A Peloton Bike inside a showroom in New York, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Peloton Interactive Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on November 2. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A number of private equity firms have been considering a buyout of Peloton as the connected fitness company looks to refinance … Read more
From a CEO change to announcing staff layoffs, it’s been a bumpy couple of days for Peloton. On Thursday, Peloton announced it is laying off 15% of its global staff, which will affect around 400 employees. The company also plans to continue to close retail showrooms in an effort to “align the company’s cost structure … Read more
Peloton announced Thursday that CEO Barry McCarthy will be stepping down and the company will lay off 15% of its staff because it “simply had no other way to bring its spending in line with its revenue.” McCarthy, a former Spotify and Netflix executive, will become a strategic advisor to Peloton through the end of … Read more
A stationary bicycle inside of a Peloton store is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 25, 2022. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Peloton has quietly removed its unlimited free membership tier on its fitness app less than a year after it debuted because the initiative was failing to convert users into … Read more
A person walks past a sales advertisement at Saks Off 5th department store ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday sales in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 21, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images In the months before Bed Bath & Beyond declared bankruptcy last April, the former home goods titan was trapped in a crushing … Read more
Harun Ozalp | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Former Twitter exec Nick Caldwell is suing Elon Musk and X, alleging a breach of contract and a failure to pay severance and benefits he was owed after resigning from the company in 2022. In the suit, filed in a California federal court on Wednesday, attorneys for … Read more
Bob Iger poses with Mickey Mouse attends Mickey’s 90th Spectacular at The Shrine Auditorium on October 6, 2018 in Los Angeles. Valerie Macon | AFP | Getty Images Disney shareholders on Wednesday will settle a long-simmering proxy battle led by billionaire investor Nelson Peltz. Voters will decide whether the company’s board deserves another year together, … Read more
The direct-to-consumer boom is coming to an end. A once-bustling group of companies, backed by billions in venture capital funding, saw a record year for IPOs in 2021. Now, three years later, most of those direct-to-consumer, or DTC, companies still struggle with profitability. “It’s that profitability angle now that demarcates the winners in DTC from … Read more
Peloton managed to turn a gross profit off of its pricey connected fitness products for a second quarter in a row, but the company said Thursday it expects more challenges ahead after it failed to reach a number of goals CEO Barry McCarthy outlined a year ago. The retailer delivered mixed results for its holiday … Read more
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Rates and robots For the main factors driving stocks, there are few bigger weeks than the one ahead. The Federal Reserve, which has so far succeeded in its push to curb inflation without triggering a recession in the U.S., … Read more
