Casper Sleep (CSPR) 13 May 212021 Q1 Earnings call transcript

Good morning, and welcome to Casper Sleep's First Quarter 2021 Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. I would like to turn the conference over to Norberto Aja, Investor Relations for Casper. Mr. Aja, you may begin.

good and operator, you, morning, everyone. Thank for conference call. you joining the quarter first XXXX Sleep Casper Thank We'll in your questions. get comments management's started just a with minute and before minute take harbor But let the language. read safe a so, doing to me call will forward-looking XXXX the Securities statements May of Act of contain Litigation meaning is Reform taking the XXXX. This on Private XX, place within and forward-looking our All objectives, of plans, historical fact of relate to statements matters management's performance financial made on anticipated COVID-XX regarding be our this statements, considered and call strategies, impact statements that goals business. do not expected including should the on These from statements important and factors nor future achievements or any to results, implied but other unknown cause may involve achievements our actual results, the performance are known neither or forward-looking promises statements. that performance expressed and different risks, by materially uncertainties or guarantees be on results annual today. with other for Factors forward-looking actual cause and report year in on Securities those from statements and the Form discussed XXXX, made December call filings by this indicated ended to materially XX-K the differ could XX, Commission our the Exchange forward-looking such represent Any the as call. this management's date of of statements estimates

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Philip. Thanks,

Thanks, Bob.

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if there's of I guess reopen, revert, kind of questions. kind thinking revert e-commerce Great. around rest to marketing a plans deploying dollars? the How your one e-commerce Thanks things levels broadly, think about starts to the broader are of as will to just in a year. you start Particularly, I for the marketing pre-COVID taking through some view, extent.

play the into how does thinking in how So Thanks. half? terms that you're of deploying come in about back maybe

Yes, Nick.

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guys. Super helpful, thanks

Thanks Randy.

Schenk your Morgan And with comes next question Stanley. Lauren from

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Thank you. Okay.

Thanks a lot.

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