Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. (HYFM) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Hydrofarm Holdings Group Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants have been placed in a listen-only mode, and the lines will be open for your questions following the presentation. Please note that this conference is being recorded today, August 12, 2025. I would now like to turn the call over to John DiDomenico at ICR to begin. Thank you, and good morning. With me on the call today is John Lindeman, Hydrofarm's Chief Executive Officer, and Kevin O'Brien, the company's Chief Financial Officer. By now, everyone should have access to our second quarter 2025 earnings release in Form 8K issued this morning. as well as an investor presentation available for reference. These documents are available on the investor section of Hydrofarm's website at www.hydrofarm.com. Before we begin our formal remarks, please note that our discussion today will include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and therefore, you should not put undue reliance on them. These statements are also subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations. We refer all of you to our recent SEC filings for a more detailed discussion of the risks that could impact our future operating results and financial condition. Lastly, during today's call, we will discuss non-GAAP measures, which we believe can be useful in evaluating our performance. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. And reconciliations to comparable GAAP measures are available in our ear...