Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON)
Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) has agreed to extend the period when customers may return their recalled Tread+ products for one additional year. As a result, Peloton stock surged this morning.
Peloton and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission have jointly stated that the deadline for customers to submit a refund request has been extended to November 6, 2023.
Following the passing of a kid and hundreds of occurrences, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) announced on May 5, 2021, that they would be recalling 125K Tread+ treadmills. Users of all ages, children, animals, and even objects, run the danger of being pushed below the treadmill’s back roller, which may lead to severe injuries or even fatalities. Treadmills pose this risk.
To this day, Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) has received 335 incident reports, including 87 instances of customers being injured due to the incidents. This is in addition to the report of a fatality.
Peloton is hard at work developing a solution for the issue in the form of a rear guard repair.
Since taking over as CEO of Peloton stock in February of this year, Barry McCarthy has implemented several measures to reduce expenses and restore investors’ trust in the Peloton stock.
Peloton stock managed a slight gain of 0.32% on Tuesday but is still trading 78% down year-to-date.
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The Peloton stock price increased as the company announced an extension of the refund period for the recalled treadmill equipment.
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