Exhibit 99.1
The Beachbody Company Evolves Core Business Model with Updated
Omnichannel Approach Focused on Accelerating Path to Profitable Growth
Reduces costs, broadens distribution channels, and is expected to lower revenue break-even point1 by approximately ~47%
| • | | Transitions from MLM to a single-level Affiliate Program, launching Nov 1, 2024 |
| • | | Expands its current direct-to-consumer, Amazon, and partnership-driven sales channels |
| • | | Expects to significantly improve revenue break-even point, decreasing from less than $430 million in annual revenue to less than $225 million |
| • | | Reduces its workforce by approximately 33 percent, anticipating overhead savings of $54 million on an annualized run-rate basis |
EL SEGUNDO, September 30, 2024 – The Beachbody Company, Inc. (NYSE: BODI) (or “the Company” or “BODi”), a leading fitness and nutrition company, today announced the evolution of its core business model with an omnichannel sales channel approach that will streamline operations and better position the Company for future profitable growth. As a result of this restructuring, BODi will reduce costs, broaden its distribution channels, and significantly lower its revenue break-even point.
New Business Model
As part of its strategic shift to optimize its omnichannel distribution platform, BODi will transition from its current Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) Network channel to a single-level Affiliate Program, which will launch November 1, 2024. Current participants in the Team BODi Partner Network in the United States and Canada will transition to the new Affiliate Program that is focused on being more productive and rewarding for a larger group of sellers. BODi’s MLM Network will begin winding down and is expected to be fully wound down by January 1, 2025.
“The first phase of our turnaround is centered on lowering our infrastructure costs and re-architecting our financial model,” Mark Goldston, Executive Chairman of BODi, said. “We have successfully accomplished that goal – we’ve lowered our revenue break-even point by more than $400 million, have reduced our net losses and generated positive Adjusted EBITDA over the last three quarters. The next phase of our journey is to optimize and broaden our points of distribution by converting the existing MLM to a single-level affiliate network, and expanding our direct-to-consumer, Amazon and partnership-driven sales channels, which we believe will further open the sales aperture and diversify our revenue sources.”
Mr. Goldston continued, “We recognize that in light of today’s current market dynamics, as well as consumer preferences, the multi-level marketing distribution model is outdated and unsustainable. The evolution to the affiliate model offers a simpler, more modern approach to customer acquisition and will directly reward the seller for their effort. The organizational challenges and complexity of the MLM approach has weighed on the Company’s turnaround and the ability of Partners to optimize their potential. We are confident this shift will be beneficial to stakeholders and to new potential participants. I look forward to sharing more details on our third quarter earnings call.”
1 | Revenue break-even point is defined as the revenue necessary to achieve break-even in our Adjusted EBITDA |