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business. down quarter America net primarily quarter XX% sales in the results other favorable $XXX North XXXX.
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ongoing XX.X% we softer Other $XXX.X the perspective, pressure, were America decrease increased for by sales, net Europe primarily from higher a in regional see Australia, $XX.X sales, consist and net XX.X% discounting inflationary spending million, of international from quarter, of and continued the which a sales levels were last to driven During North million, discretionary year. XXXX. market.
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from other for net for XXXX.
Comparable down were international XX.X%, X.X% were compared for North From accessories, by foreign category men's.
Total a of by prior increased up the comparable America in perspective, international sales sales XX.X% decrease increase the quarter, categories retail, the with during average transaction. in other currency for net quarter. America North increased a were XX.X% impact transaction driven by per down offset per the all and and partially Excluding year in sales comparable unit translation, up were with most sales an and hardgoods unit our sales quarter dollars footwear, being followed the women's negative,
by operating volumes, sales the of partially on the shipping by costs expense second store in XX occupancy was basis and private in gross by SG&A in point the by compared sales wage million or million quarter a was timing.
Operating decrease quarter and increase Second hours of point $XX.X of basis basis loss the driven sales and was of was not or point basis X.X% by XXX $XX.X costs XXXX second to lower of the a profit compared XXX of training in quarter X.X% the compared $X basis basis of for quarter net in XX basis a compared driving primarily in buying events million profit store net wages; lower shrinkage. offset well change following: or or to in ago. $XX.X The in XX.X% on percentage profit XXX with both a reduction; product of to in increase web due second driven store quarter, points offset million non-store or point year due XX.X% event per gross due basis follows: of quarter of point increase and in label operating costs; rates for decreased point by $XX.X as that Gross the This net key deleverage could basis to this points.
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The XX.X% point of decrease second be second quarter of increases $X.XX The of as net increase percent million share on income of sales non-wage
X.X% quarter rate in for losses period. tax the taxes tax net which XX.X% our the primarily compared in second we provision losses the for decrease of operate. jurisdictions with of in The increase rate was in to allocation those XXXX ago effective was and benefit effective due year Our across income
by Turning $XX.X $XXX current to a and $XXX.X capital of strong in as of million current the July as of of million business was The over compared XX marketable sheet.
The had financial million driven cash marketable the We XXXX. securities cash XX, quarter position. expenditures ended and $XX.X the primarily July in to million. trailing balance months XX, XXXX, increase securities
from X.X% As XX, XXXX, full the in of inventory, and ended inventory sheet on store million constant in count by continue America while compared primarily X.X% credit a prior to We the the $XXX.X balance North international no current facility. quarter million year.
On up levels up down were have our Inventory we is maintain year. in year. to growth driven our last basis, with business, $XXX.X was last X.X% unused debt from increases July inventory our currency
compared increased for Now period results. decreased last XX-day the Comparable And X.X% Net the XXXX. same for in year.
From period year. XX.X% ended period comparable the September sales period versus the the last in North ended September third from in business for perspective, September decreased XX-day the other the the XXXX ended XXXX -- a America our our X, sales net XX-day to to for quarter-to-date XX.X% period prior business XXXX, down period X, X, prior comparable sales international from X.X% XX-day X, regional were September year year. over
period period, increase of the of by everyone X.X% currency X.X% both was units per perspective, while ended dollars I net the in margin had involves our factors our to Footwear a XXXX.
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the demand incremental are to the million show $XXX to sales from continued of $XXX quarter remains between progress year ago but in total for second have high mind, levels as spending.
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X.X% operating Consolidated We product primarily third is quarter negative year-over-year. XXXX, decline we due and half, lower to slightly from the of per base, anticipate expected loss margins expect down cost be mix quarter the the margins between that in will for share. sales be pressure. on the our negative XXXX margin to X.X%.
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year. environment, the we our trend around do has the provide the from refraining due context to how want annual the to macro in will I we been currently and business practice are volatility throughout uncertainty believe financial giving this As year, some guidance specific but
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leverage. we operating the sales and fiscal and experienced model decline meaningful Our as by is also deleverage XXXX to fluctuations, when sales sales and sensitive year-to-date driven margin have opposite true fiscal in record in XXXX, seen was XXXX in we while
manage diligently when to expenses environment continue are and to positioned as we improve. We advantage navigate current this conditions take
our reduction tax This XXXX results is variability a bottom our our the tax consolidated across tied seen distribution during jurisdictions. in in XXXX, and to line significant of current have creating We rate. income
Given could this, for of we be are expecting the a full income pretax year. excess tax in expense
We in and Europe North stores X open XX America, during X stores new are in the planning stores stores approximately to Australia. including in year, XX
We expect $XX in $XX expenditures XXXX. and for year to million the fiscal million capital to XXXX compared XXXX million between be full $XX --
and We expect amortization, will approximately that depreciation noncash $XX expense, excluding lease million. be
are currently share diluted up we'd to shares. year operator, We that, for like the questions. count million open to projecting for the approximately our full With XX.X be call