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Q3 2018 Earnings Call· Thu, Nov 8, 2018

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Operator

Operator

Good morning and welcome to the Third Quarter 2018 Crocs, Inc. Earnings Conference Call. My name is Brandon, and I will be your operator for today. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. Please note this conference is being recorded. And I will now turn it over to Marisa Jacobs, Senior Director of Investor Relations for Crocs. Ms. Jacobs, you may begin.

Marisa Jacobs - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for the Crocs third quarter 2018 earnings call. Earlier this morning, we announced our third quarter results, and a copy of the press release can be found on our website at crocs.com. We would like to remind you that some of the information provided on this call is forward-looking and accordingly is subject to the Safe Harbor provisions of the federal securities laws. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future revenues, gross margin, SG&A expense, income from operations, adjusted EBITDA and our product pipeline. Crocs is not obligated to update these forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of future events. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure. A reconciliation of this amount to income from operations is contained in the Crocs investor presentation posted on our website. We caution you that all forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from those described on this call. Please refer to Crocs' Annual Report on Form 10-K as well as other documents filed with the SEC for more information relating to these risk factors. Joining us on the call today are Andrew Rees, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Anne Mehlman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Following their prepared remarks, we will open the call for your questions. At this time, I'll turn the call over to Andrew.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Thank you, Marisa, and good morning, everyone. Q3 was another successful quarter for us. Our brand continued to strengthen and our product continues to be well-received, particularly our clogs and sandals. Business was strong across all distribution channels and regions. As a result, we had one of the best third quarters in several years with revenues up 7.3%, EBIT up 418% to $13.9 million and diluted EPS of $0.07 compared to last year's $0.03 loss. In response to this performance and our expectations for a good fourth quarter, we're increasing our 2018 guidance. This morning, I'll detail our progress in four areas: brand, product, strategic priorities and our distribution channels. Anne will review our third quarter financial results and our updated guidance. And then, we will take your questions. Our brand continues to gain traction. We conducted our annual brand survey this summer and we're very pleased with the results. Last year, we achieved double-digit increases in our three key metrics: brand desirability, brand relevance and brand consideration. This year, we made further gains as each metric grew up mid to high single-digit rates, which was a significant advancement on top of last year's exceptional progress. Additionally, Piper Jaffray recently released the results of its full 2018 Taking Stock With Teen study, which found that our brand momentum among teens has tripled since spring of 2017. We rose in the rankings from number 38 to number 13 as a preferred footwear brand amongst all teens. Together, these results demonstrate that our focus on elevating our product and our investments in marketing are significantly enhancing the Crocs brand. The month of October, Croctober to us, included Croc Day on October 23. It was fun to see our fans flock to social media to showcase their excitement for Crocs and we were…

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Thank you, Andrew, and good morning, everyone. I'm delighted to be here this morning speaking to you for the first time as Crocs' new CFO and I'm looking forward to meeting many of you in person over the coming months. I'll begin with an overview of our third quarter results. Revenues were $261.1 million, up $17.8 million or 7.3% from a year ago, even as we absorbed a negative currency impact of $4.8 million versus the third quarter last year. These results exceeded our guidance of $240 million to $250 million. Store closures and business model changes reduced revenues by approximately $15 million. Excluding the $15 million headwind, our revenues would have grown by approximately 13%, illustrating the strength of our underlying business. Q3 is the fourth quarter in a row in which we grew our revenues at double-digit rates after adjusting for business model changes. We sold 13.3 million pairs of shoes, an increase of 2% over last year's third quarter. Our average selling price for footwear during Q3 increased 4% to $18.90. Before reviewing segment results, I want to highlight a financial reporting change we announced this morning. Our SVP and GM in Europe has assumed responsibility for our Middle East and Africa businesses, which is operated through distributors, and flows into our wholesale channel. We have made appropriate adjustments to our Asia and Europe segment reporting to reflect this movement and have recast prior period segments accordingly for comparative purposes. Consolidated financial results remain unchanged. During 2017, the combined revenues from our Middle East and Africa businesses were approximately $24 million and by the middle of that year, they consisted exclusively of wholesale business. From a regional perspective, the following amounts are as reported. The Americas generated revenues of $137 million in the third quarter, an increase…

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Thank you, Anne. We have had a very good year so far and anticipate a good fourth quarter as well. These results didn't just happen. They stem from the commitment and hard work of the talented team we've assembled at Crocs. I want to thank everyone on that team for contributing to our success and I'm grateful for your passion and commitment. Looking ahead, we will continue to grow by maintaining our focus on molded clogs and sandals that are comfortable, on trend and affordable. And we will continue to elevate our brand and advance our strategic priorities. This provides us with a realistic achievable roadmap for delivering steadily improving financial results and increasing shareholder value. Operator, please open the call for questions.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And we will now begin the question-and-answer session. And from Pivotal Research, we have Mitch Kummetz. Please go ahead, Mitch Kummetz.

