Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE:BBWI) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 28, 2024 9:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Luke Long - Vice President, Investor Relations
Gina Boswell - Chief Executive Officer and Director
Julie Rosen - President
Eva Boratto - Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Simeon Siegel - BMO Capital Markets
Lorraine Hutchinson - Bank of America
Alex Straton - Morgan Stanley
Kate McShane - Goldman Sachs
Matthew Boss - JP Morgan
Krisztina Katai - Deutsche Bank
Dana Telsey - Telsey Advisory Group
Olivia Tong - Raymond James
Marni Shapiro - The Retail Tracker
Jonna Kim - TD Cowen
Korinne Wolfmeyer - Piper Sandler
Operator
Good morning. My name is Donna, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Bath & Body Works Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]
I will now turn the call over to Luke Long, Vice President of Investor Relations. Luke, you may begin.
Luke Long
Good morning, and welcome to Bath & Body Works' second quarter 2024 earnings conference call. I am pleased to recently joined the company and I look forward to continuing to connect with the investment community going forward. Joining me on the call today are Gina Boswell, Chief Executive Officer; Julie Rosen, President, Retail; and Eva Boratto, Chief Financial Officer.
In addition to this call and this morning's press release, we have posted a slide presentation on our website that summarizes the information in these prepared remarks in addition to providing some related facts and figures regarding our operating performance and guidance.
Today's call may contain certain forward-looking statements related to future events and expectations. For factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements, please refer to this morning's press release as well as the risk factors in Bath & Body Works' 2023 Form 10-K and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q, which will be filed at the end of today.
Today's call also contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to this morning's press release and supplemental materials for important disclosures regarding such measures, including reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP financial measure. As you know, fiscal 2023 was a 53 week year. To provide the best understanding of the business, all category sales results, year-to-date market share data, loyalty metrics and selling metrics discussed during the call are on a comparable calendar basis, which is 13 weeks ended August 3rd, 2024 versus the 13 weeks ended August 10th, 2023. All other results discussed are on a reported basis, which is the 13 weeks ended August 3rd, 2024 versus the 13 weeks ended July 29, 2023.