a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. (AKA) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Greetings and welcome to the AKA Brands Holding Corp first quarter and fiscal 2026 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, the conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce Emily Schwartz, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining AKA Brands to discuss our first quarter 2026 results released this afternoon, which can be found on our website at ir.aka-brands.com. With me on the call today is Kiran Long, Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin Grant, Chief Financial Officer. Before we get started, I'd like to remind you of the company's safe harbor language. Management may make forward-looking statements which refer to expectations, projections, and other characterizations of future events, including guidance and underlying assumptions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed. For further discussion of risks related to our business, please see our filings with the SEC. Adjusted gross margin and constant currency net sales. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measures are included in the release, furnished to the SEC, and available on our website. With that, I'll turn the call over to Ciarán. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us to discuss our first quarter 2026 results. We delivered a strong start to the year with net sales for $132.5 million, up 3%, and adjusted EBITDA of $5.1 million, ahead of expectations. More importantly, our results reflect signific...