Zzzs don't grow on trees... neither does foam for Casper. The direct-to-consumer mattress company's sales fell 3% last quarter, even though time spent in bed increased infinity%. Casper saw record website traffic, aka record interest in its products. But mattresses were out-of-stock for weeks at a time due to supply chain shortages, so it couldn't cash in on demand. Purple, which controls its own supply chain, saw sales jump 60%. Casper stock plunged 18% for the week and is down by over half this year, while Purple has more than 3X'd.
Darth Bezos strikes again... Amazon's e-Pharmacy dropped this week, offering Prime members free two-day shipping and savings benefits on prescription meds. The Zon has over 110M US Prime members — that's a major "code red" to OG pharmacies, which sell hundreds of billions in prescription meds each year. For the week: Walgreens stock dropped 12%, and CVS fell 6%. GoodRx plunged 18% since it's the "Expedia of prescription drugs" — Amazon's steep discounts threaten its entire value prop.