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  "headline": "Solbari appoints head of sales to lead U.S. wholesale expansion for UPF sun-protection apparel.",
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  "source_name": "Business Wire",
  "source_url": "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",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ GOLD · Wholesale channel entry with dedicated sales leadership · Solbari\n\nSolbari appoints head of sales to lead U.S. wholesale expansion for UPF sun-protection apparel.\n\nA lot of DTC brands think wholesale means sending a CSV to a distributor. It doesn't. It means hiring someone whose entire job is walking into a buyer's office with proof that your product moves and that you'll support their floor. Solbari just did that. The win here isn't the expansion announcement; it's the discipline to hire for it before the channel blows up. That's how you take a piece of specialty retail instead of begging for it.\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-2026-06-24t12-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/solbari-2026-06-24t12-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/solbari-2026-06-24t12-3",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ GOLD · Wholesale channel entry with dedicated sales leadership · Solbari\n\nSolbari appoints head of sales to lead U.S. wholesale expansion for UPF sun-protection apparel.\n\nA lot of DTC brands think wholesale means sending a CSV to a distributor. It doesn't. It means hiring someone whose entire job is walking into a buyer's office with proof that your product moves and that you'll support their floor. Solbari just did that. The win here isn't the expansion announcement; it's the discipline to hire for it before the channel blows up. That's how you take a piece of specialty retail instead of begging for it.\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-2026-06-24t12-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/solbari-2026-06-24t12-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/solbari-2026-06-24t12-3",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ GOLD · Wholesale channel entry with dedicated sales leadership · Solbari\n\nSolbari appoints head of sales to lead U.S. wholesale expansion for UPF sun-protection…\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/solbari-2026-06-24t12-3",
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      "title": "Solbari appoints head of sales to lead U.S. wholesale expansion for UPF sun-protection apparel.",
      "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 Business Wire, Australian UPF 50+ sun-protection brand Solbari launched a U.S. wholesale expansion and appointed Grayson Davis as Head of Sales to lead retail growth strategy across specialty retail.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): If you're a DTC brand with a certified product advantage (in Solbari's case, UPF 50+ certification), hiring a dedicated wholesale sales head before you have scale is the move. They spend 100% of their time on three things: relationship building with buyers at specialty retailers (REI, surf shops, outdoor chains), pitch decks that lead with certification and demand proof (social signals, DTC repeat rate), and floor velocity reporting so retailers know your product sells. This hire telegraphs that Solbari is serious about the channel and willing to invest in it. Retailers notice and prioritize brands with boots on the ground.\nWhat that means for you: A lot of DTC brands think wholesale means sending a CSV to a distributor. It doesn't. It means hiring someone whose entire job is walking into a buyer's office with proof that your product moves and that you'll support their floor. Solbari just did that. The win here isn't the expansion announcement; it's the discipline to hire for it before the channel blows up. That's how you take a piece of specialty retail instead of begging for it.\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: 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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