The Collapse of Carvana, the "Amazon of Used Cars", Continues

TL;DR

Nagel seems to confirm that Carvana has a liquidity problem which the group must address fairly quickly if it wants to stop the collapse.After cutting 2,500 jobs in May, the company has just announced an additional wave of layoffs which affects 8% of its workforce, or 1,500 employees."It is fair to ask why this is happening again, and yet I am not sure I can answer it as clearly as you deserve," Chief Executive Officer Ernie Garcia told employees in an email on November 18.This is especially true for fast-growing companies and for businesses that sell expensive, often financed products where the purchase decision can be easily delayed like cars."Legal Issues The new job cuts come after ratings agency S&P Global Ratings warned it was likely to downgrade Carvana in the near term, changing the outlook from stable to negative."

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