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Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Lumber Liquidators Third Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call.

As a reminder, ladies and gentlemen, this conference is being recorded and may not be reproduced in full or in part without permission from the Company.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Danielle O'Brien, please go ahead.

Danielle O'Brien

Thank you, Operator. Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us.

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Dennis Knowles

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Charles Tyson

Dennis. Thanks,

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Operator

[Operator Instructions].

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Joshua Kamboj

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Dennis Knowles

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Joshua Kamboj

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Charles Tyson

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Joshua Kamboj

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Dennis Knowles

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Operator

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Oliver Wintermantel

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Dennis Knowles

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Oliver Wintermantel

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Charles Tyson

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Oliver Wintermantel

mitigation to our hit, start will But too.

Charles Tyson

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Operator

question with Your question. comes Please your proceed Piper of Peter from line Jaffray. Keith the next with

Peter Keith

Thanks, good morning everyone.

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Nancy Walsh

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Dennis Knowles

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Peter Keith

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Dennis Knowles

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Operator

[Operator Instructions].

next Please comes proceed with of the Your Champine Laura from Capital. question. your line Loop question with

Laura Champine

Thank you.

look driving store expectation and is you your next what for of openings openings are in at as new thoughts year? So, what XXXX, your store terms

Nancy Walsh

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Dennis Knowles

our different don't middle Laura, from thinking of we're to I planning. point, but dramatically think, we throes right the of we're XXXX what in the anything year, did this Nancy's

Operator

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David MacGregor

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year. this China, by You end year? the I a next China. talked building of talked you're have any down maybe and about update outside you percentage vendors to vendors more on of moving be outside where year you of could with mid-XX's do past The that increasingly moving guess about getting

Charles Tyson

on that I Charles. out this of the by quarter already to be of will taken, XXXX, middle the 'XXs. we've move that the believe we're actions Based as China. in said, we is third Rob, high in shipments starting I

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David MacGregor

a then result? and seeing Are talked seeing on you increases the elasticity you selective Are down any as price you Okay, any of about. mixing demand?

Charles Tyson

Yes.

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Operator

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Dennis Knowles

you, Operator. Thank

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Operator

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LL Flooring (LLFLQ) 6 Nov 192019 Q3 Earnings call transcript