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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 paid subscribers, the company said. People who signed up for the company's unlimited free membership before it was removed will continue to have access to it, Peloton said. McCarthy, a former Netflix and Spotify executive, had long wanted a free tier on the company's app. Soon after, the unlimited free tier was no longer available. While app subscribers declined during Peloton's fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31, Coddington said the company still "believe[s]" in its app strategy and it remains "an important part of the business."
Persons: Barry McCarthy, McCarthy, Morgan, Liz Coddington, Coddington, we'll Organizations: Netflix, Spotify Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S
A handful of new lounges opened by credit card issuers, including Capital One and American Express, have recently landed in airports across the United States, promising posh spots of refuge for select travelers awaiting their flights. At La Guardia Airport, caviar service will be available for pre-order. At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, travelers can get complimentary massages, and at Denver International Airport, there are nap pods. Broadly, there are three types of airport lounges available to travelers: airline operated; shared-use spaces that aren’t limited to one airline or frequent flier status (think Priority Pass); and credit card lounges. For more than a decade, American Express was the only credit card issuer with lounges in the United States.
Persons: , Audrey Hendley, Chase Organizations: Capital, American Express, La Guardia, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Denver International Airport, Jackson, Chase Sapphire Locations: United States, La Guardia Airport
A group of former McDonald's workers reunited at their old restaurant 50 years later. AdvertisementA group of former McDonald's workers went back to their old restaurant in Missouri for a "Class of 1975" reunion to mark nearly 50 years since they worked together. Courtesy of McDonald'sElhoffer was 16 when she started working at the Hazelwood restaurant, she told BI. AdvertisementThey became close friends while working at the restaurant, Elhoffer said, with some of them playing on the restaurant's softball team. AdvertisementCourtesy of McDonald'sThe biggest change since she started working at McDonald's has been the introduction of drive-thrus, Elhoffer said.
Persons: , Joan Elhoffer, Elhoffer, they'd, McDonald's, St Louis . Seven Organizations: Service, Michelin, McDonald's, Hamburger University, St Louis Locations: Missouri, Hazelwood, Arkansas , Florida , Ohio, Tennessee, St, McDonald's
Jamie Dimon, one of the world’s most influential business leaders, is worried. The PE boom: The shrinking public market has private equity to blame — funds that pool money from investors to acquire or invest in companies. When a PE fund buys a public company, it takes that company private. The number of private companies in the US backed by PE firms has grown from 1,900 to 11,200 over the last two decades, according to JPMorgan data. Dimon’s company, of course, makes a huge amount of money from taking companies public, so he’s not exactly an impartial observer.
Persons: Jamie Dimon, , Matthew Kennedy, Dimon, , it’s, Russell, Lewis, Glass Lewis, Wells, aren’t, Matt Egan, Donald Trump’s, That’s, Reddit, , Read, Biden, Joe Biden’s, Sam Fossum, Anna Cooban, ” Biden Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan, Renaissance, PE, ” Companies, Companies, Harvard Law, Corporate, Institutional, Services, Deutsche Börse, Peloton Capital, CNN, ISS, Social, Trump Media & Technology Group, Trump, Trump Media, Twitter, White, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Locations: New York, United States, America, German, Arizona,
In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPeloton, Saks and other retailers paying vendors late, showing signs of credit riskCNBC’s Gabby Fonrouge joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss data from business firm Creditsafe showing Peloton, Saks, Express and Bath & Body Works have routinely failed to pay their vendors on time.
Persons: Gabby Fonrouge Organizations: Saks, Body Works Locations: Express
To be sure, late payments don't always signal financial troubles. Creditsafe spokesperson Ragini Bhalla said payment data is only one factor the firm considers when assessing a company's financial health. Though the data "doesn't represent a company's total trading behavior, analysis has proven that it is hugely predictive of a company's financial health and creditworthiness," Bhalla said. "When the number of late payments increases like this, it's often indicative of financial challenges and poor cash flow forecasting," Creditsafe said. While Saks often made late payments last year, its on-time payments have dropped significantly since October 2023, the firm said.
Persons: Saul Loeb, Perry Mandarino, Mandarino, Creditsafe, Ragini Bhalla, Bhalla, Barry McCarthy, Simeon Siegel, Siegel, he's, Peloton's DPO, Marc Metrick, Metrick, Mark Still, Stewart Glendinning, Tim Baxter Organizations: Saks, Washington , D.C, AFP, Getty, Bed, RadioShack, CNBC, Retailers, Body, Body Works, Riley Securities, BMO Capital Markets, Business of Fashion, HBC, Express, Street, Creditsafe, Economic Security, IRS, New York Stock Exchange, Bath Locations: Washington ,, Express, Creditsafe, U.S
CNBC Daily Open: Disney wins proxy showdown
  + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Clement Tan | In Clemtan | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Nick Caldwell, now chief product officer at Peloton, is claiming Musk and X "cheated" him and other executives out of a combined $200,000,000 in severance benefits. This lawsuit is similar to the one filed by other Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, claiming they were owed $128 million in unpaid severance. [PRO] Autos winnersA Tesla short-seller named two auto stocks that he believes have the potential to deliver 100% upside for investors.
Persons: Robert Iger, Mickey Mouse, Jerome Powell, Steve Cohen, David Einhorn, Elon Musk, Nick Caldwell, Parag Agrawal, Tesla Organizations: Walt Disney Company, New, Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, CNBC, Dow Jones, Intel, Nasdaq, Fed, U.S, Elon, Twitter Locations: Children's Hospital Los, Los Angeles , California
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. Caldwell's suit is similar to one filed by former Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, who claim they are owed $128 million in unpaid severance. "With no factual basis, Musk simply accused Mr. Caldwell of misconduct as a ploy to evade paying him millions of dollars in severance benefits that Musk/Twitter owed to Mr. Caldwell," his attorneys wrote. A few days before his resignation from Twitter, Caldwell shared a post on social media saying, "My wife and soulmate Tia Caldwell passed away suddenly the 15th of October. Read the full complaint — Nicholas Caldwell v. Elon Musk, X Corp. et al (Case 3:24-cv-02022) — below.
Persons: Nick Caldwell, Elon Musk, Caldwell, Parag Agrawal, Musk, Twitter, Brian Bjelde, Lindsay Chapman, Dhruv Batura, didn't, soulmate Tia Caldwell, Read, Nicholas Caldwell Organizations: Twitter, SpaceX, Tesla, CNBC, X Corp Locations: California
Direct-to-consumer brands – household names like HelloFresh, Peloton, Allbirds, Stitch Fix, Warby Parker and Rent the Runway, which cut out traditional retailers, wholesalers and other middlemen – have been falling. Investors shied away from high-growth stocks and retreated into companies with solid fundamentals and, most importantly, lots of profit. The problem is that none of these direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies have managed to make the transition to profitability themselves. Rent the Runway was down $114 million, and mattress company Purple lost about $121 million. Other companies, like SmileDirectClub, which went public in 2019, and Winc, a wine subscription company that went public in 2021, have declared bankruptcy.
Persons: Allbirds, Warby Parker, don’t, they’ll, , Ben Cogan, they’ve, Cogan, Casper, , it’s, Sesame, Michael Botta, Tesla, Chris Isidore, Elon Organizations: New, New York CNN, Agora, CNN, Hubble, Venture, , Companies, Wonder Group, Durational Capital Management, Costco, Western, Tesla Locations: New York
Trian claims Disney's board has failed to generate sufficient returns in recent years as subscription streaming losses have mounted and traditional TV subscribers have declined. Early vote countBoth Disney and Trian received support from influential shareholders ahead of Wednesday's meeting. Roughly one-third of Disney's shareholders are retail shareholders, who historically vote in small numbers in annual meetings. The arrangement still raised questions about ValueAct's support for the company and whether Disney's board should have disclosed the prior relationship. WATCH: Disney board battle reaches final moments
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Adam Grant and Robin Arzón want to reclaim the phrase "hustle culture." But there's a healthier way to approach the concept of "hustling," according to Grant, a Wharton organizational psychologist, and Arzón, vice president of fitness programming at Peloton. In other words, working hard and taking care of yourself don't have to be mutually exclusive. What "so many people get wrong" is that "they contrast hustle culture with self-care," Grant added, noting that "there's a difference between intensity and volume." That's the kind of hustle Arzón supports and implements in her own life, she said.
Persons: Adam Grant, Robin Arzón, Grant Locations: Wharton
Why are bidets just now getting popular in America?
  + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
It took a toilet paper shortage for some to come around to the 18th-century invention. A common reason why bidets aren’t used in the US is that during World War 2, American soldiers saw brothels utilizing bidets. Big Toilet PaperWhen the great toilet paper shortage hit in 2020, many Americans realized there could be another way to clean themselves. Using toilet paper had seemed, somehow, American, with toilet paper jokes a staple in bathroom humor and “TP-ing” a stereotypical rite of passage for teens. With the toilet paper mania, she decided to kill two birds with one stone and splurge on a Tushy.
