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Financial report summary
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- Our business is sensitive to consumer spending and general economic conditions. Recessionary, slow growth, or other difficult economic conditions have had, and could continue to have, an adverse effect on our financial performance, liquidity and capital resources.
- Our ability to attract customers to our stores that are located in malls or other shopping centers depends heavily on the success of these malls and shopping centers, and continued decreases in customer traffic in these malls or shopping centers, whether due to the growing preference for online shopping or otherwise, could cause our net sales and our profitability to be less than expected.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and may in the future have, an adverse effect on our business operations, financial condition, liquidity and cash flow.
- We face significant competition that could adversely affect our ability to generate higher net sales and margins and attract and retain talent.
- We do not own or operate any manufacturing facilities and therefore depend upon third parties for the manufacture of all of our merchandise. The inability of a manufacturer to ship goods on-time to our specifications or to operate in compliance with our Vendor Code of Conduct or applicable laws could negatively impact our business.
- The raw materials used to manufacture our products and our transportation and labor costs are subject to availability constraints, price volatility and related inflationary pressures, which could result in increased costs.
- The interruption of the flow of merchandise from international manufacturers or increased tariffs or other trade restrictions could disrupt our supply chain.
- If we encounter difficulties associated with distribution facilities or if they were to shut down for any reason, we could face shortages of inventory in our stores, delayed shipments to our online customers, and harm to our reputation.
- Natural disasters, fire, pandemic disease and other events beyond our control may cause business disruption and result in unexpected adverse operating results.
- Extreme or unseasonable weather conditions could have an adverse impact on our sales, inventory levels and operating results.
- We rely upon independent third-party transportation providers for substantially all of our product shipments and are subject to increased shipping costs as well as the potential inability of our third-party transportation providers to deliver on a timely basis.
- We rely on third parties to provide us with certain key services for our business. If any of these third parties fails to perform their obligations to us or declines to provide services to us in the future, we may suffer a disruption to our business. Furthermore, we may be unable to provide these services or implement substitute arrangements on a timely basis with terms favorable to us.
- Our business is highly dependent upon our ability to identify and respond to new and changing fashion trends, customer preferences, and other related factors. Our inability to identify and respond to these new trends may lead to inventory markdowns and write-offs, which could adversely affect us and our brand image.
- Our sales, profitability, and cash levels fluctuate on a seasonal basis and are affected by a variety of factors, including consumer demand, our product offerings relative to customer demand, the mix of merchandise we offer, promotions, inventory levels, and our sales mix between stores and eCommerce.
- Our business depends in part on a strong brand image. If we are unable to maintain and enhance our brand, or our brand reputation is damaged for any reason, we may fail to attract customers and suffer a significant decline in sales.
- Consumer behavior is rapidly changing, and if we are unable to successfully adapt to consumer shopping preferences and develop and maintain a relevant and reliable omnichannel experience for our customers, our financial performance and brand image could be adversely affected.
- We depend on key executive management and may not be able to retain or replace these individuals or recruit additional personnel, which could harm our business.
- Our corporate strategy includes: engaging our customers and acquiring new ones, executing with precision to accelerate sales and profitability, putting product first, reinvigorating our brand and advancing our omnichannel platform through our strategic partnership with WHP. Failure in any of these areas could have a material negative effect on the value of the Company.
- We may not be successful in our strategic partnership with WHP and the relationship may divert resources away from existing operations or expose us to liabilities, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
- We rely significantly on information systems and any failure, inadequacy, interruption, or security failure of those systems could harm our ability to effectively operate our business, cause a decrease in our net sales, increase our expenses, and harm our reputation.
- We may be exposed to risks and costs associated with the loss of customer information that would cause us to incur unexpected expenses, loss of revenues, and reputational harm.
- We have, and will continue to have, significant lease obligations. We are subject to risks associated with leasing substantial amounts of space, including future increases in occupancy costs and the need to generate significant cash flow to meet our lease obligations.
- The terms of our Amended Revolving Credit Facility may restrict our current and future operations, which could adversely affect our ability to respond to changes in our business and to manage our operations.
- If we are unable to maintain compliance with the covenants contained in our current credit facility or our inventory levels are reduced significantly, we may be unable to make additional borrowings on any undrawn amounts and may be required to repay our then outstanding debt under the facility.
- We may recognize impairment on long-lived assets.
- There are claims made against us from time to time that can result in litigation or regulatory proceedings which could distract management from our business activities and result in significant liability.
- Changes in laws, including employment laws and laws related to our merchandise, could make conducting our business more expensive or otherwise change the way we do business.
- We may be unable to protect our trademarks or other intellectual property rights, may be precluded from using trademarks in certain countries, and may face claims from third parties for intellectual property infringement, any of which could harm our business.
- Changes in tax law, tax requirements, results of tax audits, and other factors, including timing of tax refund receipts, may cause fluctuations in our effective tax rate and operating results.
- If we fail to establish and maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to report our financial results in a timely and reliable manner, which could harm our business and impact the value of our securities.
- Our ability to pay dividends and repurchase shares is subject to restrictions in our Amended Revolving Credit Facility, results of operations, and capital requirements.
- Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law may discourage or delay acquisition attempts for us that our stockholders might consider favorable.
- Our failure to regain compliance with the continued listing requirements of the NYSE, or any future failure to remain in compliance with those standards, could result in the delisting of our common stock, which could have an adverse impact on the trading, liquidity and market price of our common stock.
- As a result of the extreme volatility of the market prices and trading volume that our shares of common stock have experienced, and may in the future again experience, purchasers of our common stock could incur substantial losses.
- We may continue to incur rapid and substantial increases or decreases in our stock price in the foreseeable future that may not coincide in timing with the disclosure of news or developments by or affecting us. Accordingly, the market price of our shares of common stock may fluctuate dramatically, and may decline rapidly, regardless of any developments in our business.
Management Discussion
- ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
- All references herein to “the third quarter of 2023” and “the third quarter of 2022” represent the thirteen weeks ended October 28, 2023 and October 29, 2022, respectively.
- Express is a multi-brand fashion retailer. We operate an omnichannel platform, including both physical and online stores. Our two brand-based operating segments are Express, which includes UpWest, and Bonobos. We operate 600 stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, the express.com online store, the Express mobile app, the bonobos.com online store and the upwest.com online store.