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| With results -- and quite frankly, I would tell you the conversion rate for Elfa is extremely high, as you can imagine, because not only is it available for customers for a do-it-yourself option, but it also allows us to design for our customers and for them to really benefit from the modularity of the Elfa offering |
| We continue to see high penetration in customers business a high-satisfaction in our small format stores with an average debt promoter score of 81% in Q2 |
| As we shared, we are pleased with the restructuring of our new paint general merchandise and see an opportunity to grow this offering with an improved margin profile |
| For the third quarter, despite experiencing declines in our core general merchandise category we did see a positive reception to the introduction of new products to our assortment, with sales more than doubling against our expectations for these new products |
| In particular, our new premium products continue to do very well |
| Additionally, our discovery categories are also performing strongly with undergo travel solutions and home frequencies, achieving double-digit growth in comparable sales relative to the third quarter of last year |
| When combined with the total investable market opportunity, this provides us a long runway of growth and potential share gains within customer spaces |
| When we think about the lines in particular, more premium lines, as you can imagine, and this is the efforts that we've been on, in particular with Avera is that it takes our specialist some time to get comfortable with the lines and with their selling approach, and we've definitely seen great improvements with our Avera conversion lines |
| So look, all I will tell you is that we've seen great success in conversion with Elfa |
| Discovery categories like home fragrances and undergo travel solutions continue to trend positively, presenting us with significant opportunities in these areas |
| We are seeing the new features and functionality like enclosed wall and rolling cabinet lighting, full extension drawers and heavy-duty work bench already resonates incredibly well with our customers and look forward to efficiently launching it this spring |
| Lastly, we believe we can achieve growth in general merchandise through our discovery category that complement our core offering |
| Our more tenured designers are already performing quite well in annualizing sales from anywhere from $700,000 to $800,000 and are making great progress on their design to sales conversion rates |
| We've seen great success with Avera and we believe as our more -- as our more tenured designers get comfortable with selling Preston, we should expect in fiscal '24 to get the benefits of them now being accustomed with all the new features and functionalities that we bought with Preston, including their abilities to utilize the design tools that are in their hands to start to benefit quite well with that conversion rate |
| Narrowing this focus with the passion and the strength of our team lays a solid foundation for enduring success |
| Despite the current macroeconomic difficulties and the obstacles encountered within our core general merchandise categories, we remain optimistic about the growth opportunities we have identified |
| Instead that, we were pleased with the performance to allow value-oriented Elfa a line which celebrated its 75th anniversary with a special event that ended in the third quarter |
| Likewise, our premium customer spaces have also maintained robust performance with sales experiencing only a slight decline compared to last year, thus outpacing the overall performance of custom spacing |
| Furthermore, we were encouraged by the sequential improvement in the year-over-year comparable sales decline of custom spaces over the second quarter |
| Our belief in the transformative power of the organization, coupled with the demand for it and our unique solution-oriented offerings fuels our companies |
| And the team that we have here, The Container Store has been working very diligently and finding ways to be much more efficient with the marketing dollars that we have to have the biggest impact |
| We're excited to be working on adding a fully concealed [indiscernible] option for Preston, which we expect to be a material differentiator in the marketplace |
| While we continue to see significant opportunities to expand our national presence, it will be done in conjunction with our goal of sustained positive free cash flow |
| Despite these dynamics, we maintained a strong discipline with respect to our promotional strategy and expense management to deliver adjusted loss per share of $0.08, which was within our original range of expectation |
| Furthermore, our marketing assets were aiming to take a more integrated approach, demonstrating our ability to facilitate life-changing transformations for our customers through space optimization, curated finishing products, and by the organizational advice |
| Sales from new stores benefited total TCS net sales by 130 basis points |
| Our Preston line is also expected to grow in its offering just as we have done earlier this fiscal year with more premium options like leather drawer front, matte finishing and enhanced lighting |
| In response to our top line performance, we remain committed to exercising strong discipline with both our promotional strategy and expense management |
| So we still have a lot of exciting things to engage our customers with as we finish out Q4 |
| The event sales performance met our expectations with notable sales being achieved towards the end of the event as customers responded to the sense of urgency messaging that was conveyed in our marketing communications |
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| As we discussed in our announcement last month, our third quarter sales results fell short of our original expectation |
| Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, Elfa third-party net sales decreased 4.9% year-over-year, primarily due to a decline in sales in Nordic markets |
| We delivered a year-over-year consolidated sales decline of 14.8%, largely driven by ongoing challenges in our core general merchandise category |
| The expected decline in comparable store sales is reflective of weather challenges we have experienced in January as well as continued pullback in our core and value-oriented general merchandise categories |
| Preston space comp store sales declined 9.2% compared to last year and negatively impacted comp store sales by 300 basis points |
| For the third quarter, consolidated net sales decreased 14.8% year-over-year to $214.9 million |
| For the third quarter of fiscal 2023, our online channel decreased 26.3% year-over-year, and our website-generated sales, which includes curbside pickup, decreased 15.6% compared to last year |
| In addition, we expect gross margin to be relatively flat in comparison to the prior year as a result of the net impact of continued freight tailwinds and an unfavorable product mix from general merchandise |
| For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, we expect consolidated net sales to be approximately $200 million to $205 million, driven primarily by a comparable store sales decline in the mid-20s |
| Looking ahead to Q4, in addition to January's abnormal weather rate impact, we anticipate continued challenges to our core general merchandise category, similar to what we experienced in the prior quarters |
| Elfa gross margin decreased 170 basis points compared to last year, primarily due to unfavorable mix, partially offset by price increases to customers |
| Unearned revenue decreased to $17.5 million in Q3 this year versus $18.8 million last year, which is reflective of the decline in overall sales |
| The decrease is inclusive of a comp store sales decrease of 16.8%, driven primarily by the 20.4% decline in our general merchandise categories, which negatively impacted comp store sales by 1,380 basis points |
| As it relates to custom spaces, in addition to the already anticipated pull-forward headwind related to the third quarter 75th Elfa anniversary sale, we are expecting additional pressure from the Elfa product line primarily during a planned non-promotional time period in the fourth quarter |
| Elfa third-party net sales of $12.4 million decreased 4.2% compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2022 |
| By segment, net sales for The Container Store retail business were $202.5 million, a 15.4% decrease compared to $239.3 million last year |
| Our adjusted EBITDA decreased to $12.8 million in the third quarter this year, compared to $22.2 million in Q3 last year |
| And as I said in my prepared remarks, the -- it's reflective of the continued pullback in the core and value-oriented general merchandise and we also are seeing more pressure in the nonpromotional time periods for the Elfa product line based on what we learned during Q3 |
| The implied year-over-year operating margin decline for the fourth quarter is expected to be driven by SG&A depreciation and other fixed cost deleverage on lower sales |
| Over half of the Americans are overwhelmed by the amount of study they have and the vast majority have no idea what to do about it, many result to renting outside storage or find themselves unable to use the garages for parking due to the poor utilization of space in their home |
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