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"I never know what's going to hit and what's going to be a miss. Below, Kaling shares her morning routine, the downsides of email, as well as the best advice Oprah ever gave her. Mindy Kaling's coffee-free morning routineDespite juggling numerous TV and film projects, Kaling doesn't use caffeine to fuel her creativity. Instead, Kaling gets her boost from working out first thing in the morning. The drawbacks of emailFor Kaling, email is a blessing for managing her busy schedule.
Persons: Mindy Kaling, Kaling, Oprah, Mindy Kaling's, I've, Dave J Hogan Organizations: College Girls, CNBC, Sharpie, Getty
It's a twist on the traditional vacation rental resort. Carly CaramannaEvermore is an alternative to traditional vacation rentals because it offers rental homes and villas for big groups but operates like a hotel. It's a great find, especially as short-term rentals are in demand, but many guests are turning away from Airbnbs that can come with strict rules and steep cleaning fees. The Evermore can house a big group — up to 32 people — while offering hotel perks, like on-site housekeeping, security, and access to amenities. Plus, the resort has multiple pools, a championship golf course, a food hall, a spa, and a Peloton studio.
Persons: Carly Caramanna Evermore, It's
BowFlex files for bankruptcy
  + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
New York CNN —Peloton isn’t the only at-home exercise equipment company feeling the pain: BowFlex is too, announcing Tuesday that it has filed for bankruptcy. BowFlex blamed its bankruptcy on the “post-pandemic environment and persistent macroeconomic headwinds” and said it received interest from “multiple” companies but chose Johnson Health Tech because it will “maximize value for our stakeholders through this process.”A $25 million debtor-in-possession financing will allow BowFlex (BFX) to operate normally and keep its employees paid. Johnson Health Tech makes similar exercise equipment under the Matrix, Horizon Fitness and Vision Fitness brands. Washington-based BowFlex makes several products, including treadmills, ellipticals and its well-known home-gym contraption that lets people do more than 70 weight-based exercises. Peloton said last month that its turnaround plan isn’t going as planned and NordicTrack-owner iFit scrapped its plans to go public in 2022.
Persons: BowFlex, Johnson, iFit Organizations: New, New York CNN, Johnson Health Tech, Fitness, Nautilus Locations: New York, Taiwan, Washington
A nurse practitioner at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, he and a colleague did a study on treadmill burns in children who were treated at the hospital. The 2017 study, published in the Journal of Burn Care & Research, found treadmill burns were more severe than burns from touching a hot stovetop. “What struck us most was that these treadmill burns were very deep and hard to heal,” Noffsinger said. Top treadmill safety measuresFortunately, it’s relatively easy to use a treadmill safely, experts said. “You should never have a child in the same room as an operating treadmill,” Stevenson said.
Persons: CNN —, , Clark Stevenson, CPSC, Dana Noffsinger, ” Noffsinger, “ We’ve, Noffsinger, Stevenson, , Kyle Firmstone, Firmstone, ” Firmstone, “ I’ve, ” Stevenson, “ That’s, Melanie Radzicki McManus Organizations: CNN, US Consumer Product Safety, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Burn Care, Research Locations: Memphis , Tennessee, Columbus , Ohio, New York City
Is the golden age of direct-to-consumer over?
  + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Devan Burris | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIs the golden age of direct-to-consumer over? After booming in the 2010s direct-to-consumer companies like Casper, Away, Allbirds and Peloton have struggled with profitability, layoffs and the climbing cost of online advertising. Watch the above video to learn where DTC goes from here after a rocky two year stretch.
Locations: Casper
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. "One of the problems with a lot of direct-to-consumer companies is they're not profitable and a number of them don't really have a convincing pathway to profitability. With the cohort came a huge wave of venture capital funding, propped up by low interest rates. As the Covid-19 pandemic moved most shopping online, venture capital funds were all-in on digital native direct-to-consumer companies.
Persons: GlobalData Retail's, Neil Saunders, Warby Parker, Casper Organizations: IPOs, CNBC, Wonder Group Locations: ThredUp
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Friday, helped by optimism about technology shares following a Wall Street rally led by big tech stocks. On Wall Street, U.S. stocks bounced back in a widespread rally following their worst day since September. Such data could give the Federal Reserve more of the evidence it wants of a slowdown in inflation before it will deliver the cuts to interest rates that investors crave. Traders are increasingly betting the Federal Reserve will begin cutting interest rates in May, after pushing back expectations from March. High interest rates intentionally slow the economy, and they undercut prices for investments.
