Genesco Inc. (GCO) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Greetings and welcome to the Genesco Inc. Q2 Fiscal Year 2026 Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. You may be placed into question queue at any time by pressing star 1 on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It's now my pleasure to turn the call over to your host, Jason Ware, Vice President, FD&A, and Investor Relations. Jason, please go ahead. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us to discuss our second quarter fiscal 2026. On the call, expect to make forward-looking statements reflecting our expectations as of today, but actual results could be different. Genesco refers you to this morning's earnings release and the company's SEC filings, including its most recent 10-K and 10-Q filings for some of the factors that could cause differences from the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements made today. Participants also expect to refer to certain adjusted financial measures during the call. All non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to their GAAP counterparts in the attachments to this morning's press release and in schedules available on the company's website in the quarterly results section. We have also posted a presentation summarizing our results here as well. With me on the call today is Mimi Vaughn, Board Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer and Sondra Harris, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Now I'd like to turn the call over to Mimi. Thanks, Jason. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. The strong comp momentum from the second half last year has carried into the first half this year with positive comps fueling both top and bottom line resul...