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  "company": "Solbari",
  "headline": "Australian sun-protection brand enters U.S. wholesale with dedicated sales lead.",
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  "source_name": "Business Wire (via Morning Star)",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Wholesale expansion · Solbari\n\nAustralian sun-protection brand enters U.S. wholesale with dedicated sales lead.\n\nhire the sales lead before scaling wholesale, not after the first retail contact. Solbari appointed Davis as Head of Sales to lead the expansion, meaning the wholesale strategy is built into the hire, not bolted on. This prevents the common founder-led mistake of selling to retail while running DTC—it splits focus. Dedicate a hire, give them retail KPIs, and watch placement velocity rise because someone owns it full-time.\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-2026-06-28t12-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/solbari-2026-06-28t12-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/solbari-2026-06-28t12-2",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Wholesale expansion · Solbari\n\nAustralian sun-protection brand enters U.S. wholesale with dedicated sales lead.\n\nhire the sales lead before scaling wholesale, not after the first retail contact. Solbari appointed Davis as Head of Sales to lead the expansion, meaning the wholesale strategy is built into the hire, not bolted on. This prevents the common founder-led mistake of selling to retail while running DTC—it splits focus. Dedicate a hire, give them retail KPIs, and watch placement velocity rise because someone owns it full-time.\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-2026-06-28t12-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/solbari-2026-06-28t12-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/solbari-2026-06-28t12-2",
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      "title": "Australian sun-protection brand enters U.S. wholesale with dedicated sales lead.",
      "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 protection brand, appointed Grayson Davis as Head of Sales to lead U.S. wholesale expansion into specialty retail, per Business Wire. The move reflects growing demand for certified daily sun-safe apparel.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): hire the sales lead before scaling wholesale, not after the first retail contact. Solbari appointed Davis as Head of Sales to lead the expansion, meaning the wholesale strategy is built into the hire, not bolted on. This prevents the common founder-led mistake of selling to retail while running DTC—it splits focus. Dedicate a hire, give them retail KPIs, and watch placement velocity rise because someone owns it full-time.\nWhat that means for you: hire the sales lead before scaling wholesale, not after the first retail contact. Solbari appointed Davis as Head of Sales to lead the expansion, meaning the wholesale strategy is built into the hire, not bolted on. This prevents the common founder-led mistake of selling to retail while running DTC—it splits focus. Dedicate a hire, give them retail KPIs, and watch placement velocity rise because someone owns it full-time.\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 (via 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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