Persons: Australia's, Korea's Kospi, Merck, Etsy Organizations: TOKYO, Nikkei, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Microsoft, Big Tech, Apple, Meta, Facebook, Federal, crave, Elliott Investment Management, , New York Community Bancorp, Valley Bank, Signature Bank, New York Community Bancorp, Institute for Supply Management, Traders, Federal Reserve, Fed, New York Mercantile Exchange, Brent, U.S . Locations: Shanghai, U.S, ,
Merck — Jim Cramer described Merck's results as a "monster quarter," pointing out cancer drug Keytruda, which saw sales up double digits on a percentage basis. The CNBC Investing Club portfolio owns a few health- and drug-related stocks, including the outperforming Eli Lilly . It had been a "miss, miss, miss," but now that Covid is over people are doing things they put off. Steinberg "helped turnaround Pinterest," Jim said, adding that he sees Etsy at around $73 per share as a buy. Jim said, "It's a show me story and they have not shown me yet."
Persons: Merck, Jim Cramer, Eli Lilly, Jim, he's, Marc Steinberg, Elliot, Steinberg Organizations: CNBC, Club, Royal Caribbean, Elliot Management
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMorning meeting rapid fire: Merck, Align, Royal Caribbean, Etsy, PelotonJim Cramer runs through five stocks in the news Thursday.
Persons: Jim Cramer Organizations: Merck Locations: Royal Caribbean
Sales fell to $744 million in the second quarter, which company executives consider its most important quarter. That amounts to a 6% decline from a year ago and a whopping 34% fall from two years ago. New York-based Peloton lost 54 cents per share in the period and hasn't posted a quarterly per-share profit in three years. Peloton enjoyed incredible sales growth during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and its share price multiplied by more than five times in 2020 amid lockdowns. Last fall, Peloton and athletic wear maker Lululemon announced a five-year partnership with the interactive fitness company, becoming the exclusive digital fitness content provider for Lululemon, which became the primary athletic apparel partner to Peloton.
Persons: hasn't, Barry McCarthy, treadmills, John Foley, Lululemon Organizations: University of Michigan Locations: New York
Meanwhile, analysts polled by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv, forecast earnings of 81 cents per share and $4.34 billion in revenue. Peloton — Shares fell more than 23% on the back of the company's bleak outlook for the current quarter and full-year sales. Peloton is forecasting sales to come in between $700 million and $725 million for the quarter. Analysts polled by LSEG expected revenue of $9.70 billion. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $2.10 versus the $1.66 expected from analysts polled by StreetAccount.
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New York CNN —Peloton shares slid more than 20% Thursday after the fitness company said it expects to report another loss in the current quarter and is trimming its full-year revenue forecast, signaling that its several years-long turnaround is spinning out. CEO Barry McCarthy wrote in a letter to investors that some of his ideas have failed, including a push into selling Peloton bikes with college colors. McCarthy revealed that the company “sold substantially fewer bikes to alumni and boosters than we expected.” The short-lived program will be discontinued. He said the experience has “tarnished our brand” and that the busy holiday shipping season was “particularly taxing” for customers. The connected fitness company adjusted its full-year revenue lower from the previous $2.7 billion to $2.8 billion expected, with Peloton now forecasting it to be between $2.68 billion and $2.75 billion.
Persons: Barry McCarthy, McCarthy, Lululemon “, TikTok Organizations: New, New York CNN, Sporting Goods, Consumer Product Safety Locations: New York
The stock is trading at a low multiple compared to spending, the firm highlighted as a key catalyst for investors. Nextracker — Shares of the solar technology company jumped 17% on bullish analyst notes following its strong quarterly results and guidance increase. Wolfspeed guided for fiscal third-quarter revenue of $185 million to $215 million, below the $224 million, LSEG estimate. Robinson reported 50 cents per share in adjusted earnings, while analysts expected 81 cents per share, per LSEG. The company reported $9.44 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for $9.70 billion.
Persons: Christopher Danely, Morgan Stanley, Nextracker, Wolfspeed, TD Cowen, ChargePoint, C.H, Robinson, Merck, company's, , Alex Harring, Lisa Kailai Han, Tanaya Macheel, Jesse Pound, Michelle Fox Theobald Organizations: Qualcomm, Citi, General Motors, General, Barclays, Bank of America, Revenue, Merck, Japanese, Honeywell, LSEG, Norfolk Southern, Ancora Holdings, Wall Street Journal Locations: Norfolk Southern
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