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We began as a digitally-native
−Removed: vertical brand founded on comfort product innovation with premium offerings, and are now omni-channel.
−Removed: We offer a variety of innovative,
−Removed: branded and premium comfort products, including mattresses, pillows, cushions, bases, sheets and more.
−Removed: Our products are the result of
−Removed: decades of innovation and investment in proprietary and patented comfort technologies and the development of our own manufacturing processes.
−Removed: Our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer gel technology underpins many of our comfort products and provides a range of benefits that differentiate
−Removed: our offerings from other competitors’ products.
−Removed: Specially engineered to relieve pressure, maintain an ideal body temperature, and
−Removed: provide instantly adaptive support, Purple’s patented technology has been used and tested rigorously within medical and consumer
−Removed: applications for over 30 years.
−Removed: Originally designed for use in hospital beds and wheelchairs, we adapted this unique pressure-relieving
−Removed: material for our mattresses and other cushion products.
−Removed: We market and sell our products
−Removed: through direct-to-consumer e-commerce and Purple owned retail showrooms (collectively “DTC”) and retail wholesale partners.
−Removed: The foundation of our business is core competencies in design, development
−Removed: and manufacturing.
−Removed: Our accumulated knowledge enables us to create all aspects of our innovative products, including fundamental comfort
−Removed: technologies and machines and processes necessary to bring them to market.
+Added: vertical brand founded on comfort product innovation with premium offerings, and have since expanded into brick & mortar stores as
+Added: a true omni-channel brand.
+Added: We offer a variety of innovative, branded and premium comfort products, including mattresses, pillows, cushions,
+Added: bases, sheets and more.
+Added: Our products are the result of decades of innovation and investment in proprietary and patented comfort technologies
+Added: and the development of our own manufacturing processes.
+Added: Our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer gel technology underpins many of our comfort
+Added: products and provides a range of benefits that differentiate our products from our competitors.
+Added: Specially engineered to relieve pressure,
+Added: maintain an ideal body temperature, and provide instantly adaptive support, Purple’s patented technology has been tested rigorously
+Added: within medical and consumer applications for over 30 years.
+Added: Originally designed for use in hospital beds and wheelchairs, we adapted this
+Added: unique pressure-relieving material for our mattresses and other cushion products.
+Added: We market and sell our products through direct-to-consumer e-commerce
+Added: and Purple showrooms (collectively “DTC”) and wholesale partners.
+Added: Our core competencies in design,
+Added: development and manufacturing are the foundation of our business.
We have integrated our operations to include research and development,
−Removed: marketing and manufacturing, resulting in an ability to rapidly test, learn, adapt and scale our product offerings.
−Removed: In order to solve
−Removed: complex manufacturing challenges such as large-format injection molding of our Hyper-Elastic Polymer cushioning material, we designed
−Removed: and produced our own manufacturing equipment including our proprietary and patented molding machinery.
−Removed: These fully customized machines
−Removed: are unique to Purple and, we believe, can handle both our size and scale requirements.
−Removed: We believe our combination of patents and intellectual
−Removed: property, proprietary and patented manufacturing equipment, production processes and decades of acquired knowledge create an advantage
−Removed: over our competitors who rely on commoditized materials, such as foam and outsourced manufacturing.
+Added: marketing and manufacturing.
+Added: As a result, we have the ability to rapidly test, learn, adapt and scale our product offerings.
+Added: to solve complex manufacturing challenges such as large-format injection molding of our Hyper-Elastic Polymer cushioning material, we
+Added: designed and produced our own manufacturing equipment including our proprietary and patented molding machinery.
+Added: These fully customized
+Added: machines are unique to Purple and, we believe, can handle both our size and scale requirements.
+Added: We believe our combination of patents
+Added: and intellectual property, proprietary and patented manufacturing equipment, production processes and decades of acquired knowledge create
+Added: an advantage over our competitors who rely on commoditized materials, such as foam and outsourced manufacturing.
In addition to developing
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We have an experienced marketing team, providing efficient customer acquisition and brand demand development.
−Removed: Our marketing strategy enables
−Removed: us to market our full product suite to customers, generate frequent interactions online and drive traffic to all channels offering our
−Removed: Our knowledge of and engagement
−Removed: with consumers across digital and brick and mortar retail channels is advantageous and increasing.
−Removed: To complement our DTC efforts, we have
−Removed: developed multiple wholesale relationships with best-in-class retailers in the furniture, mattress specialty, home décor, and department
−Removed: store spaces.
−Removed: Our goal is to provide opportunities for each customer to learn, shop, and buy in the way that works for them.
−Removed: our distinctly differentiated products, including newly broadened spectrum of mattresses across price points, comfort preferences, benefit
−Removed: segments, marketing strategies, manufacturing capabilities, unique branding and proprietary technologies position us to continue to drive
−Removed: In 2022, our DTC sales, which includes online and Purple owned retail showrooms, accounted for 57.4% of our net revenues and
−Removed: wholesale accounted for 42.6% of net revenues, while sales of sleep products accounted for 91.2% of our net revenues and other products
−Removed: accounted for 8.8%.
−Removed: In 2022, we grew our DTC efforts by adding 27 Purple owned retail showrooms,
−Removed: making a total of 55 Company locations across the United States.
−Removed: We anticipate opening 11 additional Purple owned retail showrooms throughout
−Removed: 2023 and in the future.
+Added: Our marketing strategy
+Added: enables us to market our full product suite to customers, generate frequent interactions online and drive traffic to all channels offering
+Added: our products.
+Added: Our knowledge of and engagement with consumers across digital and brick
+Added: and mortar retail channels is advantageous and increasing.
+Added: To complement our DTC efforts, we have developed multiple wholesale relationships
+Added: with best-in-class retailers in the furniture, mattress specialty, and home décor spaces.
+Added: Our goal is to provide opportunities
+Added: for each customer to learn, shop, and buy in the way that works for them.
+Added: We believe our differentiated products (including differences
+Added: across price, comfort, benefit, marketing strategies, manufacturing capabilities, branding and technology) position us to continue to
+Added: drive our growth.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, our DTC sales, which includes online and Purple showrooms, accounted for 58.1%
+Added: of our net revenues, as compared to 57.7% for 2022 and 65.4% for 2021 and wholesale accounted for 41.9% of net revenues for 2023, as compared
+Added: to 42.3% for 2022 and 34.6% for 2021.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, sales of sleep products accounted for 97.2% of our net revenues,
+Added: as compared to 97.1% for 2022 and 96.5% for 2021, and other products accounted for 2.8%, as compared to 2.9% for 2022 and 3.5% for 2021.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 we operate 60 Company locations across the
+Added: United States as compared to 55 Company locations at the end of 2022 and 28 Company locations at the end of 2021.
+Added: While we are slowing
+Added: the opening of new showrooms in the short term, we anticipate continued expansion of our showrooms in the future.
Industry and Competition
−Removed: Our portfolio of products
−Removed: is driven by our commitment to innovating real comfort solutions that meaningfully help people sleep, feel and live better.
−Removed: getting a better night’s rest or elevating the work from home experience, we design and manufacture truly innovative, differentiated
−Removed: products that put our customers’ comfort first.
+Added: Our portfolio of products is driven by our commitment to innovating
+Added: real comfort solutions that meaningfully help people sleep, feel and live better.
+Added: Whether it’s getting a better night’s rest
+Added: or elevating every day life, we design and manufacture innovative, differentiated products that put our customers’ comfort first.
Sleep Products
−Removed: The sleep products category
−Removed: encompasses a variety of products including mattresses, pillows, bases, foundations, sheets, mattress protectors, blankets and duvets.
−Removed: Meaningful innovation in sleep products has remained stagnant and limited over the last 150 years.
−Removed: Coil spring mattresses and memory foam,
−Removed: two of the primary materials underpinning mattress technology today, were invented in the 1860’s and 1990’s.
−Removed: and air mattresses followed, emerging in the latter part of the 20 th century.
−Removed: Since these early inventions, the sleep product
−Removed: industry has remained complacent with little meaningful innovation, until the introduction of our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer material,
−Removed: which represents a meaningful innovation in pressure relief, temperature neutrality, responsiveness, durability and limited motion transfer.
−Removed: Our proprietary technology solves problems that regular mattresses create and has proven that material innovations can have a positive
−Removed: impact on sleep.
+Added: The sleep products category encompasses a variety of products including
+Added: mattresses, pillows, bases, foundations, sheets, mattress protectors, blankets and duvets.
+Added: Meaningful innovation in sleep products has
+Added: remained stagnant and limited over the last 150 years.
+Added: Coil spring mattresses and memory foam, two of the primary materials underpinning
+Added: mattress technology today, were invented in the 1860’s and 1990’s.
+Added: Latex, water and air mattresses followed, emerging in the
+Added: latter part of the 20 th century.
+Added: The sleep product industry has generally remained complacent until the introduction of our
+Added: proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer material, which we believe represents a meaningful innovation in pressure relief, temperature neutrality,
+Added: responsiveness, durability and limited motion transfer.
+Added: We believe that our proprietary technology solves problems that regular mattresses
+Added: create and has proven that material innovations can have a positive impact on sleep.
Beginning in 2015, the market
for sleep products underwent a fundamental transformation with the rise of e-commerce-based brands and direct-to-consumer distribution.
−Removed: which disrupted the traditional category dynamics and drove the majority of category growth (versus traditional mattress companies) for
−Removed: several years.
+Added: This market change disrupted the traditional category dynamics and drove the majority of category growth (versus traditional mattress
+Added: companies) for several years.
Today, the U.S.
−Removed: sleep product industry has rebalanced to be comprised of vendors that rely on retail distribution as well
−Removed: as a consolidated number of direct-to-consumer retailers who have tried to expand brick and mortar distribution to capture more market
−Removed: share in a category still tied to instore product trials.
−Removed: Amidst this changing category dynamic, Purple’s manufacturing capabilities
−Removed: paired with our strategic mix of showrooms, e-commerce and third-party retailers, has allowed us to gain share and be a leader in the
−Removed: sleep products category.
+Added: sleep product industry has rebalanced to be comprised of vendors that rely on retail distribution
+Added: as well as a consolidated number of direct-to-consumer retailers who have tried to expand brick and mortar distribution to capture more
+Added: market share in a category still tied to instore product trials.
