Dick's Sporting Goods Inc

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Krista and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome you to the Dix Sporting Goods second quarter 2025 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, Simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. And if you would like to withdraw your question, again, press star one. Thank you. I would now like to turn the conference over to Nate Gilch, Senior Director of Investor Relations. Nate, please go ahead.

Good morning, everyone. And thank you for joining us to discuss our second quarter 2025 results. On today's call will be Ed Stack, our Executive Chairman, Lauren Hobart, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Navdeep Gupta, our Chief Financial Officer. A playback of today's call will be archived on our investor relations website located at investors.dix.com for approximately 12 months. As a reminder, we will be making forward-looking statements which are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these statements. Any such statements should be considered in conjunction cautionary statements in our earnings release and risk factor discussions in our filings with the SEC, including our last annual report on Form 10-K and our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, as well as cautionary statements made during this call. We assume no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements or information. Please refer to our investor relations website to find the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures referenced in today's call. For future scheduling purposes, we are tentatively planning to publish our third quarter 2025 earnings results on November 25th, 2025. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Ed.

Thanks, Nate. Good morning, everyone. As announced earlier this morning, we delivered a very strong second quarter with comps of 5%. Our momentum continues to build, which is a clear reflection of the strength of our long-term strategies and investments. we're really in a great lane. The convergence of sport and culture has never been stronger, and we're seeing tremendous momentum and opportunity across our industry. As a company rooted in sport, Vicks is uniquely positioned to seize this opportunity. We have a deep understanding of our athletes, and we execute with precision. From our differentiated on-trend product assortment to our industry-leading omni-channel athlete experience, or operating from a position of strength. Before Lauren and Navdeep take you through the Q2 details, I'd like to provide a brief update on our pending acquisition of Foot Locker. As previously shared, Foot Locker shareholders approved the transaction. We've also received all regulatory approvals, and we anticipate the transaction will close on September 8th. We remain very enthusiastic about the strategic benefits from the deal. By bringing together Dixon Foot Locker's iconic brands, we will create a global leader in the sports retail industry to serve a broader set of consumers, strengthen our partnerships with the world's leading sports brands, and meaningfully expand our total addressable market. We look forward to providing more details on our plans for Foot Locker on our third quarter call. I will now turn the call over to Lauren, who will go over our Q2 results and full year outlook.