Genesco Inc. (NYSE:GCO) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call September 1, 2022 8:30 AM ET
Company Participants
Darryl MacQuarrie - Senior Director of FP&A and Investor Relations
Mimi Vaughn - Board Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
Tom George - Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Steve Marotta - CL King & Associates
Corey Tarlowe - Jefferies
Mitch Kummetz - Seaport Research
Operator
Good day, everyone, and welcome to Genesco Second Quarter Fiscal 2023 Conference Call. Just a reminder, today's call is being recorded.
I will now turn the call over to Darryl MacQuarrie, Senior Director of FP&A. Please go ahead, sir.
Darryl MacQuarrie
Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us to discuss our second quarter fiscal 2023 results.
Participants on the call expect to make forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the participants’ expectations as of today, but actual results could be different. Genesco refers you to this morning's earnings release and the Company's SEC filings, including the most recent 10-K and 10-Q filings, for some of the factors, including the impact of COVID-19, supply chain issues, and the current economic environment that could cause differences from the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements made during the call today.
Participants also expect to refer to certain adjusted financial measures during the call. All non-GAAP financial measures referred to in the prepared remarks are reconciled to their GAAP counterparts in the attachments to this morning's press release and in schedules available on the Company's homepage under Investor Relations in the Quarterly Earnings section. I want to remind everyone we have posted a presentation summarizing our results that is accessible on our website.
With me on the call today is Mimi Vaughn, Board Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, who will begin our prepared remarks with an overview of the period and the progress we are making on our strategic initiatives to drive the business this fiscal year; and Tom George, Chief Financial Officer, who will review the quarterly financials in more detail and provide guidance for Fiscal ‘23.
Now I’d like to turn the call over to Mimi.
Mimi Vaughn
Thanks, Darryl. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. After last year's record fiscal '22 results, we are pleased with our second quarter performance, our strong first half of this year and the longer term direction of our business. Following a stimulus induced spending environment, in which consumers had ample disposable income to drive strong sales gains that significantly benefited the first half of last year, we are pleased we continue to drive our business forward and maintain the large majority of those gains.