Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (NYSE:BBW) Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call May 25, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Gary Schnierow – VP, IR and Corporate Finance

Sharon Price John – President and CEO

Voin Todorovic – CFO

Conference Call Participants

Steven Silver - Argus Research

Gary Schnierow - Riverpark Capital

Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the Build-A-Bear Workshop’s First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Gary Schnierow, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Finance. Thank you sir, you may begin.

Gary Schnierow

Good morning and thank you for joining us. I'm excited to speak to you on my first earnings call as the Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Finance for Build-A-Bear. With me today are Sharon Price John, CEO and Voin Todorovic, CFO. For today's call Sharon will begin with a discussion of our first quarter and update the progress we have made on our key priorities. After Voin will review the financials in more detail and provide our guidance. We will then open the call to take your questions. We ask that you limit your questions to one question and one follow up. This way we can get to everyone's questions during this one-hour call. Feel free to requeue if you have further questions. Members of the media who may be on our call today should contact us after this conference call with your questions.

Please note the call is being recorded and broadcast live via the Internet. The earnings release is available on the investor relations portion of our corporate website. A replay of both our call and webcast will be available later today on the IR site. I will remind everyone that forward looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors including those set forth in the risk factors section and the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. We undertake no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements unless required by law.

Also during this call, we may discuss non-GAAP financial measures, which adjusts our GAAP results to eliminate the impact of certain items which management believes can be useful in evaluating the company's performance. The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. If non-GAAP measures are presented, you will find information regarding these non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of these non-GAAP to GAAP measures in the company's earnings release. And now, I would like to turn the call over to Sharon.