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    <description>Category thinking and retail discipline for the automotive aftermarket aisle.</description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Margin is vanity. GMROI is the real metric — and if you walk into a line review without the math on your SKU vs. the incumbent, the buyer already knows something you don't.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A buyer-ready checklist covering the six things every retail category manager is looking for before they walk into the room — and the three things that will get your line cut before you sit down.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Most automotive categories aren't a question of either/or. The real decision is where in the good-better-best ladder each program lives — and who owns the shelf position.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A dollar doesn't sound like much, but at 1.2M units across a national footprint, that dollar is the difference between a category reset and a contract renewal. Here's the math.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Walmart, AutoZone, and O'Reilly all expect different flavors of EDI. Here's what your 850s, 856s, and 810s actually need to look like — and the chargebacks waiting if they don't.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The best SKUs aren't better versions of the ones already on shelf — they're answers to questions the category manager hasn't asked yet. How to read a planogram for opportunities.]]></description>
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