Mitch Kummetz - Pivotal Research Group LLC

Analyst

Yeah. Thanks for taking my questions and, Anne, welcome back. So, Andrew, on the back-to-school you highlighted that as being strong in the quarter. Is there any way you can kind of quantify the impact of that, kind of during those key back-to-school weeks and how are you kind of taking that information thinking about the marketing of the brand now that you're seeing the strength with these sort of teen and college age consumers and you talked about brand ambassadors, I think you're going to introduce that or announce that next week. Is that how you sort of factor that into kind of who the brand ambassadors are and all that?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. Thanks, Mitch. So, the first thing I'd say that it wasn't an accident, right? So, we've been focused on igniting the teen customer for a period of time now. I think we talked about that a little bit on our last call in terms of particularly sporting events and teens wearing product pre and post-event. So this is something we've been focused on for some time. In terms of quantifying it, I think it's very hard to quantify but certainly we can see it in our DTC performance. If you look at our North American comps both online and in-store, they were exceptional. We also had very strong comps from a DTC perspective in Europe and also on e-commerce in Asia. So, we're really pleased with that ability to ignite that consumer. And in addition, the collaboration that we did with Post Malone last week which will obviously continue through the fourth quarter into next year, I think, is a very powerful way of igniting that consumer. So that we're putting a lot of effort against it and it's paying off. In terms of quantifying it, I think it's really hard to kind of quantify it in terms of dollars. You mentioned our brand ambassadors, yes, I think one of the more significant changes there is, we will be announcing a slate of ambassadors that will hit all of our key markets, so that will hit our North American market, it will hit Europe and it will also hit our Asian markets, China, Japan and Korea. So look, we're really pleased with the marketing efforts and the impact it's having on consumers and drawing them into the brand.

Mitch Kummetz - Pivotal Research Group LLC

Analyst

Got it. And then on gross margin, when I look at the Q4 guide, kind of the midpoint of the range is, I think, down about 700 basis points from where Q3 came in. I know that that's a kind of seasonally low gross margin quarter for you guys, but I guess I'd be surprised to see if it wasn't better than that, is that you're guiding to that just kind of based on mix of product, and then – and also we've some pressure on the FX side. Can you kind of give us the puts and takes to get us to that number and how conservative is it?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. Hi, Mitch. As you mentioned, it is our lowest revenue quarter, so we do de-lever a little bit on our fixed costs. The other piece is that we did benefit from a stronger U.S. dollar especially our weaker U.S. dollar in the first half of the year, which is now causing headwinds in fourth quarter. So, it's a combination of those two things. We're still pleased that we were able to raise our guidance for the full year and we're going to come in roughly 100 points over last year – over a period of time.

Mitch Kummetz - Pivotal Research Group LLC

Analyst

Okay. And then lastly on 2019, I was hoping you might be able to speak to SG&A a little bit. You've got $19 million in charges hitting the SG&A line this year. Do those all go away next year? And then you've got another sales of about $25 million on the closures of business model changes. How much does that $25 million benefit the SG&A line? Is there any way you can kind of give us some guidelines on SG&A and I know it's early, but that would be helpful.

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah, I think we're not ready to die yet on 2019. It is – it's still a little early, but I will say that for full year this year we're going to be approximately 300 basis points lower than last year. We're on track for SG&A reduction plan and we still feel good about our long-term framework of SG&A in the low-40s.

Mitch Kummetz - Pivotal Research Group LLC

Analyst

Great. Thank you, guys.

