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| Throughout these challenging times, we remain optimistic in our future growth potential as we continue to reposition the enterprise towards becoming the world's leading integrated beauty, wellness and lifestyle ecosystem |
| Number one, accelerating the growth opportunities in our Rhyz ecosystem, which grew 41% last year and is becoming a more substantial portion of the overall enterprise |
| We are pleased to deliver fourth quarter revenue above our latest guidance range driven by the continued rollout of ageLOC WellSpa iO in many markets, seasonal promotions in China and the continued strong performance of our Rhyz businesses |
| In addition, we achieved over 100% growth in our Rhyz businesses, which accounted for 13% of our revenue in the fourth quarter and continues to become a more meaningful part of our [Technical Difficulty] end users are achieving their desired results with this more personalized approach |
| WellSpa iO has been a strong addition to our number one beauty device systems brand and is generating consumer interest with demonstrable results |
| This dividend change plus our overall payout ratio more in line with or better than our industry peers and will provide approximately $65 million in capital that can be used to fund growth opportunities |
| We remain in a strong financial position and will continue to generate healthy cash flow |
| Rhyz has experienced healthy organic and acquisition led growth and most of the businesses are still very early in their life cycles |
| We will continue to seek business efficiencies in all areas and believe these actions will help us maximize cash flows, target improve margins and enhance earnings per share going forward |
| We are well positioned to service the creator economy and indie brand markets by leveraging our vast array of resources on our way to becoming the world's leading integrated beauty, wellness and lifestyle ecosystem |
| This vibrant country is rapidly becoming the world's fastest growing economy with 1.4 billion people, a growing middle class and the highest per capita digital and mobile adoption, we see India as a market holding great potential for us |
| We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize upon this shift as we expand our enterprise vision towards becoming the world's leading integrated beauty, wellness and lifestyle ecosystem |
| This implies an even broader opportunity in the mid to long term as we further build out our Rhyz business segments and seek synergistic opportunities across our business units |
| By applying our nearly 40 years of learnings and affiliate marketing from our core business with new capabilities and learnings from our Rhyz businesses, we see greater potential for driving enterprise value over time via this expansive beauty, wellness and lifestyle ecosystem |
| We plan to reinvent the way we go-to-market with a progressive digital first model, which will enable us to expand our global footprint more quickly and cost effectively accelerating our ability to bring Nu Skin to people around the world who are seeking to look, feel and live better |
| This move will provide increased financial flexibility, enabling us to effectively seize forthcoming opportunities |
| We generated strong cash from operations for the fourth quarter of $54 million compared to $26 million in the prior year period |
| Reported earnings, which also came in slightly ahead of previous guidance were $0.15 or $0.37, excluding restructuring and other charges compared to $1.15 or $0.89, excluding restructuring impairment charges and a favorable tax rate in Q4 2022 |
| In closing, as we realign the company for success by transforming our core Nu Skin business and expand our Rhyz ecosystem, we are structuring ourselves to increase investments in promising high-growth opportunities that will benefit all stakeholders as we implement our comprehensive enterprise vision and strategy |
| In the fourth quarter, Rhyz revenues were up over 100% or 87% excluding last year's BeautyBio acquisition |
| The 250 basis point improvement in our core business was primarily driven by the strategic decision to rebalance our product portfolio, reduce product promotions and the intentional focus on higher margin products |
| Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan each showed favorable outcomes in 2023, and we anticipate these trends to continue moving into 2024 |
| Through our expanded partnership with Infosys, we plan to enhance our digital ecosystem, accelerate our global Equinox rollout and streamline the affiliate journey to minimize friction and accelerate growth |
| We also continue to focus on deepening connectivity with customers and affiliates through enhanced capabilities and feature sets in the Vera and Stela apps which we believe will enable deeper connections with our customers to meet their personalized needs |
| Our dedication to generating lasting value for the enterprise remains steadfast as we position ourselves for future growth |
| This action also enables us to prioritize responsible debt management, actively pursue inorganic growth opportunities and enhance shareholder value through opportunistic share repurchases |
| As consumer discovery and purchasing behavior shift further from traditional media into social media, influencer and affiliate marketing continues to grow at an accelerating pace |
| Nu Skin has a rich history of international expansion that has fueled our growth into nearly 50 markets around the globe |
| to grow from $6 billion to around $69 billion by 2029 |
| These companies synergistically support our core business and/or have capabilities that provide greater growth potential to our expanding ecosystem vision |
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| This was particularly evident in the fourth quarter results, which were down in our Americas, South Korea and Europe and Africa segments |
| While we continue to believe in the potential of this great market, we anticipate ongoing challenges as the economy works to recover over the coming year |
| The Americas, South Korea, Europe and Southeast Asia all experienced a more difficult year as consumers shifted purchasing habits towards lower-priced goods and services |
| Geographically, we continue to see near-term pressures on consumer spending related to extended hyperinflationary conditions around the globe |
| This was a difficult decision for our management team and the Board and one that we don't take lightly |
| For 2023, we generated revenue of $1.97 billion with a negative foreign currency impact of 3% or $60 million |
| But it seems that customers or really consumers and the affiliates or social media influencers oversimplify and sales leaders are your traditional entrepreneurs, micro entrepreneurs and business builders and yet each was down 10% to 15% |
| Our initial outlook for 2024 reflects further macro challenges in the core lessening throughout the year, partially offset by continued double-digit growth from the Rhyz segments |
| The increased percentage can largely be attributed to lower quarterly revenue levels and increased promotional campaign spend in the quarter |
| We are projecting first quarter revenue of $400 million to $435 million, assuming a foreign currency headwind of approximately 3% with reported earnings per share of negative $0.07 to $0.03 and or to $0.00 to $0.10 excluding restructuring charges |
| And so that's where that number flexes a little bit differently than the consumers and the sales leaders, but there are relationships, and we see, for example, customers being down further than the channel over this past, in Q4, as we saw, is more related to pricing pressure in the broader economy and just affordable where consumers are buying and how the sales leaders are selling, whether they're selling to registered customers or more to retail customers |
| Please refer to today's earnings release and our SEC filings for a complete discussion of these risks |
| This quarter further demonstrated that while we continue to make progress towards our long-term vision, much of our headway was concealed by the persistent macroeconomic pressures impacting consumer spending and customer acquisition around the globe, as well as disruptions associated with the ongoing transformation of our core business |
| Taking into account the aforementioned economic conditions and challenges associated with transforming our business, we are projecting 2024 revenue in the $1.73 billion to $1.87 billion range |
| This was offset by seasonal promotions in Mainland, China stabilization in Japan and modest growth in our Hong Kong, Taiwan segment |
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