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  "company": "Torrid",
  "headline": "Apparel brand deploys direct mail and in-store reactivation for customer recovery.",
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  "source_name": "Retail Dive",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Email & DM Funnel}\n◆ GOLD · Omnichannel reactivation campaign · Torrid\n\nApparel brand deploys direct mail and in-store reactivation for customer recovery.\n\nDirect mail to a lapsed customer list feels like a 2005 move until you run the math. A lapsed customer already knows your brand—they just stopped. An email saying 'come back' lands in a crowded inbox. A postcard in their mailbox is a physical object, a signal that a brand remembers they exist. Torrid is treating mail not as a mass channel but as a precision tool for a segment email can't crack anymore. The operator move: pull your 'inactive 6+ months' list right now, print a postcard for the top 30% by lifetime value, and watch the response rate. Do not compare to acquisition mail; compare to the reactivation email you were already sending.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/torrid-2026-06-07t21-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/torrid-2026-06-07t21-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/torrid-2026-06-07t21-3",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Email & DM Funnel}\n◆ GOLD · Omnichannel reactivation campaign · Torrid\n\nApparel brand deploys direct mail and in-store reactivation for customer recovery.\n\nDirect mail to a lapsed customer list feels like a 2005 move until you run the math. A lapsed customer already knows your brand—they just stopped. An email saying 'come back' lands in a crowded inbox. A postcard in their mailbox is a physical object, a signal that a brand remembers they exist. Torrid is treating mail not as a mass channel but as a precision tool for a segment email can't crack anymore. The operator move: pull your 'inactive 6+ months' list right now, print a postcard for the top 30% by lifetime value, and watch the response rate. Do not compare to acquisition mail; compare to the reactivation email you were already sending.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/torrid-2026-06-07t21-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/torrid-2026-06-07t21-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/torrid-2026-06-07t21-3",
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      "title": "Apparel brand deploys direct mail and in-store reactivation for customer recovery.",
      "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 Retail Dive, Torrid used postal mail and mall visits in Q1 as a two-pronged customer acquisition and reactivation strategy, citing both as core initiatives in earnings.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): segment your email list into 'active last 90 days' and 'inactive 6+ months.' For the inactive segment, stop emailing and start mailing. Postcard to the address on file, offer a single reason to return (new size range, new category, seasonal event), include a unique code. Simultaneously, identify your top 5 metro areas by historical customer concentration and run a one-week in-store event in each. The mail piece drives them to the event. Mail is 3% response, but the responders are warm. Cost per acquisition is lower on reactivation mail than on cold email.\nWhat that means for you: Direct mail to a lapsed customer list feels like a 2005 move until you run the math. A lapsed customer already knows your brand—they just stopped. An email saying 'come back' lands in a crowded inbox. A postcard in their mailbox is a physical object, a signal that a brand remembers they exist. Torrid is treating mail not as a mass channel but as a precision tool for a segment email can't crack anymore. The operator move: pull your 'inactive 6+ months' list right now, print a postcard for the top 30% by lifetime value, and watch the response rate. Do not compare to acquisition mail; compare to the reactivation email you were already sending.\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 — Retail Dive: https://www.retaildive.com/news/torrid-mail-mall-customer-acquisition-reactivation-q1-earnings/822120/.)\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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