Operator

Operator

From Piper Jaffray, we have Erinn Murphy. Please go ahead. Erinn E. Murphy - Piper Jaffray & Co.: Great. Thanks. Good morning. Really nice results and welcome, Anne. So, a couple of questions maybe first focusing back on that North American comp of 20% if you just look at the in-store component. Can you just speak to what you saw in terms of traffic versus AUR versus conversion during the quarter? And then just curious on your confidence behind just kind of ongoing robust comp as you go into the fourth quarter and into next year, I know you're lapping price increases in North America, in particular.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah, thanks, Erinn. Look, I mean I think close to 20% comps was exceptional. I think you know a lot of other retailers did well and back-to-school as well. But I think this is beyond that. It was traffic, a lot of it was traffic. So a lot of it we linked to brand's strength, a lot of it were linked to our marketing efforts and it really drove people into store. I would say the second biggest component in terms of after traffic was really average unit retail. And so these higher unit retails and also larger baskets, we're seeing much stronger attach rates for Jibbitz Charms as particularly that younger consumer is very interested in personalization of the product. We also like that dynamic a lot because it makes the purchasing occasion much more emotional and much more involved with the product than just buying a standard a pair of clogs out today, personalized it for themselves. In terms of the future, we don't guide by channel, as you know, but we're hopeful, right? We're very confident in the product we're putting out there. We're very confident in the ability to talk to the consumers that we wish to attract. And we're optimistic about the future. Erinn E. Murphy - Piper Jaffray & Co.: And then maybe just on that Jibbitz piece in particular, we've noticed in some of your stores you've kind of changed the layout of where you put that. I'm curious if you can talk a bit more about how you kind of further enhance that attach rates and any strategies to kind of keep that going? And then what is the attach rate today and where should that be if you look kind of back over peak to this attach rates? Thanks.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. So I would say the biggest shift in Jibbitz Charms is really the broadening of the consumers that we're focused on. I think if you went back a number of years it was very much aimed at children, it was very much aimed at young children whereas today if you look at the assortment and what we're offering, yes, we have Charms that still appeal to children, licensed characters, et cetera. But a lot of it's numbers, letters, emojis, it's socially relevant icons and that's where we see the growth. We see the growth most strongly here in the U.S. but we're also focused on having that play out around the world. We don't actually break out or disclose the attach rate. I could say that it's several times what it was two years ago but we see upside in that and that's both in-store and online. If you look at the – our web interface, we make it very easy for you to type in a phrase and then it will put all of the relevant letter Jibbitz in your cart, et cetera, so – and we're looking at other ways to enhance the online experience and improve our online attaches as well. Erinn E. Murphy - Piper Jaffray & Co.: That's great. And then just last question for me. Just thinking about the Chinese consumer holistically, can you just speak to how kind of China within APAC performed during the quarter? There's been some concern on potential slowdown, are you seeing that at all? And then just as you get into, I guess, Singles' Day in a few days here now, how are you kind of planning the business with BABA? I think last year you pulled back on promotional activity but just curious on the pure-play digital within China?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. So we were – look, I think one of the standouts from our perspective was our wholesale growth in Asia during the quarter with 12.8% wholesale growth. So we're really excited about that. I would say that was across Asia, that wasn't just China. We're happy with where China is. We don't see today the consumer pulling back. We don't really – I was just there two weeks ago. We don't see sort of anti-Western, anti-American sentiment today. But you never know with everything that's going on from a geopolitical perspective. So we're happy with our China business. And we think that we have lots of opportunity there on a go-forward basis. Singles' Day, we still continue to plan that cautiously to be quite honest. We see a lot of very deep discount activity, we saw that again last year and as you rightly mentioned, we were more cautious and focused on profitability and we will do the same thing this year. We just don't see the value in selling vast quantities of product at zero profit. Erinn E. Murphy - Piper Jaffray & Co.: Great. Thank you, guys.

Operator

Operator

From C.L. King & Associates we have Steve Marotta. Please go ahead. Steven L. Marotta - C.L. King & Associates, Inc.: Good morning, Andrew, Anne and Marisa. Just a couple of quick questions. In prior years, you've endeavor to deliver more spring product to warm weather markets in the fourth quarter. Is that still an idea that you're pushing this year or is that as played out as possible?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. I think it's still relevant for us, Steve, particularly as we look at our kind of global business and a lot of that is in Asia where we're delivering to kind of Southeast Asian wholesale distributors. I would say as a percent to business it's pretty consistent this year over last year. Steven L. Marotta - C.L. King & Associates, Inc.: Okay. That's very helpful. Can you also talk a little bit about your cost of goods exposure from – actually I know – I think about your sourcing in China is very, very small correct. That is ...