+Added: Amidst this changing category dynamic, Purple’s product differentiation
+Added: and manufacturing capabilities paired with our strategic mix of showrooms, e-commerce and third-party retailers, has allowed us to gain
+Added: share and be a leader in the sleep products category.
In 2022, we acquired Advanced Comfort Technologies, Inc., dba Intellibed
−Removed: (“Intellibed”), a premium sleep and health wellness company that was a pre-existing licensee of our founders of some
+Added: (“Intellibed”), a premium sleep and health wellness company that was a pre-existing licensee of the founders of some
of our technologies.
−Removed: That acquisition resulted in us owning the sole right to use all of our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technologies in our
−Removed: In addition, the acquisition will allow us to immediately expand into the luxury mattress segment.
−Removed: Purple has recently announced
−Removed: three collections to be available in the second quarter of 2023:
−Removed: Essentials (including the New Day, The Purple Mattress, and The Purple
−Removed: Plus), Premium (including Restore, RestorePlus, and RestorePremier) and Luxe (including Rejuvenate, RejuvenatePlus and RejuvenatePremier).
−Removed: In general, direct to consumer mattress companies offer convenience,
−Removed: free shipping and returns, and low prices, while leveraging third-party manufacturing and distribution.
−Removed: Materials used by online mattress
−Removed: retailers include layers of foam cushioning that are assembled, compressed and folded into a box for distribution.
−Removed: This market is highly
−Removed: fragmented, commoditized and competitive, with customer purchase decisions based primarily on price.
−Removed: Prior to Purple, there has been little
−Removed: recent success disrupting the premium market, where the majority of category revenue and profit is realized.
−Removed: Competitors in the premium
−Removed: market include Tempur Sealy and Sleep Number.
+Added: This acquisition resulted in us owning the sole right to use all of our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technologies in our
+Added: In addition, the acquisition allowed us to immediately expand into the luxury mattress segment.
+Added: As a result, Purple launched three
+Added: collections in the second quarter of 2023:
+Added: Essentials (including the New Day, The Purple Mattress, and The Purple Plus), Premium (including
+Added: Restore, RestorePlus, and RestorePremier) and Luxe (including Rejuvenate, RejuvenatePlus and RejuvenatePremier).
+Added: In general, direct-to-consumer
+Added: mattress companies offer convenience, flexible shipping and returns, and low prices, while leveraging third-party manufacturing and distribution.
+Added: Materials used by online mattress retailers include layers of foam cushioning that are assembled, compressed and folded into a box for
+Added: distribution.
+Added: This market is highly fragmented, commoditized and competitive, with customer purchase decisions based primarily on price.
+Added: Prior to Purple, there has been little recent success disrupting the premium market, where the majority of category revenue and profit
+Added: Competitors in the premium market include Tempur Sealy and Sleep Number.
While e-commerce home goods
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The leading brick-and-mortar specialty mattress
−Removed: retailers in the United States and Canada are, respectively, Mattress Firm and Sleep Country Canada, both of which Purple has significant
−Removed: partnerships with.
−Removed: These national retailers compete with both regional and local retailers as well as furniture and department stores.
−Removed: Purple has also expanded into many of these regional furniture retailers.
+Added: retailer in the United States is Mattress Firm and the leading furniture store is Ashley Furniture These national retailers compete with
+Added: both regional and local retailers as well as furniture and department stores.
+Added: Purple has also expanded into many of these regional and
+Added: local furniture retailers.
Across these channels, some
−Removed: key factors that impact competition in our industry include comfort feel, product features, reliable logistics and manufacturing capabilities,
+Added: key factors that impact competition in our industry are comfort feel, product features, reliable logistics and manufacturing capabilities,
marketing efficacy and efficiency, brand differentiation, expertise of sales associates, customer care, pace of innovation and product
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30 years of expertise in comfort innovation.
−Removed: Purple is founded upon decades of history developing innovative comfort solutions, including
−Removed: the invention of our proprietary and patented Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology.
−Removed: Our breakthrough mattress represents what we believe
−Removed: to be the first substantive innovation in the sleep product industry since the introduction of memory foam in 1992.
−Removed: We believe that the unique
−Removed: properties of our technology enable several improvements to existing sleep products that are not addressed by foam, spring and air mattresses.
−Removed: Relief— Our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology is designed around the science of column buckling which enables our mattresses
−Removed: to be both firm and soft.
−Removed: This offers support across the body’s larger surface areas, such as the back, while providing pressure
−Removed: relief at local areas or points of pressure, such as the hips and shoulders.
−Removed: We believe Purple’s founders were the first to leverage
−Removed: this technology in mattresses after its success in licensing its proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology to medical manufacturers
−Removed: for use in wheelchairs, critical care beds and to this day, hospital beds.
−Removed: The resulting feel is often described as buoyant and responsive.
−Removed: ● Temperature
−Removed: Neutral— The Hyper-Elastic Polymer material itself is temperature neutral, with the surface comprised mostly of air, made
−Removed: from thousands of open-air channels.
−Removed: The channels allow for high airflow and dissipation of heat and vapor.
−Removed: This is the opposite of foam
−Removed: beds, which absorb heat from the body and then radiate the heat back, constantly increasing the temperature.
−Removed: Our technology allows for
−Removed: continual sleeping without waking up hot.
−Removed: ● Responsive— Unlike
−Removed: memory foam, which compresses, gets hard and then takes time to recoil, our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology is instantly responsive
−Removed: to the body as it moves.
−Removed: It will immediately flex to support the sleeper’s position and spring back into place as the sleeper readjusts
−Removed: during the night.
−Removed: ● Durable— Hyper-Elastic
−Removed: Polymer material is a highly durable gel that we believe is more durable than most foams.
−Removed: The Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology
−Removed: also has numerous applications beyond mattress products including seat cushions, pillows, and others.
−Removed: The development of the Hyper-Elastic
−Removed: Polymer technology is only one of numerous innovations we have developed to produce a range of unique and effective comfort products
−Removed: across the sleep, seat cushion and other categories.
−Removed: ● Proprietary
−Removed: technologies and manufacturing expertise provide a significant competitive advantage— We believe the combination of patent
−Removed: protection, proprietary manufacturing equipment and decades of accumulated knowledge creates a competitive advantage through barriers
−Removed: to imitation.
−Removed: We have hundreds of granted or pending patents and hundreds of patent filings that cover current and future products as
−Removed: well as proprietary manufacturing equipment we have designed and fabricated.
−Removed: In addition to intellectual property protection of key products
−Removed: and manufacturing capabilities, our team has in depth experience and unique insights derived from inventing and refining proprietary
−Removed: comfort technologies, machines and products.
−Removed: Our patented and proprietary molding processes and machines allow for large-format injection
−Removed: molding of gels efficiently and at scale.
−Removed: a brand with a passionate following— Our brand mirrors our passion for uncompromising performance, quality and durability,
−Removed: and our dedication to improving lives by delivering better sleep and better comfort We believe our brand awareness and consideration
−Removed: rivals category leaders, after only seven years.
−Removed: Our brand has extended beyond awareness of individual products and we have successfully
−Removed: marketed our full suite of products to customers using our omni-channel strategy.
−Removed: We believe our customers’ satisfaction with our
−Removed: product has continued to drive “word of mouth” recommendations, one of the most persuasive ways customers learn about our
−Removed: Balanced, omni-channel distribution strategy— We have sought opportunities to expand brand awareness in brick-and-mortar retailers where our beds can be displayed.
−Removed: This is a very different approach from most bed-in-a-box players who seek traditional consumer packaged goods distribution, e.g., boxes on shelves.
−Removed: Our goal is to support the customer wherever and however they want to learn, try, and buy.
−Removed: Whether in wholesale, Purple owned retail showrooms, or our e-commerce channel, we are a leader in the sleep products market.
−Removed: Our flexible return policies and aggressive expansion of wholesale doors and our own showrooms allow for more of our targeted customers to feel and experience our products throughout the purchase process.
−Removed: In our wholesale channel, we sell most of our products through select national and regional retailers as well as a variety of independent retail partners throughout the United States and Canada.
−Removed: As a result, we believe we will drive accelerated growth in the sleep products industry.
−Removed: Vertical integration
−Removed: enables nimble design, development and execution —We design and develop our products in-house and we have extensive
−Removed: research and development capabilities led by a team of engineers, industrial designers and marketing specialists.
−Removed: The ability to
−Removed: develop and test products in this manner enables us to not only prototype and deploy new ideas, but also design and develop corresponding
−Removed: manufacturing equipment and processes.
−Removed: In addition, we continuously refine our production methods to improve product quality and
−Removed: enhance efficiency.
−Removed: The resulting real-time feedback cycle is a key differentiator compared to other competitors that outsource many
−Removed: of these functions and lack an integrated approach.
+Added: Purple is founded upon decades of history-developing innovative comfort solutions,
+Added: including the invention of our proprietary and patented Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology.
+Added: Our breakthrough mattress represents what
+Added: we believe to be the first substantive innovation in the sleep product industry since the introduction of memory foam in 1992.
+Added: believe that the unique properties of our technology have resulted in several improvements to existing sleep products that are not
+Added: addressed by foam, spring or air mattresses.
+Added: Relief— Our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology is designed around the science of column buckling which enables our
+Added: mattresses to be both firm and soft.
+Added: This offers support across the body’s larger surface areas, such as the back, while
+Added: providing pressure relief at local areas or points of pressure, such as the hips and shoulders.
+Added: We believe Purple’s founders
+Added: were the first to leverage this technology in mattresses after their success in licensing their proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer
+Added: technology to medical manufacturers for use in wheelchairs, critical care beds and hospital beds.
+Added: The resulting feel is often
+Added: described as buoyant and responsive.
+Added: Temperature Neutral— The Hyper-Elastic Polymer
+Added: material itself is temperature neutral, with the surface comprised mostly of air, made from thousands of open-air channels.
+Added: channels allow for high airflow and dissipation of heat and vapor.
+Added: This is the opposite of foam beds, which absorb heat from the
+Added: body and then radiate the heat back, constantly increasing the temperature.
+Added: Our technology allows for continual sleeping without
+Added: waking up hot.
+Added: Responsive— Unlike memory foam, which compresses,
+Added: gets hard and then takes time to recoil, our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology is instantly responsive to the body as it moves.
+Added: will immediately flex to support the sleeper’s position and spring back into place as the sleeper readjusts during the night.
