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Question: Janine Stichter - BTIG - Analyst
: Congrats on your retirement. I was hoping you could parse out some of the Q1 headwinds that you're seeing, whether it's weather, consumer
sentiment, I think you broke out the OMS implementation. Just help us understand the moving pieces there and maybe where you're trending
right now versus how you're thinking about the quarter? And then within that, I would love to hear more about what your survey work is showing
around how your consumer is feeling right now.
Question: Janine Stichter - BTIG - Analyst
: Great. And then maybe just one more on the OMS benefits. As you think about the benefits from the omnichannel capabilities, help us parse out
what those look like? How they phase beginning in the back half of the year? And if you have any sense of how you've quantified those in your
guidance?
Question: Ryan Meyers - Lake Street Capital Markets - Analyst
: First one for me and Mark, I think you commented on this just a little bit in your prepared remarks, but kind of walk us through the cadence of gross
margin for the year? How we should be thinking about that and what we should be calling out there?
Question: Ryan Meyers - Lake Street Capital Markets - Analyst
: Okay. Got it. I think that makes sense. And then the other question for me is that it sounds like you guys are seeing some success kind of with
marketing initiatives and digital customers. Just wondering if you can comment on the overall traffic trend and maybe how you can drive some of
these digital customers into the stores or if you guys have begun to see any of that.
Question: Jungwon Kim - TD Cowen - Analyst
: On the promotions, what you're embedding in the guide and what you've seen quarter-to-date on that front? And then obviously, you have a
pretty strong group of core top customer of who are loyal to you. Have you seen any notable changes within that cohort or any characteristics that
need to be highlighted as you continue to observe that core for your business? That will be helpful.
Question: Marni Shapiro - The Retail Tracker - Analyst
: Claire, congratulations. We're going to miss you. I'm going to miss chatting about product with you. Could we talk about a couple of things. The
first is I know price sensitivity, I think you said began in July of last year, which aligned from my notes with when a lot of retailers became more
promotional. And I'm curious, as I watched the run of promotions through the mall and online this first quarter. How are you thinking -- you guys
are a full-priced retailer. So I guess how are you thinking about the rest of the year promotionally? Is it harder to not participate in that? So how do
you plan that, I guess, in this environment?
Question: Dana Telsey - Telsey Advisory Group - Analyst
: I wanted to touch base on differences between stores and digital, what did you see from the customer there? Is it a different category performance
also along with regional trends? And then Mark, I see that you extended the facility, anything about how we should think about the cadence of
quarters with that? Or just in general, how you're thinking about the shaping of the year?
Question: Corey Tarlowe - Jefferies - Analyst
: Great. I guess, Claire, could you talk a little bit about product that worked in the quarter? And maybe as the weather improved, more specifically,
where you saw some green shoots. So I'd just be interested to hear if you saw any improvement there?
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And then, Mark, just on inventory, could you maybe walk us through how you're thinking about the shape of that curve throughout the rest of the
year as we think about sort of where you finished Q4? And maybe how you're planning for the remainder of the year?
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