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. Steven L. Marotta - C.L. King & Associates, Inc.: Right, right, right. Okay.

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. So let me – yeah, let me try to help outline this. So, we haven't – we've seen a negligible impact so far as far as tariffs go. We do only have 20% of our U.S. product that comes from China. So we have a pretty global sourcing base. Steven L. Marotta - C.L. King & Associates, Inc.: Right. That's the number I needed. And with the exception of Latin America, were there any markets from a geographic standpoint that are of any cause of concern for you?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. I mean, I would say, look, the geopolitical environment has affected our business. It did affect on our Q3 North American performance when we look at our Latin American wholesale business from currency and that's particularly Brazil and Argentina.

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. I think other than that, it's not that we haven't seen any issues.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. Just those two markets. Yeah. Steven L. Marotta - C.L. King & Associates, Inc.: Thank you very much.

Operator

Operator

From Baird we have Jonathan Komp. Please go ahead. Jonathan R. Komp - Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.: Yeah. Hi. Thank you. First question for Anne, I know Carrie, your predecessor, has done a pretty remarkable job in the last two years of consistently exceeding quarterly guidance ranges on the top line and gross margin. And I'm just wondering if we should be expecting any changes philosophically or from your approach overall?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. I agree I think Carrie has done a great job and we look to continue the existing philosophy that she has laid out. Jonathan R. Komp - Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.: Got it. Thank you. And then thinking about the overall top line performance, I know the DTC performance is very strong in addition to the wholesale. But, when you look at the DTC sustainability, is there any way to parse out a little bit more where you thought or how much you thought weather might have helped in some of the geographies and just how to think about the DTC momentum going forward?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. I think – look, I think weather was a factor particularly in Europe. We don't think it was a huge factor in the Americas. But Europe did have an exceptional summer, I think it was the best in some sort of multi decade period and absolutely we think that helped in our European performance. I don't really think it impacted America or Asia significantly and I think the exciting thing about your DTC environment is you can kind of showcase the breadth of what the brand has to offer, we can make that consumer experience more engaging. And it's a place where our strong marketing activity and strong impacts on the consumer and the desirability to purchase Crocs can really translate very quickly. Jonathan R. Komp - Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.: Okay. And maybe as a follow-up, I know the Americas had a pretty good DTC performance in the fourth quarter of last year. Is there anything as you look at the comparison or your expectations this year that we should be mindful of at all?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

I would say that it's all incorporated in our Q4 guidance. Jonathan R. Komp - Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.: Got it. Okay.

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Over $195 million to $205 million, yeah.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. Jonathan R. Komp - Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.: Got it. Okay. And maybe last one, if I could, just on the – following up on the SG&A, I know from a GAAP perspective pointing around $495 million this year. When you look at that number for next year, I just wanted to make sure we're thinking about the pieces correctly. I don't believe you'll have a lot of restructuring or closures with regard to the $19 million of charges that should go away. And then I believe you're at $45 million in terms of the run rate of cost savings this year out of the ultimate $75 million. So are we thinking about that correctly kind of the $19 million plus maybe $30 million of savings and then maybe any underlying growth on top of that?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. I think as we've – as I mentioned earlier, we're not really ready to guide on 2019 SG&A. I will say that you're correct. We're around $45 million of cost savings that we've achieved this year. Obviously, we have put money back into the business in marketing and as revenue grows, we do have variable costs that go with that. So you just need to think through that piece as well. But we still feel really good about a low 40% – that's low 40% SG&A...

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Rate.

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Rate.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. Jonathan R. Komp - Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.: Okay, great. Thanks for the color. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

