Children's Place, Inc. (The)

Good morning, and welcome to the Children's Place third quarter 2022 earnings conference call. On the call today are Jane Elfers, President and Chief Executive Officer, Seamus Toll, Chief Financial Officer, Megan Marquis, Senior Vice President, Digital Marketing, and Josh Truppo, Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the prepared remarks, we will open the call up to your questions. We ask that each of you limit yourself to one question so that everyone will have an opportunity. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. The Children's Place issued its third quarter 2022 earnings press release earlier this morning, and a copy of the release and presentation materials have been posted to the investor relations section of the company's website. Before we begin, I would like to remind participants that any forward-looking statements made today are subject to the safe harbor statements found in this morning's press release, as well as in the company's SEC filings, including the risk factors section of the company's annual report on Form 10-K for its most recent fiscal year. These forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions, to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Jane Elfers.

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. I would like to welcome Seamus Toll, our Chief Financial Officer, to the call. Seamus has more than 25 years of financial and operational management experience. Seamus is a strategic leader with a proven track record of delivering financial and operational improvements, and is respected as a highly collaborative business partner. On behalf of the entire senior leadership team, we are thrilled to welcome Seamus to the children's place.

SEAMUS WALSH- Thank you, Jane. Good morning, everyone. As you may know, I joined the company last week, and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Jane and the board for their trust in me. I am so excited. to be part of the Children's Place family, and I strongly believe that we are well-positioned for future operating margin and EPS growth. As a parent, I have been a long-time Children's Place customer, and I know firsthand that this is an amazing brand with outstanding recognition. We clearly have superior product and a strong value proposition, which when combined with our customer-centric focus and digital dominance creates significant opportunity for future growth. I am excited to partner with Jane and the talented senior leadership team that she has assembled to further enhance shareholder value. I truly believe that the best is yet to come for our strong brands.