Casper Sleep (CSPR) 24 Feb 212020 Q4 Earnings call transcript

Good morning, and welcome to Casper Sleep's Fourth Quarter 2020 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.

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point Thank in our time you everyone's for exciting an is Casper morning. at history. this

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