+Added: Hyper-Elastic Polymer material is a highly durable gel that we believe is more durable than most foams.
+Added: The Hyper-Elastic
+Added: Polymer technology also has numerous applications beyond mattress products including seat cushions and pillows.
+Added: Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology is only one of numerous innovations we have developed to produce a range of unique and
+Added: effective comfort products across the sleep, seat cushion and other categories.
+Added: Proprietary technologies and manufacturing expertise provide
+Added: a significant competitive advantage— We believe the combination of patent protection, proprietary manufacturing equipment
+Added: and decades of accumulated knowledge creates a competitive advantage through barriers to imitation.
+Added: We have hundreds of granted or
+Added: pending patents and hundreds of patent filings that cover current and future products as well as proprietary manufacturing equipment
+Added: we have designed and fabricated.
+Added: In addition to intellectual property protection of key products and manufacturing capabilities,
+Added: our team has in depth experience and unique insights derived from inventing and refining proprietary comfort technologies, machines
+Added: and products.
+Added: Our patented and proprietary molding processes and machines allow for large-format injection molding of gels efficiently
+Added: and at scale.
+Added: a brand with a passionate following— Our brand mirrors our passion for uncompromising
+Added: performance, quality and durability, and our dedication to improving lives by delivering
+Added: better sleep and better comfort We believe our brand awareness rivals category leaders.
+Added: brand has extended beyond awareness of individual products and we have successfully marketed
+Added: our full suite of products to customers using our omni-channel strategy.
+Added: We believe our customer
+Added: satisfaction metrics are amongst the best in the industry, and that our customers’
+Added: high satisfaction with our product has continued to drive “word of mouth” recommendations,
+Added: one of the most persuasive ways consumers learn about our products.
+Added: omni-channel distribution strategy— We have sought opportunities to expand brand awareness in brick-and-mortar
+Added: retailers where our beds can be displayed.
+Added: Our goal is to support the customer wherever and however they want to learn, try, and
+Added: Whether in wholesale, Purple showrooms or our e-commerce channel, we are a leader in the sleep products market.
+Added: Our flexible return policies and aggressive expansion into wholesale locations (commonly referred to as “doors”) and our
+Added: own showrooms allow for more of our targeted customers to feel and experience our products throughout the purchase process.
+Added: wholesale channel, we sell most of our products through select national and regional retailers as well as a variety of independent
+Added: retail partners throughout the United States and Canada.
+Added: As a result, we believe we will drive accelerated growth in the sleep
+Added: products industry.
+Added: Vertical integration enables nimble design, development and
+Added: execution — We design and develop our products in-house and we have extensive research and development capabilities led
+Added: by a team of engineers, industrial designers and marketing specialists.
+Added: The ability to develop and test products in this manner
+Added: enables us to not only prototype and deploy new ideas, but also design and develop corresponding manufacturing equipment and
+Added: In addition, we continuously refine our production methods to improve product quality and enhance efficiency.
+Added: resulting real-time feedback cycle is a key differentiator compared to other competitors that outsource many of these functions and
+Added: lack an integrated approach.
Growth Strategies
−Removed: Expansion of the Brand to Premium and Luxe Categories— To complement and support our expansion into the higher-priced, higher margin categories, Purple is evolving its differentiated brand to broaden appeal.
−Removed: We are investing in brand demand-driving marketing and advertising to create awareness, engagement, and preference for the Purple brand and for our products across all our sales channels.
−Removed: We also plan on developing a reimagined brand associated with life enhancing sleep.
−Removed: In 2023, we expect to be able to increase effective marketing by 11% over the prior year with an anticipated 40% increase occurring after the launch of our new Premium and Luxe product categories anticipated to occur on May 15 in our showrooms and online and from May to July in our wholesale partners’ retail stores.
−Removed: This strategic focus and investment will support our growth plans in the wholesale channel, in Purple owned retail showrooms, on Purple.com and online marketplaces, and in particular our Luxe offerings are expected to increase average sales prices significantly.
−Removed: We’ll also continue to harness the evangelism of the ever-growing base of Purple owners whose advocacy of our products is one of the brand’s greatest strengths.
−Removed: Further direct-to-consumer growth and penetration— We believe that we are well positioned to leverage our brand, leading product portfolio, vertical integration and strong marketing capabilities to continue to attract new customers via our e-commerce channel.
−Removed: We have invested in substantial improvements to our website, enhancing the education, shopping, and buying experiences, and we have expanded our contact center, enabling live voice, chat and messaging with our sales associates which has driven higher customer satisfaction, higher average order value, and higher conversion.
−Removed: Continued successful execution on Purple.com supports planned e-commerce growth, and growth in all channels given the importance of the site during the customer decision journey.
−Removed: In addition, we currently operate 55 Company showrooms in cities across the U.S.
−Removed: where consumers can experience our brand, learn about and engage with our technology, and purchase our products.
−Removed: We anticipate continual expansion of our showrooms as we optimize the format.
−Removed: Expanded wholesale retail relationships— We continue to work closely with existing retail partners to increase market share and sales, and we are forming new partnerships to expand our wholesale footprint.
−Removed: With our new Premium and Luxe collections, we believe we have an increased opportunity to tap into the large brick-and-mortar category of the sleep products market.
−Removed: Currently during 2023, we anticipate increasing the number of beds in our approximate 3,400 doors by 1.2 to 1.4 beds per door, on a blended basis, which already is over our initial goal for the year of a 20% increase, and we believe this will contribute an estimated $1,000 to $1,500 per month per incremental slot.
−Removed: We believe this is a result of the developing interest in our Premium and Luxe product categories which allows retailers to place these products as alternatives to other premium products to increase sales on high-end mattresses with materially higher margins for the retailer and Purple.
−Removed: Existing product
−Removed: innovation— We have a rich history of product innovation and have developed core competencies in design, prototyping
−Removed: and manufacturing.
−Removed: This vertical integration enables us to continuously refine our existing products and manufacturing processes,
−Removed: as well as introduce new offerings, with the potential to attract new customers and drive repeat sales.
−Removed: New product launches— We have focused intensively on innovation, and we expect to launch more new mattresses in 2023 than all other years of our operations combined to support our long-range growth plan, with more to come.
−Removed: We have a pipeline of future products we are developing.
−Removed: We are constantly exploring new technologies and ways to expand the benefits of our technologies through new product offerings.
−Removed: This includes innovations in mattresses beyond our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology, an expanded assortment based on the Harmony Pillow that includes new patent-pending technology, other assortment expansion and new products in sleep, comfort and additional categories.
−Removed: International expansion— We believe there is a substantial opportunity for international expansion, and we expect to find new opportunities as we expand into foreign markets.
−Removed: We entered the Canada market in Q4 2020 via the wholesale retailer Sleep Country Canada and we plan to expand in other foreign markets in the future.
−Removed: We believe that our differentiated products, multi-channel distribution strategy, manufacturing capabilities, vertical integration and marketing expertise will enable us to successfully enter new markets.
+Added: of the Brand to Premium and Luxe Categories— To complement and support our expansion into the higher-priced, higher margin
+Added: categories, Purple is evolving its differentiated brand to broaden appeal.
+Added: We are investing in brand demand-driving
+Added: marketing and advertising to create awareness, engagement and preference for the Purple brand and for our products across all our sales
+Added: We developed a reimagined brand associated with life enhancing sleep.
+Added: We believe that this strategic focus
+Added: and investment will support our growth plans in the wholesale channel, in Purple showrooms, on Purple.com and online marketplaces.
+Added: Our Luxe (“Rejuvenate”) offerings are expected to increase average sales prices significantly.
+Added: We will also continue to harness
+Added: the evangelism of the ever-growing base of Purple owners whose advocacy of our products is one of our brand’s greatest strengths.
+Added: direct-to-consumer growth and penetration— We believe that we are well positioned to leverage our brand, leading
+Added: product portfolio, vertical integration and strong marketing capabilities to continue to attract new customers via our e-commerce channel.
+Added: We have invested in substantial improvements to our website and analytics, enhancing the education, shopping and buying experiences, and
+Added: we have expanded our contact center, enabling live voice, chat and messaging with our sales associates.
+Added: These actions are intended to
+Added: drive higher customer satisfaction, higher average order value and higher conversion.
+Added: Continued successful execution on Purple.com
+Added: supports our planned e-commerce growth, and also supports further growth in all channels given the importance of the site during the customer
+Added: decision journey.
+Added: In addition, as of December 31, 2023, we operated 60 Purple showrooms in cities across the United States.
+Added: At our showrooms,
+Added: consumers can experience our brand, learn about and engage with our technology and purchase our products, assisted by our highly-trained
+Added: retail sales associates who are able to both increase door productivity and trade customers up to higher price points.
+Added: Our showrooms enable
+Added: us to strengthen the relationship with the consumer and develop a more profitable DTC revenue mix.
+Added: We anticipate continued
+Added: expansion of our showrooms as we optimize the format.
+Added: wholesale retail relationships— We continue to work closely with existing retail partners to improve productivity
+Added: to increase market share and sales, and we are forming new partnerships to expand our wholesale footprint.
+Added: With our new Premium and
+Added: Luxe collections, we believe we have an increased opportunity to tap into the large brick-and-mortar category of the sleep products
+Added: As a result of our new product launch in 2023, we increased the number of wholesale partner slots (a term commonly used to
+Added: describe a section in a wholesale partner’s store to display a particular product).
+Added: We believe this trend is a result of the
+Added: developing interest in our Premium and Luxe product categories.
+Added: This allows retailers to market these products as
+Added: alternatives to other premium products to increase sales on high-end mattresses with materially higher margins for the retailer and
+Added: Existing product innovation— We have a rich
+Added: history of product innovation and have developed core competencies in design, prototyping and manufacturing.
+Added: integration, which enables us to continuously refine our existing products and manufacturing processes, combined with our
+Added: strengthened research and development disciplines and go-to-market processes allows us to further develop our current product
+Added: categories with new offerings, enhance gross margins through improved pricing, and position our business to eventually expand to
+Added: additional categories with the potential to attract new customers and drive repeat sales.
+Added: product launches— We focus intensively on innovation, to support our long-range growth plan.
+Added: We have a pipeline of
+Added: future products we are developing.
+Added: We are constantly exploring new technologies and ways to expand the benefits of our technologies
+Added: through new product offerings.
