备忘录:Peloton,照做就是了。

谁知道呢?耐克很可能会驳回有关其可能收购 Peloton 的传言,如果他们还没有这样做的话。CNBC 早些时候指出,约翰-福里(John Foley)对该公司作为独立公司的未来 "充满信心"。Peloton 并不是那种会将权力让给任何外部公司的人,但如果他们真的这么做了,效果会非常好。假设交易不会发生,这就是它应该发生的原因。彭博社的这篇评论文章一针见血:

耐克可以说是一个奢侈品牌,如果你看一下它的高端价格范围,夹克和运动鞋都在 500 美元以上。这与 Peloton 的定位不谋而合,因为它的自行车起价高达 1495 美元。

Peloton 最需要的是充满活力和参与感的新用户,他们可以放心地为 Peloton 硬件支付全额费用,同时继续使用移动应用程序和虚拟社区。耐克可以提供这样的服务,尤其是在美国消费者重返健身房的今天:

耐克公司多年来一直在投资其虚拟社区,大力发展一整套为不同客户和不同需求服务的应用程序。其主要的耐克应用程序用于直接购物,耐克跑步俱乐部和耐克训练俱乐部用于追踪锻炼情况,而 SNKRS 应用程序则是运动鞋爱好者密切关注即将发布的产品的首选。成为 Nike+ 会员虽然是免费的,但可以通过产品更新和独家产品与零售商建立更密切的关系。不难看出,Peloton 将如何融入耐克的健身应用,并推动耐克付费会员制的发展。两家公司的用户群很可能重叠,但两者之间存在着许多交叉销售的机会。Peloton 的高收入用户可以提升耐克作为奢侈品的定位,吸引那些想购买耐克产品的用户,而耐克的巨大影响力将为 Peloton 带来高效的客户获取。同时,我们也不难理解 Peloton 为何需要耐克的帮助。

Peloton 品牌已今非昔比。在《Peloton 的扩散》一文中,我们写道:"为了获得尽可能多的客户,Peloton 扩散了其狂热的基础,削弱了其核心人群之间的联系"。通过降低价格和增加融资机会来实现大众化目标的结果,意味着该品牌在早期采用者心目中的形象大打折扣,从而将家用自行车变成了一个追随者众多的品牌。这反映在其服装业务的减少上。据 CNBC 最近报道,该公司正在削减2022 年的服装销售预期。不过,就目前而言,Peloton 的产品仍然优于市场上的任何竞争对手。埃施朗公司最近说服美国专利商标局,Peloton 的流媒体和点播课程专利实际上并不具有专利性。根据彭博社的最新报道,未来可能还会有更多的专利。

Peloton 战略的风险在于,如果法院认为其 "革命性技术 "并不那么具有革命性,则可能适得其反。就像刚刚发生在 Echelon 身上的那样。如果这种情况在更大范围内发生,Peloton 将面临数百万美元的损失,而且其核心业务也得不到法律保护。

因此,如果 Peloton 正在失去品牌资产,失去使其有别于竞争对手的技术专利权,并在与健身房重新兴起的兴趣的斗争中败下阵来,那么谁能比耐克更能重振人们对该产品的兴趣呢?

耐克一直在向直接面向消费者的品牌转型。除应用程序外,耐克还花时间投资于创新之家等商店概念,缩减表现不佳的批发合作关系,并对产品进行分级,为直接客户创造更全面、更丰富的体验。最近,耐克在 Web3 上采取的举措凸显了 DTC 战略的重要性。耐克一直忙于申请元宇宙商标,在 Roblox 上建立一个虚拟的 Nikeland 世界,它还收购了 RTFKT,标志着对元宇宙的更深入投资。

因此,耐克不再仅仅是一家服装公司。它是直接面向消费者的领导者和Web3 的先驱。与 Peloton 达成交易后,耐克将获得数十万块屏幕,用于营销自己的产品:实体产品、数字产品以及介于两者之间的所有产品。但更重要的是,这将使耐克在与最主要的挑战者的竞争中处于有利地位:Lululemon/Mirror 和 Tonal 的不断崛起。

耐克和亚马逊对 Peloton 的追逐很可能无疾而终。收购兴趣来得快,去得也快。但如果有一个合作伙伴适合从 Peloton 现有的基础设施中获益,那一定是耐克。在最近一次对另一家零售商战略的深入研究中,我们解释说,耐克实际上是在为其涉足家庭数字健身领域奠定基础:

耐克正在为进一步扩张奠定基础。目前,该品牌正与 Lululemon 就镜面技术的专利问题发生争执,这表明它在为更大的耐克世界争夺所有权。

今年 12 月,耐克起诉 Lululemon 侵犯其 Mirror 技术专利权,这意味着耐克正计划投资硬件和家用健身技术。诉讼指控 Lululemon 侵犯了包括消耗水平技术、用户竞赛和成绩记录在内的多项专利。无论耐克在家用健身技术领域的未来是否取决于 Peloton,其挑战 Lululemon 的积极举措和 Mirror 自身的战略都表明,耐克至少受到了该领域崛起蚕食其地盘的威胁。

