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| We believe we have an incredibly exciting lineup of new products in the market |
| Our data insights and analytics would indicate that these launches continued the positive trend we have seen in the growth of our acquisition and retention of female consumers across a range of age groups, complementing the balanced demographic makeup of YETI across genders, household incomes and regions |
| We also saw the strength of our brand and our point-of-sale data with consumer demand meaningfully outpacing our reported sales |
| Leaning into this dynamic has been a key driver of our business year-to-date, in particular we’ve seen the success of category expansion in cargo and Drinkware reaching both new and existing customers |
| We chose to participate at a greater level the one in July, and we're thrilled with the results |
| Our gross margins continue to recover to the levels we saw before the run up in inbound freight costs, and our balance sheet along with our ability to generate good cash flow continues to be a strength |
| Beyond the top line, our gross margin was a clear positive story this quarter, showcasing the power of the brand |
| We delivered remarkably strong gross margin expansion of nearly 650 basis points, highlighted by the ongoing recovery of inbound freight costs and favorable product costs |
| We thought it was a really good sign of just demand for the overall brand |
| And we were thrilled with the results |
| We've seen positive results from these efforts and are now carrying these enhancements to our suite of global e-commerce sites |
| TSC's unique national reach and strong heritage in farm and ranch provide what we see as highly complementary distribution to our existing channel |
| But to your original question, we feel really good about how hard coolers performed at a point of sale level within wholesale as well as within DTC |
| So I would say is that it did -- hard coolers did well on a consumer demand basis, which encompasses both wholesale sell-through where we saw really strong growth of hard coolers on a sell-through basis as well as within DTC |
| So hard coolers were down against tough shipment comparisons, but they're an outstanding performer at retail right now |
| market remains incredibly receptive and strong for product innovation and to our expanding brand reach |
| And we also called out what I would call the very limited assortment we have in cargo and gearboxes continue to be an outstanding performer |
| And if I take coolers and equipment, hard coolers, our longest standing category continues to be an outstanding performer |
| market, I think while we obviously have a very well established and in-demand business when we talk about things like sell-through being strong, our sell-through data comes from the U.S |
| The top line, as we've shown outsized growth internationally and as we continue to prove the demand opportunity there and as we continue to mature our operations internationally, we think that continues to be a really interesting area to drive long-term growth for YETI |
| Continuing the health and wellness theme and awareness of the importance of hydration, our two strong mug products continue to outperform our expectations this year |
| I'd say on gross margins, we were obviously thrilled with the results that we posted in Q3 |
| As we look at warehouse sell-through is performing, being positive across both Drinkware and C&E, having our full complement of products available with the M Series coming back, we believe that that kind of leads us to kind of those growth levels that we communicated for Q4 |
| First, we saw strong consumer demand with double digit increases in both hard coolers and in our soft coolers not impacted by the recall |
| With an unmatched product portfolio, we are well positioned for what we believe will be a competitive holiday period for consumer attention and spend |
| But just at a high level, what really is encouraging for us, like Matt said, the overall strength of the brand and expansion of the brand is we look at other opportunities for us to continue to grow just the consumer demand strength that we've been seeing, the growth outside the U.S |
| At a product category level in DTC, we saw strong performance in cargo, Drinkware and hard coolers, which more than offset the impact of the recall in soft coolers |
| In the third quarter, we saw positive sell-through growth in our U.S |
| But one aspect of our business that we continue to be pleased with is the strong consumer demand that we have consistently seen across our major channels and product categories |
| In our e-commerce business, as Matt said, we saw exceptional growth in new and returning customers, as well as strong growth in the overall number of transactions |
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| By category, coolers and equipment sales decreased 8% to 172 million driven by the factors that I have outlined that impacted hard cooler and soft cooler sales |
| Net income also decreased 3% to 53 million or $0.60 per diluted share compared to $0.63 in the prior year period |
| At the same time, we do expect to see the continuation of several recent trends, cautious ordering patterns in the wholesale channel, somewhat tempered growth in corporate sales following a very strong 2022 and lower average order values in e-commerce |
| Wholesale sales decreased 16% to 174 million with declines in both coolers and equipment and Drinkware |
| The performance is expected to remain inconsistent following the tremendous success we experienced last year and some signs of more conservative corporate spending |
| At the same time, we do believe that we are seeing a more cautious ordering environment |
| But similar to last quarter, a portion of these gift card redemptions were used to purchase products with constrained supply, which impacted our ability to fulfill orders from customers and other channels |
| As discussed, the decline was driven by the impact of the recall in soft coolers and a significant sell-in comparison versus the prior year |
| Operating income decreased 3% to 71 million or 16.5% of sales compared to 16.9% during the same period last year |
| But I guess everyone's kind of nervous on the consumer, and maybe worried about some slowdown overall in September and October |
| First, due to the product recall, we were without several of our top selling soft cooler products for most of the quarter, including during the key summer months |
| That's coming off a Q3 where we had a pretty challenging compare |
| You are lowering a little bit on the sales guide |
| Excluding these gift card redemptions, top line results for the period were in line with our outlook of a low single digit decline versus the prior year |
| As you've seen with us in the past, we're slow in pace in how we roll out these partnerships for the benefit of both parties |
| And that's the sell-through or is it doing really well on DTC, because it sounds like the weaker DTC that there's some pressure from average order size? I'm just trying to get an understanding of what hard coolers did in the quarter |
| There are clearly a number of dynamics that have impacted our reported growth rate on a quarter-to-quarter basis this year |
| It's just there were several discrete impacts this year that we believe will not continue as we go into next year |
| And if you look at the drivers that we provided on a quarter-to-quarter basis, you can see that the negative impact went down from Q3 to Q4 of last year |
| Put kind of positive pressure into the innovation and expansion, the product portfolios and the redefinition of Drinkware and the expansion of coolers and equipment |
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