+Added: These efforts include innovations beyond our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology, including products in
+Added: sleep, comfort and similar categories.
+Added: International
+Added: expansion— We believe there is a substantial opportunity for international expansion.
+Added: We entered the Canada market in
+Added: 2020 and we plan to expand in other foreign markets in the future.
+Added: We believe that our differentiated products, multi-channel
+Added: distribution strategy, manufacturing capabilities, vertical integration and marketing expertise will help enable us to successfully
+Added: enter new markets.
Our current product portfolio is as follows:
Mattresses —Our
−Removed: mattresses utilize the unique benefits of our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology creating a
−Removed: one-of-a-kind sleep solution that is breathable to help regulate body temperature and soft
−Removed: enough to cradle pressure points while also providing support through localized buckling
−Removed: Our Hyper-Elastic Polymer products are manufactured with non-toxic ingredients that
−Removed: are third-party tested and free from carcinogenic chemicals.
−Removed: The patented Hyper-Elastic Polymer
−Removed: technology is used in all Purple mattresses.
−Removed: The buckling columns in our mattresses instantly
−Removed: adapt to your body to cradle your hips and shoulders while supporting your spine’s
−Removed: natural alignment for uniquely buoyant, supportive comfort.
−Removed: We back up the quality and durability
−Removed: of our mattress with a 100-night trial and a ten-year warranty.
−Removed: Beginning in 2023, we will
−Removed: have three collections – Essentials, Premium, and Luxe, with mattresses ranging from
−Removed: our original Purple, to our redesigned and improved Premium and Luxe mattresses, all of which
−Removed: include our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology.
−Removed: ● Pillows —We
−Removed: currently sell five types of pillows:
−Removed: The Purple Harmony Pillow, the Purple Pillow, the Purple
−Removed: Twin Cloud Pillow, the Purple Cloud Pillow™ and the Kids Pillow.
−Removed: The Purple Harmony
−Removed: Pillow is a hybrid, hypoallergenic pillow featuring the world’s first and only tapered
−Removed: 360º Hyper-Elastic Polymer Grid Hex surrounding a soft, responsive Talalay latex core
−Removed: for optimal head and neck support.
−Removed: It has a cool-to-the-touch, moisture-wicking breathable
−Removed: cover to enhance the benefits of our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology.
−Removed: It’s the ultimate
−Removed: balance of soft, cool, and responsive no pressure support.
−Removed: The Purple Pillow is a head-specific
−Removed: triangular grid-shape to protect against breaking down or losing shape.
−Removed: The Purple Twin Cloud
−Removed: Pillow is a hypoallergenic down-alternative that features our patented cover construction
−Removed: which includes two chambers filled with gel fibers that double up for better sleep.
−Removed: Cloud Pillow is filled with hypoallergenic, ultra-fine gel fibers that won’t clump,
−Removed: trap heat, or flatten over time.
−Removed: The result is plush cushioning that molds to support the
−Removed: head and neck.
−Removed: The Kids Pillow is smaller and softer than our original Purple pillow
−Removed: and adjusted to fit smaller sleepers.
−Removed: We believe our pillows are unique, with no other products
−Removed: in the market like them in appearance, design, functionality or comfort.
−Removed: We also back up
−Removed: the quality and durability of our pillows with a 100-night trial and a one-year warranty.
−Removed: sell two types of sheets and pillowcases.
−Removed: Made from stretchy and breathable bamboo-based Viscose, our SoftStretch sheets are designed
−Removed: to maximize the functionality of our mattresses and pillows.
−Removed: We developed our own technology to enable customers to experience the full
−Removed: performance potential of our mattress (or any other mattress).
−Removed: We also sell more traditional cotton-based Complete Comfort sheets designed
−Removed: to have cushion enhancing two-way stretch.
−Removed: Our sheet sets include pillowcases that also maximize the unique functionality of our pillows.
−Removed: and Duvet Covers— The Purple TempBalance Duvet insulates yet breathes to deliver an ideal body temperature, all year long.
−Removed: Purple PerfectStay Duvet cover offers a unique patent-pending lay-and-zip design that solves the problem of inserting the duvet into
−Removed: the cover, and ensures the duvet stays put within the cover without ties, pins, or bulky attachments.
−Removed: Protector —Like our sheets, our mattress protector is designed to optimize the functionality of our Hyper-Elastic Polymer
−Removed: technology in our mattress.
+Added: mattresses utilize the unique benefits of our patented GelFlex Grid
+Added: technology creating a one-of-a-kind sleep solution that regulates body temperature, keeping you sleeping cooler and soft enough to cradle
+Added: pressure points while also providing support through localized buckling columns.
+Added: The columns in our Gelflex Grid mattresses instantly
+Added: adapt to your body to cradle your hips and shoulders while supporting your spine’s natural alignment for uniquely buoyant, supportive
+Added: Our GelFlex Grid products are manufactured with non-toxic ingredients that are third-party tested and free from carcinogenic
+Added: Our patented Gelflex Grid technology is used in all Purple mattresses.
+Added: We back up the quality and durability of our mattress
+Added: with a 100-night trial and a 10-year warranty.
+Added: With our new premium product launch in 2023, we now have three collections that come in
+Added: a variety of feels and price points to appeal to a wide range of consumers with high satisfaction and delivering best sleep.
+Added: Pillows — We currently sell eight pillow models with different designs to suit
+Added: different needs.
+Added: The Purple Harmony™ Pillow, the Purple Freeform™ Pillow, the Purple DreamLayer™ Pillow, the Purple
+Added: Harmony Anywhere™ Pillow, the Purple Pillow®, the Purple Twin Cloud® Pillow, the Purple Cloud® Pillow and the Kids Pillow®.
+Added: The Purple Harmony Pillow is the world’s first pillow with a full wrap of honeycomb Gelflex® Grid surrounding a soft, responsive
+Added: latex core for blissfully cool comfort and responsive airy support.
+Added: The newly launched Purple Freeform Pillow features the honeycomb Gelflex
+Added: Grid with an all-new MicroFlex™ Moon Foam fill interior for luxurious, moldable comfort.
+Added: It is our first fully adjustable
+Added: pillow as the MicroFlex Moon Foam and optional neck roll chambers can be adjusted for personalized height, firmness and support.
+Added: launched Purple DreamLayer Pillow uses an all-new version of the GelFlex Grid combined with MicroAir Foam for a dreamy, melt-in comfort
+Added: that provides contour-hugging support without the heat and delay of a traditional memory foam.
+Added: The Purple Harmony Anywhere Pillow has
+Added: all of the advantages and feel of the Purple Harmony Pillow in a portable, take-anywhere travel size.
+Added: The Purple Pillow is designed entirely
+Added: of Gelflex Grid for a firmer, no-fluff, ergonomic support with ultimate cooling and adjustable height layers.
+Added: The Purple Twin Cloud Pillow
+Added: is a hypoallergenic down-alternative that features our patented cover construction and two chambers of silky, down-like fibers for an
+Added: extra fluffy, cloud-like comfort with two optional firmness settings.
+Added: The Purple Cloud Pillow features the same fill as the Purple Twin
+Added: Cloud Pillow, but a simpler, single chamber design for classic, cloud-like comfort.
+Added: The Kids Purple Pillow is made entirely of Gelflex
+Added: Grid, similar to the Purple Pillow, but is smaller and softer for smaller sleepers.
+Added: We believe our pillows are unique and there is a sleep
+Added: solution for every type of sleeper to get the best sleep of their life, with no other products in the market like them in appearance,
+Added: design, functionality or comfort.
+Added: We also back up the quality and durability of our pillows with a 100-night trial and a one-year warranty.
+Added: We sell two types of sheets and pillowcases:
+Added: Softstretch and Complete Comfort.
+Added: Made from stretchy and breathable bamboo-based
+Added: Viscose, our SoftStretch sheets are designed to maximize the functionality of our mattresses and pillows.
+Added: We developed our own
+Added: technology to enable customers to experience the full performance potential of our mattress (or any other mattress).
+Added: traditional cotton-based Complete Comfort sheets designed to have cushion enhancing two-way stretch.
+Added: Our sheet sets include
+Added: pillowcases that also maximize the unique functionality of our pillows.
+Added: Duvets and Duvet Covers— The Purple TempBalance
+Added: Duvet insulates yet breathes to deliver an ideal body temperature, all year long.
+Added: The Purple PerfectStay Duvet cover offers
+Added: a unique patent-pending lay-and-zip design that solves the problem of inserting the duvet into the cover, and ensures the duvet stays
+Added: put within the cover without ties, pins, or bulky attachments.
+Added: Protector — Like our sheets, our mattress protector is designed to optimize the functionality of our Gelflex Grid in
+Added: our mattress.
Our mattress protector is stretchy and breathable.
−Removed: Our protector is also stain-resistant and machine-washable,
−Removed: making it easy to clean.
−Removed: Bases —Our bases have been designed to pair with our mattresses and meet the needs of our customers.
−Removed: Our Purple Ascent Adjustable Base complements our mattresses by adding electrically powered functions, such as adjustable head and foot positions, zero-gravity preset for a near weightless feel, a “sitting” preset, under-bed lighting and a remote with cradle that provides additional USB ports for device charging.
+Added: Our protector is also stain-resistant and machine-washable, making
+Added: it easy to clean.
+Added: Our recently added new line of smart adjustable bases have been designed to pair with our new mattresses for the ideal Purple sleep
+Added: The Purple Premium and Purple Premium Plus smart bases have a wide range of functions, such as adjustable head and
+Added: foot positions, zero-gravity preset for a near weightless feel, a “sitting” preset, under-bed lighting, adjustable legs
+Added: and a wireless remote with in-app control.
Our Purple Bed Frame is easy to ship and assemble, with no tools required.
−Removed: It has the look of a stylish upholstered bed frame.
−Removed: The supports are made of high-density polyethylene, so they don’t creak or make noise like wood supports.
+Added: look of a stylish upholstered bed frame.
+Added: The supports are made of high-density polyethylene, so they don’t creak or
+Added: make noise like wood supports.
Plus, the joints of the Purple Bed Frame are reinforced with nylon buffers to help prevent squeaking.
−Removed: Our Purple Platform Bed Frame is designed specifically for all current Purple bed sizes and offers a high quality, simpler alternative to our more premium offerings.
