Ken Seipel

“Building on the momentum from Q1, our second quarter results were defined by consistency consistent sales trend consistent execution and a consistent customer response across every month of the quarter and i'm pleased to report that consistency has continued into the back to school season our year-to-date performance…”

“Well, good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for our first quarter 2026 earnings call. You know, simply stated, we had an excellent quarter.”

“Now, let me turn to our business initiatives for fiscal 2026. As we enter 26, we're firmly in the execute phase of our growth plan, focused on delivering the customer brand promise.”

“Appreciate I'm gonna probably just do this a little bit more informally here if that's okay, and I think you can hear me fine I've got a few notes on my laptop and we're doing a presentation today because I know some of you Maybe aren't familiar with our brand someone to kind of walk you through our brand just a…”

“Yeah, Mike, probably the most way to think about the tax refund trend for us is really from about mid-February up to, and this is kind of right up to Easter period, that for the most part about six to seven weeks there is what we would account for the majority of the tax refunds that flowed into the market.”