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  "headline": "Bath & Body Works expands Ulta placement to all stores for holiday season.",
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  "source_name": "Retail Dive",
  "source_url": "https://www.retaildive.com/news/bath-body-works-ulta-beauty-pink-suede/833214/",
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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 👇\nBath & Body Works expanded its partnership with Ulta Beauty from a limited number of stores to all Ulta locations for the holidays, per Retail Dive.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): most traditional beauty brands only expand wholesale during peak season (holiday, summer). Bath & Body Works did the reverse: it used all-store expansion to signal to Ulta buyers that the partnership was permanent, not promotional. The mechanic for a smaller brand: do not ask for national distribution in year one. Propose a single-season, single-region test with a specific retailer — say, 15 stores in California. Agree on inventory floor (minimum units the retailer commits to stocking), co-op spend (how much you'll pay toward in-store displays), and sell-through target (% of inventory that must move). If the test hits the target, you earn expansion to the next tier — say, 75 stores across three regions. Bath & Body Works' multi-region approach signals that the brand is scaling retail presence strategically, not desperately. Retailers respect that discipline.\nWhat that means for you: most traditional beauty brands only expand wholesale during peak season (holiday, summer). Bath & Body Works did the reverse: it used all-store expansion to signal to Ulta buyers that the partnership was permanent, not promotional. The mechanic for a smaller brand: do not ask for national distribution in year one. Propose a single-season, single-region test with a specific retailer — say, 15 stores in California. Agree on inventory floor (minimum units the retailer commits to stocking), co-op spend (how much you'll pay toward in-store displays), and sell-through target (% of inventory that must move). If the test hits the target, you earn expansion to the next tier — say, 75 stores across three regions. Bath & Body Works' multi-region approach signals that the brand is scaling retail presence strategically, not desperately. Retailers respect that discipline.\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/bath-body-works-ulta-beauty-pink-suede/833214/.)\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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