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  "company": "Coterie",
  "headline": "DTC babycare brand pushes into retail under new leadership, per Ad Age.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ SILVER · Omnichannel distribution expansion · Coterie\n\nDTC babycare brand pushes into retail under new leadership, per Ad Age.\n\nCoterie going into retail is a cheat code for a DTC founder: you keep your email list and your 60% DTC margins, and you let retail do the heavy lifting for acquisition and convenience. The playbook works if and only if your repeat rate supports it. If your customers buy once a year, retail won't save you. If they buy every month, retail is a growth channel you've been ignoring. Lindsey Kling's hire tells you Coterie has the unit repeat to back the bet.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/coterie-2026-09-17t12-4\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/coterie-2026-09-17t12-4\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/coterie-2026-09-17t12-4",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ SILVER · Omnichannel distribution expansion · Coterie\n\nDTC babycare brand pushes into retail under new leadership, per Ad Age.\n\nCoterie going into retail is a cheat code for a DTC founder: you keep your email list and your 60% DTC margins, and you let retail do the heavy lifting for acquisition and convenience. The playbook works if and only if your repeat rate supports it. If your customers buy once a year, retail won't save you. If they buy every month, retail is a growth channel you've been ignoring. Lindsey Kling's hire tells you Coterie has the unit repeat to back the bet.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/coterie-2026-09-17t12-4\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/coterie-2026-09-17t12-4\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/coterie-2026-09-17t12-4",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ SILVER · Omnichannel distribution expansion · Coterie\n\nDTC babycare brand pushes into retail under new leadership, per Ad Age.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/coterie-2026-09-17t12-4",
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      "title": "DTC babycare brand pushes into retail under new leadership, per Ad Age.",
      "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 👇\nCoterie, a DTC baby-care brand, is expanding into retail distribution under the direction of leader Lindsey Kling, per Ad Age.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): baby products are the highest-repeat category in DTC. Parents run out every 3-4 weeks. If Coterie can hold a 30-35%+ gross margin on wholesale SKUs while keeping DTC margins at 60%+, the path to profitability is instant. The move is not about capturing new customers — it's about meeting existing customers where they shop (convenience, near home, impulse). Audit your own repeat-purchase cohorts: if 40%+ of your buyer base is reordering within 60 days, retail distribution is available to you. Don't wait for a VC round. Approach a regional pharmacy chain or grocery wholesaler directly with a 6-month trial: 20 doors, you handle inventory, they handle shelf. Use that data to approach nationals.\nWhat that means for you: Coterie going into retail is a cheat code for a DTC founder: you keep your email list and your 60% DTC margins, and you let retail do the heavy lifting for acquisition and convenience. The playbook works if and only if your repeat rate supports it. If your customers buy once a year, retail won't save you. If they buy every month, retail is a growth channel you've been ignoring. Lindsey Kling's hire tells you Coterie has the unit repeat to back the bet.\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 — Ad Age: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihwFBVV95cUxQV3E0LTEtMmtYZU5EZjFYNFRJTlN0WGtCUFRZWUVuUm1NVmFiS1Y1elJteEFkRmNHRGVEU0YyZmlpb3IzRUpScE1TRUdIQ0t1eVFaTEZrXzkxamw3clM0d2VhRHRBdmdwU010ZnhJRHk5NFhSY0NGOTVKZm56V2hJWlZ1X0pweDA?oc=5.)\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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