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| The cost structure is low, the below-the-line costs are significantly lower and the liquidity in partnership with our lenders is actually stronger now that we're moving into Q1 |
| I estimate, our shareholders will start to see the positive financial impacts of our refocusing efforts in the back half of this year |
| The company anticipates positive Q1 net income, driven primarily by several one-time gains related to the company's debt reduction event completed on April 10th, 2023 |
| We've got some strong IP here and that is something that we'll look out |
| Now as that moves through December and through January the -- and move into the amendment that we just signed, you can see that our liquidity is improving with the amendment that we have in place now post Pontus |
| So we feel good about moving it down again throughout 2023 in an organized way, not in an event way like we did now |
| And long-term, obviously, we feel very strongly that the assets we have and the business and the durability of what we have is going to be a very quick, I won't say very quick, I would say, a reasonable solid transition in Q2 to a new ABL lender |
| So as you asked about the macroenvironment, the macroenvironment for digital advertising, particularly with the assets that we have is strong |
| So those are the elements of why short-term, we feel better about the balance sheet to move through this recovery in Q1 and the beginning of Q2 |
| We have a demonstrated history here and we call it the sprinkle strategy of moving our inventory regardless of age at a very positive margin, 25%, 30-plus-percent each and every quarter |
| Now, is it the maximum DPM on some of these items is not ideal, but from a balance perspective, we feel good about the margin of 42%, 43%, 44% because of the increased airtime back into jewelry and beauty |
| Regarding the integration of our 2021 acquisitions beginning in Q3 of 2022, we began launching our best-performing ShopHQ Networks brand on air on 123tv, which helped drive noticeable improvement in 123tv's gross margins, average selling price and net sales productivity |
| Our diversified revenue model and singular focus on one customer demographic enabled us to accelerate the share growth of net sales from digital products and reduce our historical reliance on the sale of physical inventory products that as we all know require logistics expenses, working capital storage |
| So, I would say, based on our experience of turning a company like ShopHQ because that's just one of our brand, moving that back in the right direction, we know it takes three to four months after what we experienced in Q4 and having done it before already, we understand the basic building blocks of what needs to occur and we feel good about that |
| It's really about reestablishing the faith of delivering our consensus after the Q4 situation |
| So as it relates to the -- what we call iMDS, really our digital advertising arm of ShopHQ, it is as simple as just getting the working capital back in line and without aged payables in terms of engaging the suppliers, those mechanics are very easily fixed and we know all the players have strong relationships with them |
| This Christ list that we pulled out of Q4 with this debt structure where it is, it's kind of a onetime restructuring that we feel good about and we will move that down over time in a non-eventful way through 2023 |
| So the maximum opportunity for us is really around taking a consumer engagement apps like our 123 Auction app and our first-party data and making those elements more important for our advertising arm to go out and sell digital advertising on the web today, it's a very big opportunity for us and one that I can't talk enough about |
| The most easy and leverageable asset that you've heard me talk about and that we've demonstrated over time we can do in a period of six months, is inventory |
| Now the year-over-year decline if you look at our IR presentation, you can see a rather acute decline in Q4 and that was all driven by these liquidity challenges we talked about, but the fundamentals and when I say fundamentals, the win percentage of our spots are advertising opportunities is strong and has been strong, it dipped in Q4 and it's moving back in the right direction as we now bring back our advertisers, as we now bring back our syndicated supply of content |
| We believe that the platform that we have is because of this unique nature of what our first-party customer data is bringing to the table is a sought-after product and that's why these advertisers and suppliers are quickly moving back up to speed with us as our liquidity increases |
| Completing our debt reduction event this week was a milestone win for us, but make no mistake, it was a struggle to complete |
| As you look at the report card for 2022, you can see the working capital that we've been able to manage or the cash that we've been able to generate from our working capital management continues to be a significant lever that we always have demonstrated we can do |
