dedicated head of retail sales.\n\nMost DTC brands see wholesale as a backup plan or a growth lever they add to an already-built machine. Solbari's move is to say: we're a real wholesale brand, and we're going to have a real sales leader in the room from day one. That person doesn't just sell — they shape everything from SKU strategy to margin to how the product looks on a shelf. If you're serious about retail, you need that voice before the purchase order, not after.\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-2026-06-19t21-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/solbari-2026-06-19t21-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/solbari-2026-06-19t21-2",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Wholesale expansion with vertical hire · Solbari\n\nAustralian sun-protection brand enters U.S. wholesale, hires dedicated head of retail sales.\n\nMost DTC brands see wholesale as a backup plan or a growth lever they add to an already-built machine. Solbari's move is to say: we're a real wholesale brand, and we're going to have a real sales leader in the room from day one. That person doesn't just sell — they shape everything from SKU strategy to margin to how the product looks on a shelf. If you're serious about retail, you need that voice before the purchase order, not after.\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-2026-06-19t21-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/solbari-2026-06-19t21-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/solbari-2026-06-19t21-2",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Wholesale expansion with vertical hire · Solbari\n\nAustralian sun-protection brand enters U.S. wholesale, hires dedicated head of retail sales.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/solbari-2026-06-19t21-2",
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      "title": "Australian sun-protection brand enters U.S. wholesale, hires dedicated 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+ certified sun-protection apparel brand, launched U.S. wholesale and appointed Grayson Davis as Head of Sales to lead retail growth, per Morningstar/Business Wire.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): don't hire a wholesale rep when you're ready to sell wholesale — hire them when you decide you're a wholesale brand, and let them reshape the product, pricing, and positioning for that channel. Solbari's move is to bring in Davis before they ship, not after. This week: if you're thinking about wholesale, hire the rep first (or at minimum, have three conversations with reps in your category to understand what the channel actually needs from you).\nWhat that means for you: Most DTC brands see wholesale as a backup plan or a growth lever they add to an already-built machine. Solbari's move is to say: we're a real wholesale brand, and we're going to have a real sales leader in the room from day one. That person doesn't just sell — they shape everything from SKU strategy to margin to how the product looks on a shelf. If you're serious about retail, you need that voice before the purchase order, not after.\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 — Morningstar / Business Wire: 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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