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| It's just -- I think it's making good progress |
| In our fiscal second quarter, we continue to expand gross margin, drive down operating costs and generated another period of positive cash flow from operations |
| We also gained further traction in our SuperSuite supply chain business, which represents an exciting opportunity for us as we continue to work through a robust pipeline of prospects with compelling product portfolios |
| And for both fiscal Q2 and year-to-date, we continue to generate positive cash flow from operations |
| Although our order volumes were impacted for the quarter, we believe this channel partner's inventory is now at the preferred level, and we are well equipped to meet the demand with the high-quality market leading products that our customers expect |
| In addition, we reduced total debt by approximately $2 million compared to the last quarter, demonstrating our commitment to strengthening the balance sheet where we can |
| We have also created a strong brand presence on social channel -- commerce channel like TikTok shop, where we are an approved seller for both short-form videos and live shopping |
| So while there's going to be variability from quarter-to-quarter, we still feel good about the idea that we can get -- continue to push gross margins upward from here |
| As I mentioned earlier, we are building positive momentum in our SuperSuite business, which is growing at a strong clip |
| The acceleration of revenue alongside a growing pipeline of prospects, reflects the strength of our superior supply chain, warehousing and merchandising expertise |
| These actions, coupled with the acceleration of our SuperSuite business, will enable us to deliver on our goals with the aim of returning to profitability in 2024 |
| We are optimistic about this area of our business and hope to have a few more partners in the coming quarters |
| Over the past several quarters, we have placed a strong emphasis on diversifying revenue, showcased by the launch of our SuperSuite supply chain offerings |
| Between these efforts, we've built a foundation to continue to deliver on our growth objectives and profitability objectives in 2024 |
| But more importantly, as you bring on higher service margins there, the improvement towards returning to profitability |
| The increase in gross margin was primarily driven by favorable product mix as we have worked through the bulk of our higher-priced inventory |
| The improvement in net loss was driven primarily by the higher gross margin and lower operating expenses |
| We are optimistic that these partnerships will bring future omnichannel opportunities, specifically in brick-and-mortar |
| We have also begun to outsource our warehouse staffing to a third party, lowering our production overhead we will -- we expect to realize cost savings from this initiative over the medium to long run |
| As Lawrence mentioned above, the work we put in place to reduce our supply of high-cost inventory and optimize our cost structures to -- sorry, continues to bear fruit as we have achieved another period of 40% plus gross margins and some meaningful OpEx savings |
| So we're optimistic |
| We are seeing early signs of normalized order volume with our largest channel partner and look forward to continue providing them with our high-quality products |
| So there are some areas where we could pursue and will pursue very small price increases that will help also boost that gross margin line |
| We've put in place a number of initiatives with some of our key contract manufacturing partners to help lower the cost of goods sold for us, which will, over time, provide us with even healthier gross margins |
| We continue to drive material savings in our selling and fulfillment operations |
| So that's pretty healthy |
| I think the things that we've put in place to help take expense out where we can, aren't short-term fixes, but we're making progress |
| So I think the foundation has been laid and -- to continue to improve |
| That part -- I think SuperSuite is working well to -- as planned |
| to expand our reach, diversify our client base and explore omnichannel opportunities |
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| You mentioned lower promotional activity and tightened inventory by your largest channel partner leading to kind of the lower order volumes here |
| The decrease was driven primarily by lower promotional activity as compared to last year, given our normalized inventory level right now as well as lower order volumes from our largest channel partner who is more tightly managing inventory levels due to the improved supply chain environment and shorter lead times to receive product |
| We're making slow progress, but steady |
| And now I believe the sample quarter finally to reduce the level to a pretty normalized level that we prefer to see |
| The December quarter has historically been our weakest quarter seasonally |
| We have seen the reduction inventory efforts |
| We no longer bear the burden of additional warehousing expenses as we have sold through the bulk of our excess inventory |
| This was partially offset by growth in our SuperSuite supply chain business |
| As of December 31, we have brought down inventory level by 23% compared to June 30, 2023 |
| Now that our inventory levels are back to what we think is a healthy level, we made the decision in this quarter not to promote because we are trying to make progress getting back to that breakeven and then to the kind of profitability threshold |
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