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Just to clarify they are in 4 countries. They also appeared to be doing the last mile delivery in these countries themselves (at least I could confirm in the US
by jimhi 5y ago
Just to clarify they are in 4 countries. They also appeared to be doing the last mile delivery in these countries themselves (at least I could confirm in the USA) which probably helped with their premium brand.
That said, I still agree with the above post. Fitbit has 1,600 employees and actually ships globally. This was excessive.
- jmacd 5y agoThey definitely were not doing last mile delivery themselves. They use an outsourced delivery company. Those vans you saw with their logos on them were just part of that deal.
- jimhi 5y agoAs I said, I could confirm they were. I was reselling their bikes to SE Asia in my last company. You can also google this: https://www.businessofbusiness.com/articles/peloton-in-housing-delivery-and-lastmile/ https://www.businessofbusiness.com/articles/peloton-in-housi...
- jmacd 5y agoThey use XPO Logistics.
- r_klancer 5y agoCoincidentally, I was (also) going to jump in this thread to say that at Fitbit we never employed even near 2800 people. Of course, per the standard corporate model nowadays, Fitbit in its time as an independent company didn't directly employ the people who do the manufacturing, logistics, retail sales, or front line customer support (nor of course the people who do janitorial services, security, food service, etc for those folks.) So I don't think it was fair of GP to say: > All your comment really shows is how little you know about how many people it takes to run a large business Although perhaps it was more fair to say: > you don't really understand what Peleton do Personally, I concluded from the headline that there must be an interesting story there.