Michelle Gass | CEO |
Bruce Besanko | CFO |
Matthew Boss | JPMorgan |
Lorraine Hutchinson | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Bob Drbul | Guggenheim Securities |
Paul Lejuez | Citi Research |
Max Rakhlenko | Cowen and Company |
Chuck Grom | Gordon Haskett |
Kimberly Greenberger | Morgan Stanley |
Mark Altschwager | Robert W. Baird |
Randy Konik | Jefferies |
Dana Telsey | Telsey Advisory Group |
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Kohl's Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Release Conference Call. Certain statements made on this call, including projected financial results are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Kohl's intends forward-looking terminology such as believes, expects, may, will, should, anticipates, plans, or similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause Kohl's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements.