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  "headline": "Testing higher-performing digital ad placements to build retail media business.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PAPER · In-store digital screen rollout · Walgreens\n\nTesting higher-performing digital ad placements to build retail media business.\n\nThis is still in the watch phase — Walgreens is running it as a test, not a permanent fixture yet. But the pattern is clear: every major retailer that has built a profitable retail media business started with digital screens. Kroger proved it works. Walgreens is next. The brands that figure out which placements convert first will have the cheapest edge before media inflation. It's early enough that you're not paying premium rates yet.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/walgreens-2026-09-12t12-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/walgreens-2026-09-12t12-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/walgreens-2026-09-12t12-7",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Retail & Shelf Play}\n◆ PAPER · In-store digital screen rollout · Walgreens\n\nTesting higher-performing digital ad placements to build retail media business.\n\nThis is still in the watch phase — Walgreens is running it as a test, not a permanent fixture yet. But the pattern is clear: every major retailer that has built a profitable retail media business started with digital screens. Kroger proved it works. Walgreens is next. The brands that figure out which placements convert first will have the cheapest edge before media inflation. It's early enough that you're not paying premium rates yet.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/walgreens-2026-09-12t12-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/walgreens-2026-09-12t12-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/walgreens-2026-09-12t12-7",
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      "title": "Testing higher-performing digital ad placements to build retail media business.",
      "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 👇\nWalgreens is expanding digital in-store advertising screens and prioritizing 'higher-performing' ad placements as part of its retail media strategy, per Modern Retail.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): digital screens in pharmacy and checkout are emerging test beds for retail media. Early data suggests screens at checkout and in the pharmacy line convert better than generic aisle screens because the shopper is closer to the buying moment and the dwell time is longer. If you're a CPG brand, test Walgreens' digital media before you assume all retail media placements are equal. Placement and context matter more than reach.\nWhat that means for you: This is still in the watch phase — Walgreens is running it as a test, not a permanent fixture yet. But the pattern is clear: every major retailer that has built a profitable retail media business started with digital screens. Kroger proved it works. Walgreens is next. The brands that figure out which placements convert first will have the cheapest edge before media inflation. It's early enough that you're not paying premium rates yet.\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/walgreens-says-its-focused-on-higher-peforming-ad-placements-as-it-tries-again-with-digital-screens/?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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