| You can look at it and say, well, how does that liquidity from a cash minimum perspective, how does that compare to what was in place in Q4 and the liquidity situation is much stronger in Q1 for two reasons, number one, in Q4, we paid back over $20 million in principal payments on the senior loan, whereas we're not doing that anymore, now we're back in compliance with the senior lender |
| Equally important this year, we completed the difficult data mining process of aggregating our company's first-party data into unified data lakes to help us internally drive improved digital advertising convergence |
| So just reestablishing those mechanics of having the lead time for Stefano to increase is the Italian production of the gold that we offer is, first and foremost, the most important part of what we're doing |
| Since all of our businesses are targeting the same boomer demographic, this is another unique strategy of what we're doing here |
| So that's the unique ability of our programming strategy and really this business is to be able to shift your receipts on a composition level to improve a particular category and reduce future receipts sell what you have on existing, which then creates the cash flow for the working capital |
| We knew as we put together the pieces in 2021 to be able to execute our growth plan and our growth strategy that we talked about today that we were a little bit heavy in debt and we needed to move that down through 2022 |
| We explained why we would prioritize the integration of our 2021 acquisitions, the reduction of our content distribution expenses and the strengthening of our balance sheet |
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| Turning my comments to our financial statements, Q4 consolidated net sales were negatively impacted by the Q4 liquidity challenge and the DISH carriage disruption |
| In terms of our outlook, the company anticipates Q1 net sales to continue to be negatively impacted by the Q4 liquidity challenge and expects to report Q1 net sales of approximately $105 million, a 31% year-over-year decline similar to Q4 |
| You can look at the elements of our guidance where we talked about the net sales, again being pressured but also the fact that we've taken our cost structure down |
| Full year 2022 gross margin also decreased to 38.6%, a 180 basis point decrease over 2022 |
| Q4 net sales were $133.5 million, a decrease of about 31% compared to the same prior year period |
| Q4 adjusted EBITDA was $2.5 million, an 84% decrease over that same prior year period |
| Q4 consolidated gross margin was 36.8%, which was a 150 basis point decrease over the same prior year period |
| For full-year fiscal 2022, full-year net sales were $544.5 million, a 1% decrease over the same prior year period |
| We drained internal creative and financial resources and we pressured our customers' loyalties |
| Full year 2022 adjusted EBITDA was $25.4 million, a decrease of 39% or $16.2 million, most of that decline happening in Q4 |
| So the example of the short-term nature of not being able to acquire jewelry receipts, which then causes us to over rotate in certain categories, watches, being the example is, is the element of the decline that we talked about in Q4 that generated this, what would be the highest Q4 decline in our company history |
| The challenge began shortly after Thanksgiving when a new asset appraisal became effective materially reducing our company's liquidity |
| So we had to immediately shift out of jewelry and that was frustrating to the customer and move into other categories that really aren't used to that much airtime |
| And from that experience and others, we knew that it isn't an easy fix to take a quarter after a downturn that will immediately ramp back up, that's why we put the guidance out we did for Q1, where you have a roughly 30% decline in net sales in Q4 and we expect the same in Q1 and that's how we're preparing for it |
| Now that delay based on some complexities put us on a path, but before we got to the end of the year where that was delayed, we were looking at the beginning of December, a new asset valuation report that really materially became effective at the beginning of December and reduced our liquidity |
| And if you think about where we are today in that $123 million range, it's a significant decline because our debt repayment efforts didn't begin and end with this debt reduction event |
| Again you move back in time, you say at the end of Q3, when we talked about what we we're doing and how we were monetizing our balance sheet with the sale leaseback and moving into a different transition from a lender perspective, when we went into the situation at the beginning of December, this new asset valuation really put us in a tough situation almost immediately |
| So as you can see, with watches that went down in the 40%, 50% |
| But now given this opportunity as we'd like to say, a challenge, we're moving at a quicker pace |
| But first and foremost it's jewelry and beauty and quite frankly, we never like to waste a challenge |
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