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  "company": "260 Sample Sale",
  "headline": "Foot traffic jumped at luxury sample events as customers seek discounted designer goods.",
  "topic": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}",
  "source_name": "Modern Retail",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ SILVER · Sample sale event and foot traffic increase · 260 Sample Sale\n\nFoot traffic jumped at luxury sample events as customers seek discounted designer goods.\n\nSample sales aren't new, but they're having a moment because discounters like TJ Maxx have trained buyers that off-price is where the hunt happens. 260 is just the venue—the real leverage is that they curate *which brands* get shown. They've turned themselves into a tastemaker platform for overstock. If you're a smaller brand with seasonal dead stock, getting into a 260-style event is cheaper than running an email campaign.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/260-sample-sale-2026-06-18t00-4\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/260-sample-sale-2026-06-18t00-4\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/260-sample-sale-2026-06-18t00-4",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ SILVER · Sample sale event and foot traffic increase · 260 Sample Sale\n\nFoot traffic jumped at luxury sample events as customers seek discounted designer goods.\n\nSample sales aren't new, but they're having a moment because discounters like TJ Maxx have trained buyers that off-price is where the hunt happens. 260 is just the venue—the real leverage is that they curate *which brands* get shown. They've turned themselves into a tastemaker platform for overstock. If you're a smaller brand with seasonal dead stock, getting into a 260-style event is cheaper than running an email campaign.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/260-sample-sale-2026-06-18t00-4\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/260-sample-sale-2026-06-18t00-4\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/260-sample-sale-2026-06-18t00-4",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ SILVER · Sample sale event and foot traffic increase · 260 Sample Sale\n\nFoot traffic jumped at luxury sample events as customers seek discounted designer…\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/260-sample-sale-2026-06-18t00-4",
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      "title": "Foot traffic jumped at luxury sample events as customers seek discounted designer goods.",
      "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 Modern Retail, 260 Sample Sale, which hosts sample sales for brands like Balmain and Diane von Furstenberg, saw increased foot traffic and demand from both brands and customers.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): the event format creates permission for a lower price. A customer paying 40% less for a dress feels smart, not like they're buying overstock—they're hunting. The window (two weeks, one weekend) compresses the decision. Run this: if you have backstock or last season's product, don't trickle it out via email. Host a single-day or weekend sample event. Cap the hours, announce the date 10 days ahead, and price at 30–50% off. The event framing turns discount into treasure hunt.\nWhat that means for you: Sample sales aren't new, but they're having a moment because discounters like TJ Maxx have trained buyers that off-price is where the hunt happens. 260 is just the venue—the real leverage is that they curate *which brands* get shown. They've turned themselves into a tastemaker platform for overstock. If you're a smaller brand with seasonal dead stock, getting into a 260-style event is cheaper than running an email campaign.\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/260-sample-sale-sees-foot-traffic-jump-as-luxury-customers-seek-value/.)\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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