Michael Baker

“So you kind of alluded to the impact of tax refunds. And it sounds like, you know, probably helped, but certainly more to it than that. But you talked about the period, you know, before and after.”

“So just to make sure I have this right and so everyone has it right, I think there was the change in guidance, if there's a subtle change of guidance, I guess, is that after the first quarter, you expected top line and margins slash profitability bottom line to be towards the mid to high end of the guided range.”

“Looks like maybe a little bit of a slowdown in January, but a better February. So a lot of retailers saw weather issues in January. Can you talk about that? and then I presume February was helped by tax refunds.”

“Can you talk about the timing of when you start to leverage some of the investments that you've made over the last few years. For instance, you're saying that delivery will still be a drag this year.”

“Wondering if you've looked at comps in markets that might have higher immigration populations. You know, there could be some spending impacts from some of the issues that are going on there.”