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| We're pleased with our solid top and bottom line performance in the quarter, reflecting demand and strong operational discipline |
| I'm excited about our prospects as we continue to build on our luxury positioning, and execute our strategy to drive profitable growth over the long term and the best possible results in the coming quarter |
| We delivered solid second quarter results reflecting the strength of our iconic brand in key global markets and progressed across our strategic initiatives |
| We're certainly encouraged, from a brand perspective, to see the traffic in our stores is up |
| We had a solid first half of fiscal 2024, Delivering on the top line, delivering on the bottom line expectations and we're making good progress across our strategic pillars of our transformation program, and seeing some early benefits of our work in the positive adjusted EBIT achieved in the second quarter |
| Our innovative high performance products and elevated luxury experience are resonating with our loyal consumers, who even with this high inflationary backdrop are returning to enjoy more of our offerings |
| Jonathan Sinclair We're seeing a good contribution from the store expansion to the overall business in the US to the point where, as you'd expect and hope, but nevertheless, it's important we reaffirm, we're actually seeing significant top line growth in our total stores cohort in the US, even if we're negative on the comps |
| Together, this has resulted in an estimated savings run rate of approximately 15% of the CAD 150 million we expect as a result of our transformation program by fiscal 2028, and that progress is ahead of our expectations |
| We also rolled out a number of initiatives to enhance store productivity, touching staffing, merchandising and layout as we seek to improve conversion and customer satisfaction |
| In Q2, we began to roll out the Canadian warmth experience across our store network, which during our pilot phase showed a positive uplift in conversion |
| I would say we're feeling strong, ahead of schedule |
| The early weeks of this campaign have been very successful, achieving well over a billion media impressions |
| That was down compared to the CAD 26.3 million we made in the second quarter of last year, but at the same time was above the top end of our guidance range due to strong operational execution |
| Our sustainability under our human nature platform is quite robust |
| As of Q2, we had 21 stores in China, a position that we have got opportunistically backed by strong demand for our brand in this market, and knowing that this will position us well following the pandemic |
| I was in China last month for our five year anniversary celebration and visited our stores and met with top customers and I was pleased to see the level of profits in their stores and truly impressed with the guest experience our customers are receiving |
| Both collabs are seeing solid reception from our customers and, more importantly, growing exciting media coverage globally and building brand awareness around the world |
| With nine new permanent stores opened so far in fiscal 2024, we are well positioned with consumers in our key geographies as we enter the holiday shopping season |
| Our second quarter gross profit grew 8% year-over-year to CAD 179.5 million, driven by gross margin expansion |
| Growth in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau was robust, fueled by the return of mainland Chinese to us |
| Our consumers are gravitating towards the new product and the mix of consumers in our stores remain strong |
| Store sales rose in Mainland China, while lifting of COVID restrictions has led to a solid rebound in domestic spending |
| We had especially strong performance in our stores in Hong Kong, in Taiwan, and in Macau, with the continued return of Chinese tourism |
| In Q2, we made good traction in both top and middle of funnel activities, increasing visits to our product pages and additions to cart |
| And we believe we're well positioned to take advantage of the consumer demand, and particularly as the cooler temperatures settle in, which is probably only just beginning to happen |
| In Q2, demand for non-heavyweight down products grew, expanding its share of revenue within the overall mix |
| While total sales were heavily down or flat year-over-year, revenue in this category grew within our DTC channel, reflecting continued strength for our core product |
| So, it's an exciting future |
| It's very exciting for us and for him that we've reached this moment |
| This demonstrates our ability to provide an all season relevant product offering to our customers |
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| While we began to see some improvement in late October, visibility remains reduced |
| Q2 wholesale revenue of CAD 162 million was down 10% year-over-year or 15% down on a constant currency basis due to the planned streamlining of our wholesale partners |
| We continue to see caution amongst the wholesale community, which is reflected in our order book across all geographies as the challenging macroeconomic backdrop continues to present headwinds |
| All of that said, however, our outlook for the back half of fiscal 2024 has come under pressure due to an increasingly challenging global macroeconomic environment that has impacted consumer decision-making and prioritization of spend |
| As a result, we saw early momentum gathered in our second quarter begin to slow noticeably in September |
| But overall, across the industry, we've been seeing traffic and conversion issues |
| North American revenue of CAD 124.1 million was down 7% or 8% down on a constant currency basis as lower wholesale revenue was partially offset by growth in our DTC channel |
| Obviously, revenue is down year-over-year 11% |
| On a constant currency basis, revenue was down 3% year-over-year as the euros strengthened against Canadian dollar |
| DTC comp sales were down 7% year-over-year as total store comp sales increased slightly, offset by a decrease in ecommerce revenue |
| And it's, therefore, something that's very much more about the wholesale business, which as we've said all along is going to be down year-over-year |
| Weather impacts this business in the sense that it prompts – the first cold snap prompts business |
| Overall, we saw software conversion in Q2 year-over-year, which we believe may be due to the macroeconomic environment, which consumers are spending closer to mean, exacerbated by the later onset of cold weather that many regions have been experiencing |
| I know that lower half of the guidance this year embeds lower EBIT margin year-over-year for the full year |
| We also expect wholesale revenue to decrease year-over-year by a low to mid-teens percentage, reflecting the continued editing of our wholesale door count, which I would remind you is 6% down, revised reorder expectations and expansion of our store retail network |
| That decreased in the mix this quarter, which again lines up with what we're thinking and what we're hearing and seeing in the industry in terms of the aspirational customer being a little bit more challenged right now |
| As a result, we are revising our full-year outlook, which reflects the moderation in sales growth and continued investment in our priorities, balanced with prudent expense actions |
| While profit grew significantly, both online and offline across all regions, DTC comp growth was down in the US, EMEA and Mainland China |
| Even though we were able to meet consumer request to ship somewhat sooner, the reality is that we still end up down year-over-year in wholesale and that produces an overall flat picture |
| As we said, I think there's a bit of a hit to that aspirational customer |
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