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| For example, I know from experience that significantly improving our consumer centricity will help us drive better awareness and desirability of our brands, leading to increase Paul and importantly, the potential for stronger pricing power, which I believe will translate the company |
| While there's much to be done, we believe we have a solid foundation from which we can build a stronger, more dynamic and profitable business |
| I'm really excited about the work ahead |
| We expect to continue to see improvement in gross margin as we advance through this transition year |
| We did see improvement sequentially as pricing, higher productivity and efficiencies resulting from the Five-Point Plan are realized |
| I came to vintage Wine Estate because I very strongly believe in the future opportunity for this company |
| We were up against the tough comps this quarter as last year's first quarter was quite strong due to making up shipments as ACE was out of stock in the previous couple of quarters |
| Encouragingly, the price improvements we put in place earlier in 2023 are being realized with improving margins |
| Strength in our B2B business helped to offset the decline in sales in DTC and wholesale |
| We believe this is a solid interim intervention plan for stabilizing the business and transitioning into a more profitable cash generating enterprise |
| VWE is in a turnaround situation that truly has great upside potential |
| And I believe that with the right leadership and right direction for the enterprise, this passionate team can most certainly drive significant long-term value |
| I believe it is clear we have room for growth |
| This priority is essential, and I believe the Five-Point Plan will allow us to materially improve profitability and cash flow |
| These declines were somewhat offset by strong performance of our key core brands, including Bar Dog, Cherry Pie, Firesteed and Kunde |
| Case volumes for these brands were up 14% |
| Compared with the trailing fourth quarter, gross margin improved 690 basis points |
| From our brands to our heritage wineries through each of our teams and every team member, we have a great starting point |
| Two elements of our Five-Point Plan are on margin expansion and generating cash |
| B2B revenue was up approximately 6% to $36.1 million |
| I feel it is a paramount importance for us to further advance our efforts, solidify our processes, deliver the most value for our shareholders |
| We believe we have sufficient liquidity to execute on our plan for this transition year as we work to improve cash generation throughout the year |
| We expect that will position us for delivering on the envisaged, renewed focus, strategy to go forward plan as we enter fiscal 2025 |
| I believe the underlying business is sound |
| I believe the underlying business is sound |
| We are beginning to demonstrate progress against the immediate intervention plan put in place for the Five-Point Plan, which we will continue to execute against as we work on our longer-term strategy |
| Given his extensive experience and consumer focus in building enterprises that drive profitable growth |
| I have confidence in our ability to deliver, but believe we need to reimagine our potential and uncover our future opportunity during this transition year, all in service of building a more substantial and sustainable growth enterprise |
| We expect the output of this robust strategic planning process to be a comprehensive vision and strategy for defining and addressing our market potential as well as the go-forward plan to drive execution and create long-term value |
| Our amended credit agreement provides us greater flexibility in regards to covenants such that we were in compliance at the end of the quarter |
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| Also, we saw slowing in sales of a brand that is managed externally as well as with international sales and had the impacts of lower volume due to our SKU rationalization efforts |
| Gross margin was down 410 basis points |
| DTC was down about 10% or $2 million, primarily driven by weakness in digital marketing sales and the impact of the sale of The Sommelier Company offset by improvements in tasting rooms and wine clubs |
| Revenue for the quarter was down $4.8 million or about 6% |
| We are also carefully managing our capital expenditures to preserve cash and have reduced our expectation for the year to a range of $8 million to $10 million |
| Gross profit declined $4.8 million compared with the prior year period |
| Wholesale was down 20% in the quarter to $19 million |
| Challenges will vary, from increasing macro headwinds to the need to significantly improve internal controls and processes to the leverage on the balance sheet that stem from the years of active acquisition, to many other things in between |
| ACE Cider was down 29,000 cases or 9% |
| This program is expected to slow quarter by quarter through the year as product to ship lump sum |
| SG&A declined $2.7 million or nearly 9%, compared with last year's first quarter |
| Given where we are today and the significant work remaining to turn the business around while building for the future, we are withdrawing guidance for fiscal '24 |
| This was despite $1 million and elevated legal and audit fees related to the year-end audit and extended filing deadlines |
| While down $5.3 million compared with the year ago |
| This was largely attributable to a large private label wine shipment |
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $15 million, reflecting the impact of $5 million in interest expense |
| Stock compensation expense was down $2.2 million and last year's first quarter included $2.3 million in costs related to historic acquisitions |
| So cash balances will remain below $20 million |
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