−Removed: Constructed from lightweight steel, the Purple Platform Bed provides optimal support and prevents the mattress from sagging.
−Removed: Beginning in 2023, we plan to introduce the Purple Premium and Purple Premium Plus smart bases, a new line of smart adjustable bases that are designed to pair with the new mattresses for the ideal Purple sleep experience.
−Removed: Cushions —The evolution of our portfolio of seat cushions has resulted from decades of in-house manufacturing experience
−Removed: including development of proprietary machines and trade secrets, extending the benefits of our Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology.
−Removed: currently sells four types of seat cushions and one back cushion, all in varying sizes and shapes to meet the needs of our customers.
−Removed: Technology is key to our unique
−Removed: position within the sleep products industry.
−Removed: The introduction of our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer material is the first major innovation
−Removed: to the consumer mattress category in decades.
−Removed: Mattresses from our competitors are typically manufactured using one or more layers of springs,
−Removed: standard polyurethane foam, memory foam, air chambers or latex foam.
−Removed: These technologies have existed for decades and are undifferentiated
−Removed: from competitors within their product type.
+Added: Our Purple Platform Bed Frame is designed specifically for all current Purple bed sizes and offers a high quality, simpler
+Added: alternative to our more premium offerings.
+Added: Constructed from lightweight steel, the Purple Platform Bed provides optimal support and
+Added: prevents the mattress from sagging.
+Added: Cushions — The evolution of our portfolio of seat cushions has resulted from decades of in-house manufacturing
+Added: experience including development of proprietary machines and trade secrets, extending the benefits of our GelFlex Grid technology.
+Added: Purple currently sells four types of seat cushions and one back cushion, all in varying sizes and shapes to meet the needs of our
+Added: Technology is key to our unique position within the sleep products
+Added: The introduction of our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer material was the first major innovation in the consumer mattress category
+Added: Mattresses from our competitors are typically manufactured using one or more layers of springs, standard polyurethane foam,
+Added: memory foam, air chambers or latex foam and are undifferentiated from competitors within their product type.
Proprietary Technologies
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through their scientific journey to get to the root causes of pressure sores, designed the Hyper-Elastic Polymer material and other
−Removed: proprietary comfort technologies in order to improve the lives of “every body.” Each different cushioning product line requires
−Removed: unique molding techniques.
+Added: patented and proprietary comfort technologies in order to improve the lives of “every body.” Each different cushioning product
+Added: line requires unique molding techniques.
Our Hyper-Elastic Polymer material
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material is both soft and supportive.
−Removed: While the columns in this structure provide support where it is needed, they also buckle where it
−Removed: is needed to reduce pressure by allowing shoulders and hips to sink into the cushion with reduced force pushing back on those areas of
−Removed: the body unlike other cushion technologies.
−Removed: The soft and flexible columns also return to their original position as forces lessen and
−Removed: are capable of immediately providing support.
+Added: While the columns in this structure provide support where it is needed, they also buckle where
+Added: it is needed to reduce pressure by allowing shoulders and hips to sink into the cushion with reduced force pushing back on those areas
+Added: of the body unlike other cushion technologies.
+Added: The soft and flexible columns also return to their original position as forces lessen
+Added: and are capable of immediately providing support.
Proprietary Machinery
Internally designed, developed
−Removed: and built, our patented and proprietary molding machines are the only machines able to mold our Hyper-Elastic Polymer material into
−Removed: large-format king-sized mattresses at scale.
−Removed: We have modified other molding machines to manufacture additional products containing Hyper-Elastic
−Removed: Polymer material.
−Removed: We also acquired in the Intellibed acquisition the patented manufacturing machine and process we owned that had
−Removed: been licensed by our founders, preventing others from obtaining access to that technology.
−Removed: The process of molding our Hyper-Elastic Polymer material
−Removed: using our molding machinery is proprietary, patent-protected and complex, requiring specific knowledge and expertise to successfully execute
−Removed: manufacturing.
−Removed: We have vertically integrated with our own machine shop with mechanics and engineers at each of our factories to maintain
−Removed: our machines and other equipment.
−Removed: Furthermore, we have extensive in-house fabrication capabilities, which enable us to design, manufacture,
−Removed: install and maintain new equipment as well as optimize the performance and efficiency of our existing machinery based on real-time insights
−Removed: gained from our vertically integrated operations.
+Added: and built, our patented and proprietary molding machines are able to mold our Hyper-Elastic Polymer material into large-format king-sized
+Added: mattresses at scale.
+Added: We have modified other molding machines to manufacture additional products containing Hyper-Elastic Polymer material.
+Added: We also acquired in the Intellibed acquisition the patented manufacturing machine and process that had been licensed by our founders,
+Added: preventing others from obtaining access to that technology.
+Added: The process of molding our Hyper-Elastic Polymer material using our molding
+Added: machinery is proprietary, patent-protected and complex, requiring specific knowledge and expertise to successfully execute manufacturing.
+Added: We have vertically integrated with our own machine shop with mechanics and engineers at each of our factories to maintain our machines
+Added: and other equipment.
+Added: Furthermore, we have in-house fabrication capabilities enabling us to design, manufacture, install and maintain new
+Added: equipment as well as optimize the performance and efficiency of our existing machinery based on real-time insights gained from our vertically
+Added: integrated operations.
We have developed a brand that resonates with consumers.
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We also amplify the voices
−Removed: of our evangelical product owners, whose word-of-mouth recommendation is one of our most powerful (and ownable) marketing vehicles.
−Removed: engagement with current customers enables us to increase additional product sales across our portfolio of offerings.
−Removed: The success we have
−Removed: achieved through our marketing campaigns has been key to rapidly building our branding and awareness.
−Removed: We plan to launch our elevated
−Removed: brand positioning with a gradual transition in our wholesale partners’ stores during the period of May 2023 through July 2023 with
−Removed: a hard conversion in our owned retails stores and online occurring on May 15, 2023 as we build our premium brand position to grow market
−Removed: share of the premium mattress category during the second half of 2023.
+Added: of our evangelical product owners, whose word-of-mouth recommendations are one of our most powerful (and ownable) marketing vehicles.
+Added: Deep engagement with current customers enables us to increase additional product sales across our portfolio of offerings.
+Added: we have achieved through our marketing campaigns has been key to rapidly building our branding and awareness.
+Added: We launched our elevated
+Added: brand positioning in 2023 with the launch of our new products and we believe our premium brand position will allow us to increase our
+Added: market share of the premium mattress category going forward.
Our Sales Channels
−Removed: We sell our products via Purple.com,
−Removed: online marketplaces (e.g., Amazon), our Purple owned retail showrooms, and wholesale retailers.
+Added: We sell our products via our DTC, including Purple.com, online marketplaces
+Added: (e.g., Amazon), our customer contact center, our Purple showrooms and through wholesale retailers.
Direct-to-Consumer Channel
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deeper awareness, engagement and brand loyalty.
−Removed: We believe our 100-night trial, ten-year warranty, attractive financing options, strong
−Removed: customer testimonials and excellent service provide confidence to consumers in buying a mattress.
−Removed: We operate 55 Purple owned
−Removed: retail showrooms across the United States where consumers can experience our brand, learn and engage with our technology and purchase
−Removed: our products.
−Removed: We plan to continue expanding our showroom footprint across the United States.
+Added: We believe our 100-night trial, 10-year warranty, attractive financing options, strong
+Added: customer testimonials and excellent service provide confidence to consumers buying a mattress.
+Added: We operate 60 Purple showrooms across the United States where consumers
+Added: can experience our brand, learn and engage with our technology and purchase our products.
+Added: Over time, we plan to continue expanding our
+Added: showroom footprint across the United States.
Wholesale Channel
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and other sleep products are sold.
−Removed: We now sell mattresses through Ashley Furniture, Big Sandy, City Furniture, Furniture Row, HOM Furniture,
−Removed: Macy’s, Mathis Brothers, Mattress Firm, Raymour & Flanigan, Rooms To Go, Sleep County Canada and Steinhafels, among others.
−Removed: We typically have four to five mattress models on the floor.
−Removed: Sales associates have been trained and we believe are effective in educating
−Removed: consumers regarding our unique benefits as well as shifting the mix upward to our more premium and higher-margin mattresses.
+Added: We now sell mattresses through Ashley Furniture, Big Sandy, City Furniture, Denver Mattress, HOM Furniture,
+Added: Living Spaces, Mathis Brothers, Mattress Firm, Mattress Warehouse, Raymour & Flanigan and Rooms To Go, among others.
+Added: have four to five mattress models on the floor.
+Added: Sales associates have been trained and we believe are effective in educating consumers
+Added: regarding our unique benefits as well as shifting the mix upward to our more premium and higher-margin mattresses.
+Added: We expect to continue
to grow our placements with wholesale partners to give our customers the opportunity to feel the difference of our Hyper-Elastic Polymer
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Factories, Supply Chain and Manufacturing
−Removed: We operate factories in Grantsville,
−Removed: Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah and McDonough, Georgia, which manufacture Purple products.
−Removed: Our factory in Grantsville has approximately
−Removed: 574,000 square-feet and our factory in McDonough, Georgia, which opened to service our customers on the east coast, provides another 844,000
−Removed: At these factories we manufacture our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer cushioning used in our mattress, pillow and seat
−Removed: cushion products.
−Removed: We also assemble, package and ship our products from these two facilities.
−Removed: Our facility in Salt Lake City was acquired
−Removed: as part of the Intellibed acquisition and has approximately 67,000 square feet.
−Removed: This facility manufactures our proprietary Hyper-Elastic
−Removed: Polymer for assembly in our luxury mattresses.
−Removed: We continually improve our manufacturing processes and create efficiencies in production
−Removed: through new equipment and process designs and resources.
−Removed: We believe these factories will provide ample room to accommodate our future
−Removed: growth and expansion plans for the near term.
+Added: We operate manufacturing factories in Grantsville, Utah, Salt Lake
+Added: City, Utah and McDonough, Georgia.
+Added: Our factory in Grantsville has approximately 574,000 square-feet and our factory in McDonough, which
+Added: services our customers on the east coast, provides another 844,000 square-feet.
+Added: At these factories we manufacture our proprietary Hyper-Elastic
+Added: Polymer cushioning used in our mattress, pillow and seat cushion products.
+Added: We also assemble, package and ship our products from these
+Added: two facilities.
