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| The strength of our balance sheet affords us financial flexibility to invest in our business and consider additional opportunities |
| For the third quarter, our own brands, DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld, Donna Karan, and Bergan registered another period of solid double-digit year-over-year growth as collections are resonating with customers |
| I'd say, it's an amazing story |
| Over the years, we have a proven track record of evolving to drive our business and to meet the needs of customers in an ever-changing landscape |
| And the guidance that we're getting from our retail partners is, there's an amazing amount of growth opportunity with the brand door count and penetration with indoors product is selling, all the categories are working |
| It's having a good year |
| I think we have always really been able to do a good job in terms of managing the cost side of that equation |
| But we are the same company with more assets, with a consistent talent pool, with our balance sheet being stronger than it has ever been |
| We've been able to secure these new initiatives rapidly as we're a vendor of choice for retailers with a strong balance sheet |
| So, it is hard to forecast that, but we saw it, as the weather changed last week, our business in the code area got very good |
| So, we are seeing some good things |
| Additionally, Jeff Goldfarb and his teams have successfully enabled us to quickly identify and develop new opportunities to expand our reach and impact |
| Yet at bottom-line, there are enhancements due to margin improvements, as well as buying a little bit better, as well as some freight costs coming down, but we are in a margin business |
| All this work demonstrates our ability to deliver to our shareholders, our partners, and our associates |
| As you see, our Q4 forecast shows margin enhancement as well |
| So, it was a great, great picture, the new canvas that was really created for us |
| I'm confident that Dana's 20-year career with a strong track record of success in our industry will help us execute our go-forward plans |
| I'm proud of what the team has been able to achieve this year |
| Our outperformance was a result of several factors, including gross margins which were meaningfully better than last year, exceeding our internal expectations |
| We moved through our inventory more profitably than planned, and benefited from further moderation in freight costs |
| As we work through our inventory, we were able to obtain warehousing efficiencies faster than we expected |
| Our strong year-to-date results showcase G-III's ability to successfully navigate challenging market conditions |
| We recorded strong profitability in the third quarter, well-exceeding our bottom-line guidance |
| As a result, we delivered strong operating margins of 18% in the quarter, as compared to 9% in the third quarter of last year |
| We now expect fiscal 2024 net sales to be $3.15 billion based on the strong outperformance in the quarter, which resulted in higher operating margins |
| The past 12 months are a testament to our ability to thoughtfully adjust, quickly create and bring to market new opportunities for our business |
| We expect continued gross margin improvement in the fourth quarter, however, at a more moderated pace than we saw in the third quarter |
| This, combined with our lower inventory levels, are enabling us to turn inventory more efficiently and chase favorable sales trends |
| Looking ahead, this will enable us to realize additional warehouse cost efficiencies |
| We made strong progress rightsizing our inventory levels, as we had appropriately adjusted our buys to account for the higher-than-usual inventory we carried over from the previous year |
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| The gross margin percentage last year was negatively impacted by significant one-time demurrage charges of approximately $27 million, which we incurred in the third quarter of last year |
| We found that, the pricing power of our brands were underestimated |
| And as far as global, the weather was tough throughout Europe |
| Traffic is down |
| We feel it prudent to take a cautious view of our forecasted sales |
| So, the weather impacted parts of our business |
| Our feet business is soft, our coat business is soft, sweater business is soft, but the fast-moving fashion pieces worked well |
| The combination of these factors resulted in missing our top-line guidance, yet we well-exceeded our bottom-line guidance |
| So, there is a lot that's impacting the consumer that's not in our control |
| There's nothing that sits in my mind that was poorly calculated and didn't perform |
| And when weather doesn't work our way, we are impacted |
| We were adjusting top-line down |
| And that makes us a little bit, conservative in our outlook for the future |
| The economy is not on spending mode |
| And I guess trying to swear with the comments on the pressures on the consumer inventory purchases are still conservative |
| We did have lower freight this year |
| It is difficult to forecast, how deep the consumer is going into their pocket |
| For all the same reasons, the consumer is not out there buying aggressively |
| Our brands were underachievers in the hands of the competition or other people, and we take them on |
| I'm curious just because I think it was lowered and just want to see what are the dynamics there |
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