约翰-福里是一个独立思考的人,一个以控制和领地领导为乐的首席执行官。他不太可能将任何权力让渡给 Fitness 的顶级公司。但如果他真的这么做了,那将是当今商业领域最互惠互利的关系。在耐克的帮助下,Peloton 将获得新的业务渠道,并在豪华健身领域重新站稳脚跟。在 Peloton,耐克获得了一个看似多管齐下的利益,即发展自有实体空间、自有数字渠道,以及一个新兴的 Web3 空间,在这个空间里,国内社区行为和数字商务行为将以新的方式进行合作。即使在这里,Peloton 也能帮助促进进一步的创新。

Peloton 的市值已经达到了 100 亿美元,这对这个市值 2300 亿美元的品牌来说是个有意义的赌注。如果双方看到了许多相同的目标,耐克就会像在健身房、元宇宙和体育赛场一样出现在家庭中。而 Peloton 在过去的三个月里将广告投放增加了 46%,将拥有金钱买不到的可寻址市场。

作者:Web Smith | 编辑:Hilary Milnes,美术:Christina Williams 和 Art Remy

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备忘录Peloton 跳动的心脏

 

Peloton has mastered the playbook for responding in moments of brand crisis. That playbook’s name is Ryan Reynolds.

The fitness company finds new ways to capture news cycles. The company may have been the first to ever experience a massive sell off after a fictional portrayal involving its product’s placement. In the first week of December, CNBC reported that Peloton shares fell 11.35% on Thursday, which was the same day of the debut of the Sex and the City spinoff titled “And Just Like That … ” By the following Sunday, Ryan Reynolds commissioned this new advertisement for the company.

Peloton on Twitter: “And just like that…he’s alive. pic.twitter.com/bVX8uWypFZ / Twitter”

And just like that…he’s alive. pic.twitter.com/bVX8uWypFZ

At the end of the first episode of the Sex and The City reboot, Carrie Bradshaw’s love interest clips into his Peloton for his 1,000th ride and when he dismounts, he has a heart attach and dies. Peloton was unaware of the plot line when HBO applied to use the company’s trademarks, instructor, and other intellectual property. The ordeal begs the question: does a company that doesn’t love its portrayal have any legal recourse? Before Peloton could entertain filing suit against HBO for the show’s impact on its stock price, Ryan Reynolds stepped in once again.

Almost two years ago to the day, Reynolds came to Peloton’s rescue. An ad for Reynolds-owned Aviation Gin starred Monica Ruiz, the actress who became infamous as the “Peloton wife” in an ad spot that earned a negative market reaction and plenty of Twitter pile-ons. As the story goes, Reynolds heard about the Peloton ad at 2:34 PM on a Tuesday as the company’s stock was falling and turned around his own ad within hours. It earned $9.3 million in ad exposure in just two days. Reynolds’s quick reaction brought levity to what was an overall grim moment for Peloton.

Reynolds has struck gold again with his latest attempt to pump … life … into Peloton’s sinking stock. A 38-second ad spot narrated by Reynolds puts a new spin on Peloton’s recent association with the death of major Sex and the City character Mr. Big in the new HBO reboot And Just Like That. Peloton was collateral damage in the show’s push to modernize the classic series. In the reboot, Big has become a Peloton junkie, and his affinity for his favorite instructor mirrors the attachment that many other loyal riders have for the spin class’s stars. As the New York Times reported, Peloton appears to have been blindsided by the appearance in the show and could have taken potential legal recourse.

Instead, Reynolds, one of the most respected (and perhaps unexpected) marketers of late made lemonade out of lemons with his marketing company Maximum Effort’s new spot. It was a similarly quick turnaround to the one seen in 2019: the show’s first two episodes premiered on December 9; throughout the weekend Peloton lit up on Twitter as people responded to the plot twist. The ad was filmed on Saturday with no involvement from HBO, according to the Times, and it was released on Sunday.

Peloton on Twitter: “if we can put that spot together in 48 hours, you can do your workout today / Twitter”

if we can put that spot together in 48 hours, you can do your workout today

In the viral advertisement, a comedic voiceover by Reynolds reminds people that regular cycling is in fact good for you, as Chris Noth (who plays Mr. Big) appears alive and cozied up to the ad’s other star, Peloton instructor Jess King. The ad spot reclaimed the narrative in Peloton’s favor after its stock fell by as much as 11% in the aftermath of the show’s premiere. The timing of the bi-annual Reynolds boost couldn’t be better.

Peloton’s still struggling to maintain its position in an increasingly crowded market and has shown signs that it may be in for a tumultuous year of rebuilding the momentum found over the pandemic. The feature in And Just Like That is hardly its only problem from this year; it had to recall its treadmill, it has dealt with manufacturing shortages, decreased demand, and intensifying competition. In Peloton’s Diffusion, we explained:

There is mounting pressure from iFit (1 million subscribers), BeachBody (2.6 million subscribers), and a host of nascent fitness apps like Obe Fitness who are each eating into Peloton’s mobile app subscriber-base. There is market pressure from Lululemon and Mirror, Tonal’s continued growth, and the resilience of companies like NordicTrack and Life Fitness. And then there is Equinox and SoulCycle, who have the hardware to compete for Peloton’s prized in-home market and the physical real estate to attract affluent users out of their homes. And lastly, there is the end of the pandemic.

The events of the past week have gone to show that Peloton’s greatest assets are its star instructors. Put them at the forefront and the stock might respond in kind, they’re Peloton’s beating heart.

Edited by Hilary Milnes with art by Christina Williams