+Added: Our facility in Salt Lake City was acquired as part of the Intellibed acquisition and has approximately 67,000 square
+Added: This facility manufactures our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer for assembly in our luxury mattresses.
+Added: We continually strive to
+Added: improve our manufacturing processes and create efficiencies in production through new equipment and process designs and resources.
+Added: also manage our production labor and capacity utilization to promote efficient use of our manufacturing facilities.
+Added: We believe our factories
+Added: provide ample room to accommodate our future growth and expansion plans for the near term.
We have a number of contract
manufacturers who assemble mattresses and have established a network of third-party logistics providers to help with order fulfillment
−Removed: across the United States to minimize delivery times and provide white glove service.
+Added: across the United States.
+Added: These arrangements help to minimize delivery times and provide white glove service in addition to parcel services.
We outsource and resell other
products, including adjustable bases, platform bases, sheets, mattress protectors, blankets and duvets.
−Removed: These products are either designed
−Removed: in-house or in partnership and are unique to Purple.
+Added: These products unique to Purple
+Added: are either designed in-house or in partnership.
We have relationships with
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Environmental and Governmental Regulation
−Removed: We are subject to numerous
−Removed: federal, state, local and foreign consumer protection and other laws and regulations applicable to the sleep product industry.
−Removed: laws and regulations vary among the states and countries in which we do and intend to do business.
−Removed: For example, in the United States,
−Removed: we are subject to regulations promulgated by the U.S.
−Removed: Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
−Removed: and other federal agencies that restrict the generation, emission, treatment, storage and disposal of materials, substances and waste.
−Removed: We are also subject to laws such as the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act,
−Removed: the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
−Removed: products are also subject to fire-retardant standards developed by the State of California, U.S.
−Removed: Consumer Product Safety Commission and
−Removed: other jurisdictions where we sell these products.
+Added: We are subject to numerous federal, state, local and foreign consumer
+Added: protection and other laws and regulations applicable to the sleep product industry.
+Added: These laws and regulations vary among the states and
+Added: countries in which we do and intend to do business.
+Added: For example, in the United States, we are subject to regulations promulgated by the
+Added: Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other federal agencies that restrict the generation,
+Added: emission, treatment, storage and disposal of materials, substances and waste.
+Added: We are also subject to laws such as the Toxic Substances
+Added: Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Comprehensive
+Added: Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, and related state and local statutes and regulations.
+Added: Our mattress products are
+Added: also subject to fire-retardant standards developed by the State of California, U.S.
+Added: Consumer Product Safety Commission and other jurisdictions
+Added: where we sell these products.
As a retailer of sleep and
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warranty disclosure, delivery timing requirements and similar requirements.
−Removed: It is our policy and practice
−Removed: to comply with all applicable domestic and foreign laws and regulations.
We have made and will continue to make capital and other expenditures
−Removed: necessary to comply with these laws and regulations.
+Added: necessary to help us comply with these laws and regulations.
These expenditures have been immaterial to our financial results.
−Removed: We have not suffered
−Removed: a material adverse effect from non-compliance with federal, state, local or foreign legislation, but there can be no assurance that material
−Removed: costs or liabilities will not be incurred in connection with such legislation in the future.
−Removed: Research and Development
−Removed: In May 2022, we appointed
−Removed: our first ever Chief Innovation Officer.
−Removed: Our research and development teams are focused primarily on developing new comfort technologies
−Removed: and products.
−Removed: We have recently announced our three mattress collections including our new line of luxury mattresses.
−Removed: We have an extensive
−Removed: history of innovation that is core to our culture and key to our continued success.
−Removed: Our inventions have culminated over years of persistent
+Added: not suffered a material adverse effect from non-compliance with federal, state, local or foreign legislation, but there can be no assurance
+Added: that material costs or liabilities will not be incurred in connection with such legislation in the future.
Research and Development
−Removed: We intend to continue to develop and introduce new comfort technologies and products to improve how people live.
−Removed: Our vertical integration is a key differentiator that enhances the effectiveness of our research and development capabilities.
−Removed: real-time feedback, we can integrate these insights into our manufacturing process, digital marketing, products and equipment.
−Removed: to facilitate further innovation and development, we have recently leased a facility that will serve as our new innovation center and
−Removed: will replace the older and remote facility we previously had in Alpine, Utah.
−Removed: This new facility is located in Draper, Utah, close to our
−Removed: headquarters and comprises approximately 61,000 square feet.
−Removed: It is expected that we will occupy the building in June of 2023.
+Added: Our research and development teams are focused primarily on developing
+Added: new comfort technologies and products.
+Added: In May 2022, we appointed our first ever chief innovation officer.
+Added: In 2023, we launched our three
+Added: new premium mattress collections including our new line of luxury mattresses.
+Added: We have an extensive history of innovation that is core
+Added: to our culture and key to our continued success.
+Added: Our inventions have culminated over years of persistent research and development.
+Added: intend to continue to develop and introduce new comfort technologies and products.
+Added: Our vertical integration is a key differentiator that
+Added: enhances the effectiveness of our research and development capabilities.
+Added: By gaining real-time feedback, we can integrate these insights
+Added: into our manufacturing process, digital marketing, products and equipment.
+Added: In order to facilitate further innovation and development,
+Added: we opened a facility in August 2023 that serves as our new innovation center and replaces the older and remote facility we previously
+Added: had in Alpine, Utah.
+Added: This new facility is located in Draper, Utah, close to our headquarters and comprises approximately 61,000 square
Intellectual Property
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Our intellectual property portfolio is integral
−Removed: to our continued success in this industry, with respect to our Hyper-Elastic Polymer material as well as our molding processes and machines.
−Removed: We own or have the exclusive
−Removed: right to use hundreds of granted or pending patents and hundreds of patent filings on inventions and designs pertaining to our machines,
−Removed: processes, mattresses, pillows, seat cushions, packaging techniques and other related existing and future products.
−Removed: Our issued United
−Removed: States patents that are significant to our operations are expected to expire at various dates up to 2041.
−Removed: We have several trademarks
−Removed: registered with the U.S.
−Removed: Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including EquaPressure ® , WonderGel ® and
−Removed: EquaGel ® (for cushions), and Purple ® , No Pressure ® , Hyper-Elastic Polymer ® ,
−Removed: Somnigel ® , Gel Matrix ® , Matrix ® , Gelee ® , Ascent ® , Softstretch ® ,
−Removed: Purple Powerbase ® , Sleep Genius ® , Firm and Soft ® , Intellipillow ® , and Intellibed ®
−Removed: (for plasticized elastomeric gel and certain types of products including mattresses, seat cushions, bed linen, mattress foundation and
−Removed: Additional registered trademarks include, but are not limited to, Purple Grid ® , Reinventing Comfort ® ,
−Removed: Comfort Reinvented ® , TwinCloud ® , Purple Cloud ® , Purple Pillow ® , The Purple
−Removed: Mattress ® , Purple Hybrid ® , Purple Hybrid Premier ® , The Purple Mattress ® , The
−Removed: Purple Plus ® , Gelflex ® and registration of the color purple as a trademark (for mattresses, pillows,
−Removed: and seat cushions).
+Added: to our continued success in this industry, particularly with respect to our Hyper-Elastic Polymer material as well as our molding processes
+Added: and machines.
+Added: We own or have the exclusive right to use hundreds of granted or pending
+Added: patents and hundreds of patent filings on inventions and designs pertaining to our machines, processes, mattresses, pillows, seat cushions,
+Added: packaging techniques and other related existing and future products.
+Added: Our issued United States patents that are significant to our operations
+Added: are expected to expire at various dates up to 2041.
+Added: We have several trademarks registered with the U.S.
+Added: Patent and Trademark
+Added: Office (USPTO).
Applications are pending for registration of additional trademarks and some of these listed trademarks for additional
−Removed: classes of goods both in the U.S.
−Removed: and internationally.
−Removed: Our Purple, No Pressure and Hyper-Elastic Polymer trademarks are also registered
−Removed: and have applications pending for various classes of goods in numerous foreign jurisdictions, some of which include Australia, Canada,
−Removed: China, Europe, United Kingdom, Japan and Korea.
−Removed: Certain international trademark applications previously resided with EdiZONE, LLC, which
−Removed: is an entity owned by our founders and were licensed to Purple LLC, and we have taken the necessary steps to have those trademarks assigned
−Removed: to Purple LLC upon registration.
−Removed: We also have a number of common
−Removed: law trademarks, including Sleep Purple, Live Better Ô , New Day Ô ,
−Removed: Restore Ô , RestorePlus Ô , RestorePremier Ô ,
−Removed: Rejuvenate Ô , RejuvenatePlus Ô, RejuvenatePremier Ô ,
−Removed: Perfectstay™, TempBalance™, Success Happens Overnight™, Overnight Success™, Harmony™, Purple Harmony Pillow™,
−Removed: Harmony Pillow™, Purple +™, Purple Plus™, +™, Find Comfort™, Dreams On Dreams™, Reinventing Sleep™,
−Removed: Gelflex Grid™, Gelflex Grid Plus™, Purple Ascent™, ™, Purple Squishy™, Purple Powerbase Premier™,
−Removed: Purple Powerbase Plus™, Purple Glove™, Eidertech™, Mattress Max™, WonderGel Original™, WonderGel Extreme™,
−Removed: DoubleGel™, DoubleGel Plus™, DoubleGel Ultra™, Roll n’ Go™, Fold N’ Go™, Purple Bed™,
−Removed: Purple Top™, Purple Pillow™, Portable Purple™, Everywhere Purple™, Simply Purple™, Lite Purple™, Royal
−Removed: Purple™, Double Purple™, Deep Purple™, Ultimate Purple™, Purple Back™, EquaGel Straight Comfort™,
−Removed: EquaGel General™, EquaGel Protector™, and EquaGel Adjustable™.
+Added: classes of goods both in the United States and internationally.
+Added: Our Purple, No Pressure and Hyper-Elastic Polymer trademarks are also
+Added: registered and have applications pending for various classes of goods in numerous foreign jurisdictions, some of which include Australia,
+Added: Canada, China, Europe, United Kingdom, Japan and Korea.
+Added: We also have several common law trademarks.
