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  "company": "Target",
  "headline": "New beauty assortment includes almost no Black-owned brands despite emergence focus.",
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  "source_name": "Modern Retail",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PAPER · Equity gap in retail curation · Target\n\nNew beauty assortment includes almost no Black-owned brands despite emergence focus.\n\nThis is not a scandal — it is a pattern. Retail curation defaults to lazy. If you are outside the default network, the move is to build yours. Waiting for representation is not a strategy.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/target-2026-08-28t06-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/target-2026-08-28t06-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/target-2026-08-28t06-7",
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      "title": "New beauty assortment includes almost no Black-owned brands despite emergence focus.",
      "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 👇\nTarget's refreshed beauty assortment aims to promote emerging brands but includes very few from Black entrepreneurs — of 90 listed brands, representation is negligible, per Modern Retail.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if you are a Black-owned or underrepresented beauty brand, do not wait for Target's next refresh. Build your own direct channel, run a paid social test with $500, and measure if you can acquire a repeat customer for under $15. If yes, you have proof of concept — use that to approach independent retailers, Sephora, or direct-to-consumer channels. Retail discovery is slowing; owned channels are faster. Proof moves faster than equity statements.\nWhat that means for you: This is not a scandal — it is a pattern. Retail curation defaults to lazy. If you are outside the default network, the move is to build yours. Waiting for representation is not a strategy.\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 — Modern Retail: https://www.modernretail.co/marketing/targets-new-beauty-selection-has-almost-no-black-owned-brands/?utm_campaign=modernretaildis&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=general-rss.)\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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