{"id":128853,"date":"2022-08-16T13:37:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=128853"},"modified":"2022-08-16T13:37:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:37:05","slug":"pelotons-change-superpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/pelotons-change-superpower\/","title":{"rendered":"Peloton’s Change Superpower"},"content":{"rendered":"
New Peloton Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ: PTON) CEO Barry McCarthy sent a long-winded letter to his staff to explain his plans to repair the broken company. He said Peloton would increase prices for some of its products. The approach is hard to explain since so few people want these products compared to a year ago. McCarthy wants customers to pay more for unpopular exercise machines.<\/p>\n
McCarthy also apologized to the people he fired. As he said goodbye, he pointed out that change is not easy.<\/p>\n
McCarthy said the change has to become one of Peloton\u2019s \u201csuperpowers.\u201d It would be better to have said his own superpower management will pull Peloton out of a flat spin.<\/p>\n
The stock market has dumped on McCarthy\u2019s plan and has been dumping on his plans since he joined the Peloton in February. The stock is off 62% this year. After a brief rally in the past several days, the stock has flattened. McCarthy\u2019s complex plans have not drawn outside support.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t