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  "company": "The Nue Co.",
  "headline": "Fragrance sales jumped from 20% to 85% of revenue through Ulta partnership.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Category pivot via retail partnership · The Nue Co.\n\nFragrance sales jumped from 20% to 85% of revenue through Ulta partnership.\n\nThis is what happens when a legacy brand with real products meets a buyer who understands their customer. The Nue Co. had fragrance sitting on their site doing fine—not great, but fine. Ulta didn't discover it; they stocked it, showed it, and let their loyalty engine pull. That's not magic. That's retail competence. A lot of founders are scared of wholesale because they think it means giving up margin. What it actually means is letting a partner with 10 million active members do the selling for you.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/the-nue-co-2026-07-20t00-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/the-nue-co-2026-07-20t00-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/the-nue-co-2026-07-20t00-2",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PLATINUM · Category pivot via retail partnership · The Nue Co.\n\nFragrance sales jumped from 20% to 85% of revenue through Ulta partnership.\n\nThis is what happens when a legacy brand with real products meets a buyer who understands their customer. The Nue Co. had fragrance sitting on their site doing fine—not great, but fine. Ulta didn't discover it; they stocked it, showed it, and let their loyalty engine pull. That's not magic. That's retail competence. A lot of founders are scared of wholesale because they think it means giving up margin. What it actually means is letting a partner with 10 million active members do the selling for you.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/the-nue-co-2026-07-20t00-2\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/the-nue-co-2026-07-20t00-2\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/the-nue-co-2026-07-20t00-2",
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      "title": "Fragrance sales jumped from 20% to 85% of revenue through Ulta partnership.",
      "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 👇\nThe Nue Co. shifted its business mix dramatically: fragrance sales grew from 20% of total net sales two years ago to an expected 85% this year, driven by expanded shelf space and marketing support at Ulta Beauty.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): a single retail partnership can rebalance your entire P&L. The Nue Co. didn't invent a new fragrance to hit 85% of sales—they gave Ulta an existing product and Ulta's distribution and loyalty reach did the work. If you have a SKU that sells, but not at scale, audit your top three retail partners' loyalty programs and in-store placement budgets. Ask for dedicated shelf space for one category, not a whole brand launch. Propose a 90-day test with a specific sales target; give them the inventory commitment in writing.\nWhat that means for you: This is what happens when a legacy brand with real products meets a buyer who understands their customer. The Nue Co. had fragrance sitting on their site doing fine—not great, but fine. Ulta didn't discover it; they stocked it, showed it, and let their loyalty engine pull. That's not magic. That's retail competence. A lot of founders are scared of wholesale because they think it means giving up margin. What it actually means is letting a partner with 10 million active members do the selling for you.\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 — Glossy: https://www.glossy.co/beauty/the-nue-co-ulta-fragrance-growth/?utm_campaign=glossydis&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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