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  "company": "Nike",
  "headline": "Running category outperforms during 4% revenue decline quarter.",
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  "source_name": "Modern Retail",
  "source_url": "https://www.modernretail.co/operations/running-was-a-bright-spot-for-nike-in-an-otherwise-gloomy-quarter/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Product-Story Play}\n◆ GOLD · Category-specific product momentum · Nike\n\nRunning category outperforms during 4% revenue decline quarter.\n\nif your overall business is softening, isolate the one category that is still moving and treat it like a sub-brand. Double down on its community touchpoints (e.g., if running, partner with a local 5K, seed product to Strava leaders, run a Telegram group for returning buyers). Do not try to fix the whole business; extract and amplify the one part that works. Pull P&L data by category monthly. Identify your 'running' — the SKU or collection that moves even when everything else stalls. Test a loyalty offer (e.g., 'buy three pairs of running shoes, fourth pair 25% off') and watch the repeat order rate. This is category-within-brand focus, not brand-wide pivots.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/nike-2026-10-02t12-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/nike-2026-10-02t12-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/nike-2026-10-02t12-3",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Product-Story Play}\n◆ GOLD · Category-specific product momentum · Nike\n\nRunning category outperforms during 4% revenue decline quarter.\n\nif your overall business is softening, isolate the one category that is still moving and treat it like a sub-brand. Double down on its community touchpoints (e.g., if running, partner with a local 5K, seed product to Strava leaders, run a Telegram group for returning buyers). Do not try to fix the whole business; extract and amplify the one part that works. Pull P&L data by category monthly. Identify your 'running' — the SKU or collection that moves even when everything else stalls. Test a loyalty offer (e.g., 'buy three pairs of running shoes, fourth pair 25% off') and watch the repeat order rate. This is category-within-brand focus, not brand-wide pivots.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/nike-2026-10-02t12-3\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/nike-2026-10-02t12-3\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/nike-2026-10-02t12-3",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Product-Story Play}\n◆ GOLD · Category-specific product momentum · Nike\n\nRunning category outperforms during 4% revenue decline quarter.\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/nike-2026-10-02t12-3",
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      "title": "Running category outperforms during 4% revenue decline quarter.",
      "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 👇\nNike reported year-over-year revenue declines of 4% for the quarter, but running footwear and apparel remained a bright spot in an otherwise sluggish earnings report, per Modern Retail.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if your overall business is softening, isolate the one category that is still moving and treat it like a sub-brand. Double down on its community touchpoints (e.g., if running, partner with a local 5K, seed product to Strava leaders, run a Telegram group for returning buyers). Do not try to fix the whole business; extract and amplify the one part that works. Pull P&L data by category monthly. Identify your 'running' — the SKU or collection that moves even when everything else stalls. Test a loyalty offer (e.g., 'buy three pairs of running shoes, fourth pair 25% off') and watch the repeat order rate. This is category-within-brand focus, not brand-wide pivots.\nWhat that means for you: if your overall business is softening, isolate the one category that is still moving and treat it like a sub-brand. Double down on its community touchpoints (e.g., if running, partner with a local 5K, seed product to Strava leaders, run a Telegram group for returning buyers). Do not try to fix the whole business; extract and amplify the one part that works. Pull P&L data by category monthly. Identify your 'running' — the SKU or collection that moves even when everything else stalls. Test a loyalty offer (e.g., 'buy three pairs of running shoes, fourth pair 25% off') and watch the repeat order rate. This is category-within-brand focus, not brand-wide pivots.\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/operations/running-was-a-bright-spot-for-nike-in-an-otherwise-gloomy-quarter/.)\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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