Company: WRBY
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001504776-25-000010
Chunk: 97

Company: Warby Parker Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 97
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 are beyond our control, including:

•actual or anticipated fluctuations in our results of operations;

•the number of shares of our Class A common stock made available for trading;

•changes in financial markets or macroeconomic conditions, including, for example, due to the effects of recession or slow economic growth in the United States and abroad, elevated inflation and interest rates, fuel prices, international currency fluctuations, corruption and political instability and geopolitical events;

•changes in the financial projections we may provide to the public or our failure to meet these projections;

•failure of securities analysts to initiate or maintain coverage of us, changes in financial estimates by any securities analysts who follow our company, or our failure to meet these estimates or the expectations of investors;

•changes in costs of our inputs;

•actual or anticipated changes in our growth rate relative to that of our competitors;    

•changes in the anticipated future size or growth rate of our addressable markets;

•announcements of new products, or of acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital-raising activities or commitments, by us or by our competitors;

•additions or departures of board members, management, or key personnel;

•rumors and market speculation involving us or other companies in our industry;

•new laws or regulations or new interpretations of existing laws or regulations applicable to our business, including those related to data privacy and cybersecurity in the United States or globally;

•lawsuits threatened or filed against us, including as may result from government inquiries or proceedings;

•geopolitical events and security issues (including incidents of terrorism, armed hostilities, and political conflicts, including those involving China or responses to these events), international trade disputes or disruptions, and similar events;

•disruptions from natural or human-caused disasters (including health epidemics) or extreme weather (including as a result of climate change); and

•sales or expectations with respect to sales of shares of our Class A common stock by us or our security holders.

In addition, stock markets with respect to newly public companies, particularly companies in the retail and technology industry, have experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the stock prices of these companies. Stock prices of many companies, including retail and technology companies, have fluctuated in a manner often unrelated to the operating performance of those companies. In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the trading price for their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. If we were to become involved in securities litigation, it could subject us to substantial costs, divert