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| As we travel our stores, the teams seem very excited and the product is looking very good |
| But our selection in our private brands in denim, we feel really good about |
| We were also pleased with the continued growth in our private brands with private label representing 47% of sales versus 46% in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 |
| We remain encouraged by the growth and performance in our youth business with the combined youth business growing approximately 2% for the quarter building on growth of 26.5% a year ago |
| Given slower sell-throughs in some of our more traditional fall assortments, we were pleased with our ability to keep both inventory levels and merchandise margins flat year-over-year |
| The youth and gals has had some nice growth |
| And then for the comp sales, I mean, we're going against two of our best years ever |
| Dennis Nelson On the inventory, we feel pretty good about that |
| And the fall/winter inventory, we are comfortable with as we go into holiday and expect to see a good season |
| So it is a better margin week than a typical week for January |
| For the quarter, average accessory price points were up approximately 2.5%, and average footwear price points were up about 8.5% |
| For both our men's and women's business, better performing categories included our short sleeve and shorts business, in addition to lightweight long sleeves as the weather remained unseasonably warm across much of the country |
| The average unit retail increased approximately 0.5% and the average transaction value increased also about 0.5% |
| Dennis Nelson Good morning and thank you |
| For the quarter, overall average men's price points increased approximately 2% from $51.80 to $52.85 |
| Average denim price points increased from $78.55 in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 to $79.50 in the third quarter of fiscal 2023, while overall average women price points increased about 1% from $48.80 to $49.35 |
| Tom Heacock We thank everyone for their participation today, and everybody, have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your week next week. |
| For the quarter, [UPTs] (ph) decreased approximately 0.5%, the average unit retail increased about 0.5% and the average transaction value increased slightly |
| Average denim price points increased from $87.25 in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 to $87.95 in the third quarter of fiscal 2023 |
| Good morning |
| Adam Akerson Thanks, and good morning |
| Mauricio Serna Thanks so much |
| Thanks, again |
| Tom Heacock Thank you |
| Tom Heacock Thank you |
| Thank you so much |
| Thank you |
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| Our Q3 comparisons also continue to be challenged with declines in our Hey Dude volume particularly on the men's side |
| On the men's side, merchandise sales for the quarter were down about 7% against the prior year, representing approximately 54.5% of total sales compared to 53.5% in the prior year |
| Comparable store sales for the year-to-date period were down 7.3% in comparison to the same 39-week period in the prior year and our online sales decreased 9.4% to $141 million |
| Comparable store sales for the quarter decreased 9.2% in comparison to the same 13-week period in the prior year, and our online sales decreased 16.2% to $46.1 million |
| Women’s merchandise sales for the quarter were down about 10.5% against the prior year and represented approximately 45.5% of sales compared to 46.5% in the prior year |
| Third quarter net sales for our men's business without Hey Dude were down 4.1% |
| Gross margin for the quarter was 48.5%, down 130 basis points from 49.8% in the third quarter of 2022 |
| Net sales for the 13-week third quarter decreased 8.7% to $303.5 million compared to net sales of $332.3 million for the prior year 13-week third quarter |
| Year-to-date gross margin was 47.7%, down 140 basis points from 49.1% in the prior year, with the year-to-date decline being the result of 110 basis points of deleverage buying, distribution and occupancy expense along with a 30 basis point decline in merchandise margins |
| On a combined basis, accessory sales for the quarter were down approximately 5% against the prior year, while footwear sales were down about 31% |
| Year-to-date net sales decreased 6.9% to $878.7 million for the 39-week fiscal period ended October 28, 2023 compared to net sales of $943.4 million for the prior year 39-week fiscal period, which ended October 29, 2022 |
| Just wanted to ask about -- I know that in Q4, I think you have additional week in the quarter, so I just want to make sure like, I suppose there's a contribution to sales, but also wanted to understand if that tends to be historically good or bad for margins? And then on the comp sales for this quarter, the 3Q, I noted that it deteriorated like every month was weaker than the previous one |
| So I just want to ask if there's anything that you would call out maybe from a fashion standpoint that is -- you think is causing this weakening performance? And I would probably think that it's also probably relatively weaker compared to peers |
| And I think as was mentioned in the script, the unseasonably warm weather probably had more of an effect on people getting out and just traffic in the stores |
| I guess like if I look into the results, the selling expenses, I noted that it was down 5% |
| The current quarter decline is the result of deleverage buying, distribution and occupancy expense as merchandise margins were flat for the quarter |
| Such factors include, but are not limited to those as described in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
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