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  "company": "Academy Sports and Outdoors, Fabletics, COS",
  "headline": "Retailers expand same-day delivery and international presence as omnichannel baseline.",
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  "source_name": "Retail Dive",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Multi-channel distribution scaling · Academy Sports and Outdoors, Fabletics, COS\n\nRetailers expand same-day delivery and international presence as omnichannel baseline.\n\nThe days of picking one channel and going all-in are over. Every brand that is growing is now on DTC + retail + some kind of fast delivery. It is not complicated; it is just administrative work. Instacart is a logistics layer, not a new business. You already have inventory — you are just giving it a different path to the buyer. The brands that are still 'we are DTC, we are not doing retail' are losing to retailers who show up everywhere.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/academy-sports-and-outdoors-fabletics-cos-2026-08-14t06-6\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/academy-sports-and-outdoors-fabletics-cos-2026-08-14t06-6\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/academy-sports-and-outdoors-fabletics-cos-2026-08-14t06-6",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Multi-channel distribution scaling · Academy Sports and Outdoors, Fabletics, COS\n\nRetailers expand same-day delivery and i…\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/academy-sports-and-outdoors-fabletics-cos-2026-08-14t06-6",
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      "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 👇\nAcademy Sports tapped Instacart for same-day delivery, Fabletics plans to triple its international retail footprint, and COS expands North American presence through owned stores and e-commerce partnerships, per Retail Dive and WWD.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if you are selling physical product and only on one or two channels, you are leaving revenue on the floor. Map your customer journey: where do they search (Google, TikTok, Instagram, Amazon)? Where do they buy (DTC, retail, reseller)? Where do they expect to pick it up (home, store, locker)? Set up at least three of these: your site, one retail partner, one logistics partner (Instacart, Shopify fulfillment, dropship). You do not need to be at all three at launch; add one per quarter. Each channel teaches you about a different buyer segment.\nWhat that means for you: The days of picking one channel and going all-in are over. Every brand that is growing is now on DTC + retail + some kind of fast delivery. It is not complicated; it is just administrative work. Instacart is a logistics layer, not a new business. You already have inventory — you are just giving it a different path to the buyer. The brands that are still 'we are DTC, we are not doing retail' are losing to retailers who show up everywhere.\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/academy-sports-and-outdoors-instacart-same-day-delivery/827796/.)\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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