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| We've raised the threshold for new product margins and expect product life cycle management will continue to improve our gross margin over time |
| Future is bright and I'm excited about what lies ahead for our organization |
| In addition, on the cost savings side, we have pretty strong operations team that are executing save initiatives both in our sourcing, manufacturing and then also in our logistics and distribution network |
| In addition, our relentless focus on operational efficiency and cost savings propelled gross margin expansion and helped fund additional investment in growth initiatives while delivering significantly improved operating income when compared to both the same quarter of the prior year and our first quarter fiscal 2024 |
| We will continue our positive momentum going into the third quarter and are confident in our ability to grow sales, both compared to last year and the second quarter |
| So we feel good that we are driving relevant new product that's resonating with the market |
| Like Jerry, I am very pleased with our second quarter results |
| We are competing well in our core business and executing our market expansion initiatives, resulting in both sales and profit growth even in a difficult business environment |
| We have great momentum and are well positioned to successfully deliver improved earnings and an even stronger balance sheet over the remainder of fiscal year 2024 and into fiscal year 2025 |
| Excluding the $3.5 million impact from this ocean freight surcharge elimination, sales growth related to unit volume and product mix was a robust 11.7%, further reinforcing our strong sales execution |
| Despite challenging industry conditions, we remain confident in our ability to continue our growth momentum into the second half of fiscal 2024 from both continued share gains in our core business and increasing momentum in our market expansion initiatives |
| In our core business, we expect to continue outperforming the industry by continuously improving and providing a differentiated customer experience, aligning ourselves with the strongest, most capable distribution partners, and driving a constant stream of relevant and compelling new product |
| This core business is large and profitable and we will continue to defend and expand our penetration in this market |
| We expect gross margin to grow modestly throughout the remainder of the fiscal year and into fiscal 2025, driven by sales growth and continued realization of our cost savings initiatives |
| While I'm excited about our top line growth and future growth prospects, I'm equally energized by our improved profitability, which is being propelled by four drivers |
| We are modernizing the Flexsteel brand and last October we launched a strong lineup of more contemporary product at lower price points with exceptional comfort and quality |
| We’re encouraged by initial placements, and sales of these new products are ramping nicely |
| A meaningful increase in our operating income was driven by an expansion of our gross margin to 21.9% in the quarter compared to 17% in the prior year quarter |
| And we feel we have sustainable growth momentum throughout the rest of fiscal 2024 and into fiscal 2025 |
| A recent third-party sleep study validated the superior sleep results from using Zecliner, which we are now leveraging in our marketing and demand generation initiatives |
| As Derek noted earlier sales growth related to unit, volume and mix, which when excluding prior year quarter ocean freight surcharges was a strong 11.7% in the quarter |
| And I’m excited for Mike to further expand his positive impact on the company as CFO |
| I’m pleased with our solid progress in all three of these areas |
| So we're leveraging our cost savings initiatives as well as kind of our value engineering activities to continue to bring out new products that have a better margin profile than the legacy products we have that we're discontinuing |
| We are rapidly improving profitability with more gains expected through fiscal 2024 and into fiscal 2025 |
| Second, we're executing well operationally and delivering strong cost savings within our supply chain |
| I think in the near-term as Mike alluded to, operationally we're executing really well |
| And fourth, we are achieving leverage on fixed costs through higher sales volume, which we believe will continue to be an important driver of operating margin improvement going forward as we grow the business |
| As I noted earlier, differentiated customer experience is an important element of share gains in our core markets |
| We are generating strong free cash flow and strengthening our balance sheet, and we are investing to continuously improve our customer experience and to drive new innovation that will differentiate us and strengthen our market leadership long-term |
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| This year-over-year sales comparison continues to be adversely impacted by the elimination of ocean freight surcharges which reduced revenue by approximately $3.5 million compared to the prior year quarter |
| And while we expect one-time costs related to the closure of our Dublin facility, will adversely impact GAAP operating income, we still expect to achieve our fiscal 2024 operating income guidance on an adjusted non-GAAP basis, when backing out the one-time costs associated with the facility closure |
| But if you look at that three-year percentage, what it is today, and if you were to rewind and go back 12 months ago, it was lower than the 25% |
| While we expect the business environment in the near term to remain challenged, our team isn’t deterred and remains intensely focused on continuing to profitably grow our business throughout the remainder of fiscal year 2024 and long term |
| Budd Bugatch So looking at the – I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, my memory is – I'm old and my memory is faulty |
| And that's definitely a weakness of the analytical community, wanting to be more quantitative and wanting numbers |
| We've been more aggressive around launching new products and that trajectory will continue |
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