Many of the common law marks
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−Removed: In addition, we maintain
−Removed: copyrights, many registered, to past and present versions of purple.com, onpurple.com, equapressure.com, wondergel.com, marketing content,
−Removed: blogs, logos, graphics, videos and other marketing and promotional materials promoting our products.
−Removed: We protect and enforce our intellectual property
−Removed: rights, including through litigation as necessary.
+Added: In addition, we maintain copyrights,
+Added: many registered, to past and present versions of purple.com, onpurple.com, equapressure.com, wondergel.com, marketing content, blogs,
+Added: logos, graphics, videos and other marketing and promotional materials promoting our products.
+Added: While we may own or have the
+Added: exclusive rights in this intellectual property it is our responsibility to maintain that exclusivity through intellectual property enforcement
+Added: efforts when an infringement occurs.
+Added: We continue to enforce those intellectual property rights and will continue to do so to maintain
+Added: our success in this industry.
+Added: We protect and enforce our
+Added: intellectual property rights, including through litigation as necessary.
Human Capital
−Removed: At Purple, our focus is to
−Removed: have our employees develop personally, work with talented teammates, and contribute to the success of Purple while working in a safe environment
−Removed: and building an authentic culture.
−Removed: We strive to deliver on our promise of improving the lives of our customers by knowing that our most
−Removed: valuable asset at Purple is our people and their learned institutional knowledge.
+Added: At Purple, our primary focus is fostering the professional development
+Added: of our employees through collaboration of engaged teams and helping them feel connected to Purple’s success.
+Added: We try to achieve this
+Added: through maintaining a safe and high-functioning work environment that cultivates an authentic company culture.
+Added: Our people initiatives
+Added: are strategically crafted to enhance the professional growth and overall satisfaction of our employees, with the overarching goal of making
+Added: Purple the best place they’ve ever worked.
As of March 12, 2024, we had approximately 1,700 employees engaged
−Removed: in manufacturing, research and development, general corporate functions, wholesale, ecommerce, and Purple owned retail showrooms.
−Removed: of showroom growth, this is down approximately 45% from the end of 2021.
−Removed: With the appointment of our
−Removed: new Chief People Officer in November 2021, Purple’s People team now operates under the following five pillars that drive our people
−Removed: Acquire Great Talent, Retain and Develop Great Talent, Build and Strengthen the Foundation of an Exceptional People Experience,
−Removed: Champion an Authentic Values-Based Culture, and Support and Drive the Path to Premium.
−Removed: Acquire Great Talent
−Removed: We believe our people are
−Removed: critical for our future success.
−Removed: Therefore, our efforts to acquire great talent begin with inviting the right kind of people to our community.
−Removed: To support this initiative, we are investing in better recruitment technology to improve our candidate experience.
−Removed: Retain and Develop Great Talent
−Removed: In 2022, we created Purple’s
−Removed: Center of Excellence, a new resource intended to streamline people operations enterprise-wide, resulting in lower wait times for employees
−Removed: to receive information, resources, and helping to increase the overall efficiency of operations.
−Removed: We also deployed a newly designed Talent
−Removed: Management and Succession Planning program in 2022.Through this program, we identified high potential employees that will form our first
−Removed: mentoring group called the Pinnacle Program, which aims to provide meaningful touchpoints across senior leadership team members and the
−Removed: future leaders of Purple.
−Removed: In addition to improving the
−Removed: employee experience and constructing a mentorship program, we are also focused on delivering competitive, meaningful, and transparent
−Removed: compensation and benefits to our employees.
−Removed: Build and Strengthen the Foundation of
−Removed: an Exceptional People Experience
−Removed: In July 2022, with the appointment
−Removed: of our new Chief Operating Officer, our top priority has been to take action to promote the safety of our employees through various safety
−Removed: We retooled our on-site safety departments and modeled them after Safety, Health, and Environment (“SHE”) requirements.
−Removed: In addition, we continue to
−Removed: invest in new technology to improve communication and enhance our human resource information system functionality to support manager and
−Removed: employee self-service.
−Removed: Paired with our continued dedication to creating shared experiences for employees to connect and build real relationships
−Removed: with those they work with, we believe these efforts will result in a more rewarding employee experience.
−Removed: Champion an Authentic Values-Based Culture
−Removed: After our cost restructuring
−Removed: in early 2022, we worked to rebuild our Purple culture.
−Removed: Through executive support and sponsorship, we hosted an employee-led committee
−Removed: that created six new values.
−Removed: Our value roll-out campaign included a roadshow, where all executive senior leadership members as well as
−Removed: committee members met on-site at our facilities in Utah and Georgia, alongside virtual all-hands meetings for our wholesale and retail
−Removed: We plan to continue this work in 2023 with events, trainings, and internal branding.
−Removed: Support and Drive the Path to Premium
−Removed: In repositioning to a premium
−Removed: brand, we will rely heavily on our employees to support and drive success.
−Removed: In 2022, we allocated additional resources to our growing wholesale
−Removed: and retail teams.
−Removed: Additionally, with the launch of our new products and wholesale partnerships, we successfully deployed extensive training
−Removed: for our employees and external partners.
−Removed: We believe these efforts have equipped our sales channels with the needed expertise to position
−Removed: our products in the premium category.
+Added: in manufacturing, research and development, general corporate functions, wholesale, e-commerce, and Purple showrooms.
+Added: In 2024, Purple’s human resources team is focusing on four pillars
+Added: that drive our people strategy:
+Added: (i) acquire, retain, and develop great people;
+Added: (ii) improve organizational performance;
+Added: (iii) deliver
+Added: competitive and meaningful pay and benefits;
+Added: and (iv) celebrate our people.
+Added: Acquire, retain,
+Added: and develop great people
+Added: We attempt to strategically acquire, keep and cultivate a
+Added: talented, motivated, and high-caliber workforce.
+Added: We believe will be achieved by selectively recruiting outstanding talent, tailoring development
+Added: plans for employees, implementing an accelerated leadership development program for promising individuals, and building cross-functional
+Added: Improve organizational
+Added: We attempt to drive efficiency, effectiveness, and business success
+Added: through strategic people initiatives.
+Added: We will continue to invest in new technology to enhance communication channels and optimize
+Added: our human resource information system, enabling self-service functionalities for managers and employees.
+Added: In alignment with our core values,
+Added: we will place emphasis on creating shared experiences that will facilitate genuine connections and foster strong relationships within
+Added: our workforce.
+Added: Deliver competitive
+Added: and meaningful pay and benefits
+Added: attempt to provide compensation packages that are both competitive and meaningful, encompassing salary and benefits that align to market
+Added: We will continue to provide relevant employee perks that connect our employees with our Company’s mission and actively
+Added: contribute to nurturing employee engagement.
+Added: We attempt to continue to focus on maintaining a culture of recognition
+Added: where we actively acknowledge and honor the achievements, contributions, and milestones of our people.
+Added: Through thoughtful and authentic
+Added: celebration, we not only create a culture of gratitude, but we will also foster a sense of belonging and motivation, ultimately strengthening
+Added: our team cohesion and morale.
Purple was created by two
brothers that set out to revolutionize the comfort space.
−Removed: One in manufacturing and design, and the other an advanced aerospace scientist,
−Removed: the brothers embarked on a partnership in the early 1990s to put together a team to develop cushioning solutions for wheelchairs and medical
−Removed: They later created what we call Hyper-Elastic Polymer —an elastomeric polymer that can stretch up to 15x its resting size
−Removed: and never lose shape or function.
−Removed: Our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology has since been used in mattresses, seat cushions and
+Added: One of the brothers had expertise in manufacturing and design, and the other
+Added: brother was an advanced aerospace scientist.
+Added: Together, the brothers embarked on a partnership in the early 1990s to put together a team
+Added: to develop cushioning solutions for wheelchairs and medical beds.
+Added: They later created what we call Hyper-Elastic Polymer —an elastomeric
+Added: polymer that can stretch up to 15x its resting size and without losing shape or function.
+Added: Our proprietary Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology
+Added: has since been used in mattresses, seat cushions and pillows.
Available Information
Our website address is www.purple.com.
−Removed: We make available, free of charge on our Investor Relations website, investors.purple.com, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly
−Removed: Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
−Removed: of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically
−Removed: file such material with, or furnish it to, the U.S.
−Removed: Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
−Removed: We also use our Investor
−Removed: Relations website, investors.purple.com, as a channel of distribution of additional Purple information that may be deemed material.
+Added: We make available, free of charge
+Added: on our Investor Relations website, investors.purple.com, all of our reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
+Added: We also use our Investor Relations
+Added: website, investors.purple.com, as a channel of distribution of additional Purple information that may be deemed material.
investors should monitor this channel, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.
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As of the date of this report,
−Removed: our directors and executive officers are as follows:
+Added: our executive officers are as follows:
Director, Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
+Added: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
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He also currently
−Removed: serves on the boards of Welch’s Foods and Q30 Innovations/Q30 Sports Canada, and formerly served on the boards of Advanced Functional
−Removed: Fabrics of America, The American Apparel & Footwear Association, and Aloha.
−Removed: DeMartini received a Bachelor of Science degree in
−Removed: Finance from San Diego State University.
−Removed: He is well qualified to serve on our Board due to his extensive operational and management background.
−Removed: has served as our Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) since August 2021.
+Added: serves on the board of directors of Welch’s Foods and Q30 Innovations/Q30 Sports Canada, and formerly served on the board of directors
+Added: of Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, The American Apparel & Footwear Association, and Aloha.
+Added: DeMartini received a Bachelor
+Added: of Science degree in Finance from San Diego State University.
+Added: Vogensen has served as Chief Financial Officer since October 2023.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
−Removed: Nussbaum served
−Removed: as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of American Megatrends, Inc., from 2019 to 2020.
−Removed: During that period he also served as Operating
−Removed: Partner of HGGC, LLC, from 2017 to 2020.
−Removed: He also served as Interim CFO at 4over, Inc., from 2017 to 2018.
−Removed: From 2016 to 2017 he was the
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer of American Apparel, LLC.
−Removed: He currently serves on the advisory board for the W.
−Removed: Edwards Deming Center for Quality,
−Removed: Productivity, and Competitiveness at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, a position he has held since 2011.
−Removed: previously served on the boards of directors of The Collected Group, LLC, from 2018 to 2019, Charlotte Russe, Inc., from 2018 to 2019,
−Removed: and BCBGMAXAZRIA, LLC, during 2017.
