Online used-vehicle seller Vroom said Wednesday that decreased demand and uncertainty around vehicle pricing in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic led the company to reduce inventory in the first half of the second quarter.
Vroom's second-quarter net loss widened to $63.2 million from $33.3 million during the same period last year. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and other adjustments in the quarter dropped to a loss of $39 million from a loss of $29.8 million.
Revenue slipped 3 percent to $253.1 million. It was Vroom's first quarterly earnings report since going public in June.
"I am pleased with our results for the second quarter, in which we performed substantially ahead of our growth plan, and I am encouraged by both the continued validation of the Vroom model and the performance of our employees in a tough environment," Vroom CEO Paul Hennessy said in a statement.
Vroom's total e-commerce revenue increased 45 percent to $175.6…