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| So we feel really good about how that's lining up in relation to where sales are |
| Last year, we opened 32 stores, which I think are - we feel really good about the locations and the economics of the deal |
| And I think our performance on a relative basis shows that we're actually gaining share in the market |
| These adjustments speak to the strength of our model and our ability to adjust both across departments and from branded to private label products to meet customer demand all while ensuring we are providing our customer with a world-class service and differentiated shopping experience to expect when visiting Zumiez |
| We're encouraged by the sequential improvement we continue to see in the business |
| While we are not where we want to be from a results perspective, our current momentum gives us confidence in delivering continued improvement in the fourth quarter and positioning ourselves for growth in 2024 |
| With consistent expense discipline and our lean integrated operating structure |
| The business can generate leverage and meaningful operating margin expansion even on modest top line growth |
| This will allow us to drive enhanced profitability and continue investing in the strategic priorities that we believe will create significant long-term benefit for our customers, our business and our shareholders |
| So I think that's a good sign in regards to what we should expect over the next few weeks as you would imagine, as we lay this out by week and maybe more importantly, by day, those days and week, that week ahead of Christmas will be very strong with Christmas hitting on a Monday |
| Our performance in the third quarter came in slightly ahead of our expectations as the year-over-year sales trends continued to improve compared with the first and second quarters |
| So I'm hopeful that as we move into next year, we - the combination of statutory rates and declining inflation may be a net positive for us |
| And I think we are definitely doing this in a lot in the men's area, both - and this is where our private label brands are really doing well outperforming well |
| We are excited about the trends that are emerging in both the men's and footwear categories |
| And it's encouraging for us, I think, to see that, and they're running ahead of pace for where we think they would be in a normal brand maturation cycle for these classes of emerging brands |
| We're seeing really good - we're seeing those brands work well resonate with these consumers on the men's side |
| One is the strength of our business in the emerging brands launched in '22 and '23 |
| They were up 12% with a strong mid-single-digit comp here within that 12% |
| What I'm happy to report with the fourth quarter is that a large part of that improvement in the trend line is actually driven by new product and full price product that pretty excited about, right? We've been testing a lot of things in footwear, and we've seen some things work as we've transitioned into November and we're able to receive some of our new receipts |
| While the opposite was true in 2021 when we experienced record sales and operating margin driven by meaningful leverage |
| I think we're well positioned to take advantage of it if it comes |
| We're encouraging them to come pick it up in store, driving them to that availability because we believe over the long term, it's great to get them in front of our sales teams |
| We're seeing a good mix of our customer coming to stores, the digital business overall for the third quarter was basically just a little bit better than our overall result, but we continue to see really strong store results |
| The business ended the quarter in a strong financial position |
| So - if we just step into that, I think we feel pretty good about where overall inventories are, Breaking that down a little bit further |
| So I think from an overall inventory perspective, we feel good about where we're at |
| I mean, from an overall private label perspective, as Rick mentioned, that value message has been extremely positive |
| So if we can get moving to the right direction, find the bottom with the brands that have been holding us back a bit, we have some good trends and brands going the other direction that I think we may have a longer - have a good run with the footwear cycle in front of us |
| And then lastly, from a digital perspective, what I would say is we are continuing to see a strong demand of our customer to be in stores |
| Our fourth quarter-to-date results have continued to show incremental progress through the trends experienced in the first three quarters of the year |
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| During the quarter, we continued to see softer sales, primarily driven by ongoing inflationary pressures on the consumer, a shift in spending to travel and experiences and softer demand for full-price key styles and trends in North America |
| Comparable sales for North America were down 10.7% |
| Third quarter net sales were $216.3 million, down 8.9% from $237.6 million in the third quarter of 2022 |
| From a regional perspective, net sales for our North America business for the 31-day period ended November 28, 2023, decreased 7.3% over the same period last year, with comparable sales over the prior - over the period, down 6.8% |
| We currently expect that our pretax earnings for the year will be negative |
| Comparable sales were down 9.2% for the quarter |
| We expect that our fourth quarter 2023 product margins will be down roughly 110 basis points from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 |
| Footwear has been one of the areas that that's been most challenging and probably one of the areas that we've carried a little more inventory than we'd like with the sales downturn throughout 2023 |
| But are still trending below prior year levels as consumer demand remains under pressure from the continued impact of high inflation on discretionary spending |
| Inclusive of our fourth quarter guidance, we now expect annual product margins to be down approximately 85 basis points due to both the geographic sales mix across our businesses as well as promotional cadence to move through inventory |
| Comparable sales for the 31-day period ended November 28, 2023, were down 6% from the comparable period in the prior year |
| Total sales for the 31-day period ended November 28, 2023, decreased 4.6% compared to the same 31-day period in the prior year ended November 29, 2022 |
| And I have to tell you, I think we - a lot of our sales loss over the last two years is tied to trend consumers and to declining brands that reach broadly into the trend market and outside of our core market |
| The sales of the Black Friday, Cyber Monday period down 1.4% against the same period last year |
| In fact, even in our first and second quarter calls, highlighting that it was one of the more challenged areas from an inventory perspective |
| Through the first nine months of 2023, product margins were down 60 basis points from the prior year |
| Through this past Tuesday, fourth quarter-to-date sales are down 4.6% to the prior year |
| Comparable sales for other international were down 0.3% for the quarter |
| Higher promotional activity to clear elevated inventory levels across our retail sector has added to the headwinds pressuring our full price selling model |
| We have transitioned obviously, into the fourth quarter and in our November results to date, we did talk about Europe being much softer than what that 9-month trend line is |
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