−Removed: Nussbaum has extensive leadership and stakeholder management expertise and has led multibillion-dollar
−Removed: publicly traded and private equity-owned businesses through turnarounds, transitions and accelerated growth.
−Removed: Nussbaum is a graduate
−Removed: of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics and holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York,
−Removed: served as the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Purple LLC since its inception in 2010 as WonderGel, LLC.
−Removed: He also has served
−Removed: as Corporate Secretary of Purple Inc.
−Removed: since the Business Combination.
−Removed: From 2008 until the Business Combination, he also has served as
−Removed: General Counsel of various affiliated technology companies owned by the founders, including EdiZONE, LLC, focused on developing advanced
−Removed: cushioning technology.
−Removed: McGarvey has a deep knowledge of the Company and its technologies and intellectual property.
−Removed: Prior to joining
−Removed: EdiZONE and Purple LLC, Mr.
−Removed: McGarvey was a shareholder, partner or of counsel at several law firms during which, among other things, he
−Removed: litigated and advised businesses on the protection of their patents and trademarks and other business matters.
−Removed: McGarvey has the following
−Removed: degrees, each from the University of Utah, a Bachelor of Arts and Honors, Bachelor in political science with a Certificate in public administration,
−Removed: a Juris Doctor and an Executive Masters of Business Administration.
+Added: Vogensen served as executive
+Added: vice president and chief financial officer of Party City Holdings Inc.
+Added: from February 2020 to August 2023.
+Added: In January 2013, Party
+Added: City Holdings Inc.
+Added: filed a voluntary petition for reorganization relief pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S.
+Added: Bankruptcy Code.
+Added: Previously, Mr.
+Added: served as executive vice president—chief financial officer at Chico’s FAS, Inc.
+Added: from June 2015 to January 2020.
+Added: Chico’s FAS in October 2009, and served in roles of increasing responsibility, including senior vice president – finance,
+Added: and vice president – investor relations.
+Added: Previously, Mr.
+Added: Vogensen served in executive finance roles at Michaels
+Added: Stores, Inc., Gap, Inc., Hewlett Packard Company and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
+Added: Vogensen received a Bachelor of Science
+Added: degree in Accounting from Arizona State University.
+Added: McDermott joined Purple in October 2023 as Chief
+Added: Legal Officer.
+Added: McDermott is a skilled executive, attorney and business leader who brings more than 20 years of deep expertise
+Added: in global licensing, intellectual property and corporate governance in multi-national retail and manufacturing environments.
+Added: joining the Company, from February 2021 to October 2023, Ms.
+Added: McDermott served as the chief legal & risk officer and secretary at Shoe
+Added: Previously, from December 2011 to February 2021, Ms.
+Added: McDermott was with Perry Ellis International, Inc., where she served as
+Added: general counsel and secretary from November 2017 to February 2021.
+Added: McDermott received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English
+Added: and a Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University along with a certificate in Accelerated Management from Yale School of Management.
served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company since June 2022.
Prior to joining the company, Mr.
−Removed: Haynor spent most of his career
−Removed: with Ecolab in a variety of end-to-end supply chain roles.
−Removed: From August 2019 until he joined the Company in June 2022 he served as Sr.
−Removed: Vice President, Industrial Supply Chain providing strategic direction for eight Industrial business units.
−Removed: Prior to that he held the role
−Removed: of Vice President, Global Equipment Operations and Strategy from June 2015 to August 2019.
+Added: Haynor spent most of his career with Ecolab, a supplier of cleaning, sanitizing and maintenance products
+Added: and services for the institutional, hospitality, healthcare and industrial markets, in a variety of end-to-end supply chain roles.
+Added: August 2019 until he joined the Company in June 2022 he served as senior vice president, industrial supply chain at Ecolab providing strategic
+Added: direction for eight industrial business units.
+Added: Prior to that, he held the role of vice president, global equipment operations and strategy
+Added: from June 2015 to August 2019 at Ecolab.
From August 2009 to June 2015, Mr.
−Removed: Ecolab’s EMEA Supply Chain Operations and from April 2005 to August 2009 he led Ecolab’s Asia Pacific Supply Chain Operations.
−Removed: His early career was spent in a variety of developmental supply chain roles.
−Removed: Haynor is a graduate of Michigan State University and
−Removed: holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, with honors.
−Removed: has served as the Chief Innovation Officer of the Company since May 2022.
−Removed: Hutchings has more than twenty years of experience in strategic
−Removed: business leadership in innovation, new product introduction and quality assurance.
+Added: Haynor led Ecolab’s EMEA supply chain operations and
+Added: from April 2005 to August 2009 he led Ecolab’s Asia Pacific supply chain operations.
+Added: His early career was spent in a variety of
+Added: developmental supply chain roles.
+Added: Haynor is a graduate of Michigan State University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical
+Added: Hutchings has served as the Chief Innovation Officer of the Company since May 2022.
+Added: has more than 20 years of experience in strategic business leadership in innovation, new product introduction and quality assurance.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
−Removed: Hutchings served
−Removed: as Chief Product Officer at Skullcandy Inc.
−Removed: since December 2018 and as Vice President of Product from June 2015 to December 2018.
−Removed: to that from July 2010 to June 2015, Mr.
−Removed: Hutchings served in various engineering and director roles at HARMAN International Mr.
−Removed: holds a BS in Computer Engineering from University of Utah.
+Added: Hutchings served as chief product officer at Skullcandy Inc., a designer and manufacturer of performance
+Added: audio and gaming headphones and other accessory related products, from December 2018 to May 2022 and as vice president of product from
+Added: June 2015 to December 2018.
+Added: Prior to that from July 2010 to June 2015, Mr.
+Added: Hutchings served in various engineering and director roles
+Added: at HARMAN International.
+Added: Hutchings holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Utah.
served as the Chief of Owned Retail Officer of the Company since January
Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
−Removed: Kerby served as Vice
−Removed: President, Head of Stores of Sephora since May 2019, responsible for leading 86 stores throughout Canada.
−Removed: From March 2018 to January 2019,
−Removed: he served as the Senior Regional Director of American Eagle where he led American Eagle/Aerie stores in the Midwest U.S.
−Removed: and Canada with
+Added: Kerby served as vice president, head of stores of Sephora, a retailer of personal care and beauty
+Added: products, since May 2019, responsible for leading 86 stores throughout Canada.
+Added: From March 2018 to January 2019, he served as the senior
+Added: regional director of American Eagle, a specialty retailer of clothing, accessories and personal care products, where he led American Eagle/Aerie
+Added: stores in the Midwest United States and Canada with 225 stores.
Prior to joining American Eagle, Mr.
−Removed: Kerby was with L Brands’ LaSensa from February 2017 to March 2018.
−Removed: Prior to that,
−Removed: Kerby was the Vice President, Head of Stores/Store Operations for L Brands’ Victoria’s Secret International from June
−Removed: 2015 to September 2016.
−Removed: From October 2008 to June 2015, Mr.
−Removed: Kerby grew from Director to Associate Vice President, Head of Stores for Bath
−Removed: and Body Works.
−Removed: Kerby holds a BS from Washington State University’s School of Communications.
+Added: Kerby was with L Brands’ LaSensa,
+Added: a Canadian retailer of women’s lingerie and apparel, from February 2017 to March 2018.
+Added: Prior to that, Mr.
+Added: Kerby was the vice president,
+Added: head of stores/store operations for L Brands’ Victoria’s Secret International from June 2015 to September 2016.
+Added: 2008 to June 2015, Mr.
+Added: Kerby grew from director to associate vice president, head of stores for Bath and Body Works.
+Added: Kerby holds a
+Added: Bachelor of Science degree from Washington State University’s School of Communications.
served as Chief Marketing Officer since November 2022.
−Removed: Prior to joining the Company, Ms.
−Removed: Krausz was Chief Marketing Officer of HealthPlanOne,
−Removed: a digital health distribution platform from August 2020 to October 2022.
+Added: Prior to joining
+Added: the Company, Ms.
+Added: Krausz was chief marketing officer of HealthPlanOne, a digital health distribution platform from August 2020 to October
From February 2013 to February 2020, Ms.
−Removed: Krausz was the
−Removed: EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, then President, of Nutrisystem.
−Removed: Prior to Nutrisystem, she held a progression of leadership roles
−Removed: in consumer marketing at Time Inc.
+Added: Krausz was the executive vice president and chief marketing officer, then president,
+Added: of Nutrisystem, a provider of weight management products and services.
+Added: Prior to Nutrisystem, she held a progression of leadership
+Added: roles in consumer marketing at Time Inc.
and the Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
−Removed: She serves on the board of the BioBuilder Educational
−Removed: Past board roles include Second Nature Brands and the Association of National Advertisers.
−Removed: Krausz attended
−Removed: Cornell University as an undergraduate and received her MBA from Dartmouth College.
+Added: She serves on the board of directors of
+Added: the BioBuilder Educational Foundation.
+Added: Past board of directors roles include Second Nature Brands and the Association of National
+Added: Krausz attended Cornell University as an undergraduate and received her Masters of Business Administration degree
+Added: from Dartmouth College.
served as Chief People Officer of the Company since October 2021.
−Removed: Roddy brings to the Company over 20 years of experience in
−Removed: culture transformation, talent development, organization design and change leadership.
+Added: Roddy brings to the Company over 20 years of experience in culture transformation, talent development, organization design and change
Prior to joining the Company, Mr.
−Removed: served as the Chief People Officer for VASA Fitness since 2018.
−Removed: Prior to that he was the Chief Human Resources Officer for SeaWorld Parks
−Removed: and Entertainment from 2016 to 2018.
+Added: Roddy served as the chief people officer for VASA Fitness, a fitness club operator,
+Added: from 2018 to October 2021.
+Added: Prior to that he was the chief human resources officer for SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, a theme park and
+Added: entertainment company, from 2016 to 2018.
From 2012 to 2016, Mr.
−Removed: Roddy was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Luxottica Group.
+Added: Roddy was the senior vice president of human resources for Luxottica
Prior to joining Luxottica Group, he was the vice president of human resources for Starbucks Corporation from 2004 to 2012.
−Removed: Roddy holds a master’s degree from Columbia University on Organizational Psychology and a bachelor’s degree in Organizational
+Added: Roddy holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University in Organizational Psychology and a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational
Behavior from Brigham Young University – Hawaii.
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