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| Further, we continue to strengthen our balance sheet, reducing our cash burn, normalizing our inventory and reducing the balance of our credit facility |
| And we remain laser-focused on those efforts, but we are still forward-looking, planting seeds for growth, and we believe these combined efforts will yield significant benefits for Aterian 2024 and beyond |
| We're very excited about that |
| Our operating loss of $6.5 million in the third quarter improved from $108.9 million compared to the year-ago quarter in an improvement of approximately 94%, driven by the normalization and improvement of our balance sheet and the reduction of fixed costs offset by our continued strategic initiatives to sell off higher-priced inventory |
| We're also very pleased with our progress on focusing, simplifying and stabilizing Aterian and we continue to be optimistic on our goals of achieving adjusted EBITDA profitability in the summer of 2024 |
| We have also taken actions to strengthen our relationship with Amazon, and we believe that deepening this relationship will create further cost savings and efficiencies in our business |
| I'm pleased to report that we have made significant progress |
| And our net loss improved by over 94% |
| While TikTok Shop itself is a relatively new e-commerce platform, we are optimistic about its potential to drive incremental growth across Aterian’s product portfolio, as we endeavor to meet consumers everywhere they shop |
| We believe our solid balance sheet led by our cash balance, normalizing inventory levels and continued access to our credit facility with Mid-Cap will allow us to be laser-focused on driving our core business towards adjusted EBITA profitability |
| And then I think from a social proof perspective, there are some areas where I think we can do better in making sure we get good social proof |
| We're grateful for the retail crowd |
| Overall, we are excited about the progress that we have made to focus, simplify and stabilize Aterian’s business, and we remain optimistic that with this narrower focus on our core SKUs and brands and by pursuing our omnichannel strategy, we will be able to achieve adjusted EBITDA profitability in the summer of 2024 |
| I just want to say we -- we're grateful for the retail crowd |
| Certain of our kitchen appliances had pressure -- probably the area that had the least pressure is Squatybody, right? It's a very strong brand |
| Our net loss of the quarter of $6.3 million improved from a loss of $116.9 million in the year-ago quarter, an improvement of approximately 95%, driven by the normalization and improvement of our balance sheet and the reduction of fixed costs offset by our continued strategic initiative to sell off higher priced inventory |
| The middle of this range represents an improvement of approximately 44% compared to last year's fourth quarter |
| Our adjusted EBITDA loss of $4.4 million as defined in our earnings release improved by 51% from a loss of $9.1 million in the third quarter of 2022 |
| We got a lot of work to do, but certainly, we feel very optimistic that the goal that we set off by -- in August that we're still heading in the right direction for that |
| We continue to be optimistic on our goal and continue to target adjusted EBITDA profitability in the summer of 2024 |
| And also, we got a bunch of other initiatives that we'll talk at a later date about, but that should improve a lot of the efficiencies across product development and supply chain |
| We think we got a good line of sight |
| We continue to make strong progress normalizing the high-cost non-core inventory so given the weakness in consumer demand has taken us longer than originally anticipated |
| So Brian, it's like when -- just looking at the dehumidifiers, and I talked about this on the last earnings call, right? I think there's -- we were the best-selling dehumidifier for quite some time |
| Further, we're working on a lot of FOB initiatives, particularly in the oil that will help us improve our CM by the time we get to summer 2024 |
| Plus, I think, as Joe mentioned, we focused on the portfolio, we're going to be hyper focused on these core SKUs, which will drive a lot more effective initiative across the listings and resulting in what we believe will be improved CM |
| The improvement was driven by product mix and better pricing on liquidation sales |
| Overall gross margin for the third quarter increased to 49.4% from 45.5% in the year-go quarter, and increased from 42.2% in Q2 of 2023 |
| I think where we're thinking and what we think efficiencies will happen that will lead to improved profitability is about getting down to one account per brand |
| From an omnichannel perspective, we have also made progress |
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| Net revenue declined 40.2% to $39.7 million from $66.3 million in the year ago quarter, primarily due to reduced consumer discretionary spending and competitive pricing pressures across our portfolio |
| Our third quarter results continue to reflect significant pricing and other pressures in order to remain competitive on Amazon, which is where we earn most of our revenues |
| In Q3, we saw our revenue continue to be impacted by reduced consumer discretionary spending and competitive pricing pressures |
| Our sustain net revenue decreased of $21.9 million is from reduced consumer discretionary spending and competitive pressures across the portfolio but in particular, our dehumidifier air conditioning product line |
| I would say, we have -- again, as I pointed out, we struggled a little bit in the home appliance space |
| As compared to the third quarter 2023, this includes an estimated incremental $2 million negative impact from anticipated fourth quarter pricing initiatives for higher-priced inventory in relation to Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales program |
| The decrease in contribution margin was driven by competitive pricing pressures and product mix and certain initiatives to normalize end of the season inventory |
| Q3, 2023 saw a sustained product contribution margin decline slightly year-over-year to 9% versus 10% in Q3 2022 |
| I think it's particularly right to what Joe's point is, it's more the competitive pressures that you're seeing is why we lost a ton and inventory-related thing in general |
| While we also continue to see reduced consumer discretionary spending for the product categories we operate in, in certain of our key categories, such as in our dehumidifiers business, we have lost market share |
| Our liquidation net revenue decreased by $3.5 million as we continue to sell off higher priced inventory to normalize inventory levels, but in reduced volumes than last year as we enter, but we hope, are the final phases of this strategic initiative |
| So the demand is down, but it's still there |
| This is evident as we reduced the year-over-year Q3 adjusted EBITDA loss by 51% |
| These factors taken together have had a material impact on our results and we expect these pressures to continue through the rest of the fourth quarter |
| So it's challenging, but I think manageable for us |
| Brian Kinstlinger So is that dehumidifier best-selling tag lost representative of several categories? And is it because of increased competition, but also because maybe you lack the volume and inventory to meet demand |
| They were run across multiple accounts, especially considering how much power Amazon has to a particular business, right? If you're an accountant is going to shut you down, it creates a lot of impact |
| Air conditioners had a lot of pressure |
| Do you humidifiers had pressure |
| And then we lost the best seller tag -- and that -- like when you lose that best seller tag, it has an immediate impact on demand, right? And now we think we can get that back, but that has an immediate impact |
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