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| It's expanding rapidly and we see a big growth opportunity here |
| Our strong partnerships ensure we can chase costs effectively and with speed |
| This has been a tremendous success and we are bringing new cuts and colors to this fan favorite style in addition to other exciting smoothie launches later this year |
| We're really proud of, what we're delivering |
| I am especially proud of the strength we delivered in the second half of the year as we began to implement actions from our profit improvement project |
| Building on momentum in the third quarter, we achieved record fourth quarter revenue and adjusted operating income reached the highest in over a decade |
| With strong execution, we nicely exceeded expectations even after raising guidance in early January |
| We have seen standout performance in loungewear and cozy collections, benefiting revenue and margins |
| As we have gained scale and introduced new higher margin categories, overall profit margins have expanded significantly |
| Importantly, our growth has come with strong profit flow through |
| We generated strong cash flow and we ended the year in a very healthy financial position |
| But even beyond that, where the growth is coming from in soft apparel and OFFLINE, there's even product mix benefits on top of that that product margins should also expand |
| We exited 2023 with clean inventory, well positioned for our go forward plans |
| Reflecting improved financial performance and a healthy balance sheet, in December we announced a 25% increase in our quarterly cash dividend |
| This underscores our confidence in the strength of the business and our commitment to returning cash to shareholders |
| We enter 2024 well positioned with industry leading brands, a solid balance sheet and best-in-class operations |
| Our profit improvement initiatives are taking hold and we expect to deliver nice revenue and profit growth in 2024, which Mike will detail shortly |
| [Audio-Video Presentation] As we have welcomed more customers into the Aerie community, the brand has seen explosive growth, reaching almost $1.7 billion in revenue last year, and we are just getting started |
| There's so much love for our product and what we stand for and an incredible opportunity to amplify the magic from here |
| I'm very proud of our fourth quarter performance |
| We saw sequential improvement across brands and channels and we achieved record revenue for both AE & Aerie |
| Merchandise margins were strong driven by inventory discipline and favorable product costs |
| Aerie has a powerful brand platform with an amazing community of customers |
| Aerie's soft apparel business has been our highest growth category, expanding double digits last year |
| We're seeing better in stocks and stores, better fulfillment rates and that we expect those things that continue conversion benefits both in stores and digitally |
| Strong product, engaging marketing and an unparalleled shopping experience is delivering customer growth |
| This past year, we had strong success with limited edition product collaborations |
| We see room to stand behind our biggest ideas and categories with greater conviction across our fleet |
| American Eagle revenue grew 11% fueled by a 6% increase in comps |
| We've had great success in driving expansion with different store formats |
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| And that's been, that's we're stagnant flat to even revenue being down slightly |
| Due in large part to macro volatility, which has impacted demand for e-commerce fulfillment, third party business component of Quiet has not met our expectations |
| But I know Jen and he will be disappointed we don't see that |
| We were losing customers after, you know, roughly the age between the age of 18 and 25 |
| Definitely paused on some plans to update the fleet during the pandemic, for obvious reasons |
| So that number, we expect to continue to come down |
| As always, at this point, our guide has some caution in it |
| Super soft, barely there and light as air |
| So I think that's the only thing you should do with everybody should understand that supply chain disruptions of software few years and unite us, some minor issues out there all know around things happening in the least but we have very little exposure to that that won't change our timelines drastically |
| So the guidance we're providing down to that 25 to 26 range is more about sort of probably the low to mid of that 3% to 5%, revenue guide |
| On the storefront, yes, since the pandemic wage growth has been a hurdle |
| Do you see that category growing or hearing from others that the intimate sector is, is experiencing a downturn in the range of mid-single digit revenues? And for Michael, when you talk about SG&A going from 27% to 25% to 26%, that's a 3 year period |
| I'm just wondering, about maybe a risk of building SKUs |
| As far as intimates is concerned, look, there has been a slowdown, but we held our market position, Number 1 |
| Store labor, we found efficiency offsets to what has been wage growth and wage inflation pressures in the industry |
| Wondering if you could elaborate on that comment, just given, some of the other retailers calling out weakness in February |
| Depreciation was down slightly year-over-year, leveraging 50 basis points |
| We are not fast fashion |
| However, flow through to the bottom line has not been consistent |
| And I believe the biggest reason, what we know, is because of jeans |
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