From Stifel, we have Jim Duffy. Please go ahead. James Vincent Duffy - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.: Thanks. Good morning, everyone. Congratulations to the team on a successful turnaround and brand reacceleration. Anne, a great first quarter, I can only assume you're particularly good at this. A couple questions for you guys, I'm going to dig in on the SG&A as well, but before I do, Andrew, the North American result is stronger than the international as a whole. In your prepared remarks, you talked a lot about brand momentum and some of the dynamics. Is that reflective of a global phenomenon or is the breakout more concentrated in North America? Anything you can do to kind of dimensionalize where you are on the uptake across regions would be great.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah, I mean I think, look, the DTC results, I think we're definitely stronger in North America, absolutely. But I would say, look, our wholesale growth rate was the strongest in Asia of all of the three regions. So – and I think DTC was very strong in Europe. So I would say the back-to-school phenomenon that we saw in terms of that being a real tailwind for the brand was really in North America that doesn't really happen as clearly in Europe, in Asia. But we are seeing, I think, the study that we've mentioned that we look at the brand desirability, relevance and consideration. We do that on a global basis. We do that in our five major markets, which includes North America, Germany, China, Japan and Korea. And we saw progress across those markets. James Vincent Duffy - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.: Okay, great. And recognize you're not ready to guide fully for 2019 yet, but can you talk about some of the gross margin puts and takes as you look into the year and touch on some of the FX impact?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. So for gross margin, obviously, it came in much higher in Q3 than what we had laid out and that was really on a higher DTC mix and more full price selling and we had very clean inventory. It also reflects the continued shift into clogs and sandals which are high margin silhouette. So that breaks down from a Q3 perspective. Q4 obviously we guided 80 basis points to 100 basis points over last year which includes some FX and at current currency rates we do expect FX headwinds for next year, but currency rates change and they move around. So – and we benefited in the first half of this year. Overall, we still feel like our margins will be in the low 50s and that framework still works. James Vincent Duffy - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.: Okay. I want to ask on something. I think you mentioned that FX reduced your inventory costs in overseas regions. How does that work?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. So our purchasing power – so as the U.S. dollar weakens against currencies around the world, we can buy more – it's cheaper to buy inventory in local currency, right, and then you sell it in local currency. So it's the difference between transaction and translation. When we call it transaction or purchasing power and that impact our margin. So we benefited that from that in the first half of the year and versus guidance because we had bought a little bit of product in Q3 and – in Q1 and Q2 and we sold it in Q3. Now that currency has turned a little bit against us, it's the opposite on margins. James Vincent Duffy - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.: Got it. Okay. And then on the SG&A, Carrie had been adamant about the $75 million to $85 million reduction from the $506 million in 2016, you guys again mentioned that today that implies roughly $430 million at the midpoint. As a percent of the implied revenue for 2019 that looks more like a high 30-ish percent than a low-40-ish percent. Is there some planned reinvestment or are you guys backing away from that $75 million to $85 million reduction?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

No. The $75 million to $85 million reduction was on run rate SG&A, it wasn't meant to reflect total SG&A reduction, it was meant to reflect that our run rate is lower. And then, we could reinvest some of that back into different activities such as marketing. We're not walking away from the $75 million to $85 million of run rate reduction.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah.

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

And you could see that for a full year we're going to leverage our SG&A by 300 basis points.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah, yeah. So, we're essentially almost complete with the SG&A reduction program and have achieved all those intended impacts and targets. But frankly, we've already started to reinvest some of that money in driving additional revenues and reigniting the brand. So, you can't just take that off the prior run rate and have that be the net SG&A. James Vincent Duffy - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.: Okay. And then the low-50s gross margin and low-40s SG&A kind of implies a 10% maybe low double-digit operating margin. Is that how you're thinking about this as a business or is there more opportunity in that going forward?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

I think we're not ready to give any long-term guidance beyond what we've already given, but we still feel good about long-term double digit EBIT margins.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Absolutely. And obviously, Jim, we will expand upon this on our Q4 earnings at the end of February. We'll give you robust guidance for 2019 and we'll do that at that time. James Vincent Duffy - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.: Fair enough. Thank you, guys.

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Thank you.

Operator

Operator

From Monness, Crespi, Hardt, we have Jim Chartier. Please go ahead. Jim A. Chartier - Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc.: Good morning. Thanks for taking my questions. First, I want to follow up on the Jibbitz discussion. Andrew, you mentioned that's primarily U.S. related right now and you want to get it going in other markets. So, where are you in terms of kind of igniting the Jibbitz trend in other markets and what do you need to do to get it moving?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

So, yeah, that's a good question. So, yeah I mean, I think we're well-advanced in North America. We're really pleased. But we also think we have plenty of runway in North America and I would say in terms of igniting that in overseas market, it's not like it hasn't started in other markets, it has, but I think it will be particularly strong focus in 2019. Jim A. Chartier - Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc.: Okay. And I guess are you seeing kind of the same signs that the momentum is picking up in other markets that you saw in the U.S. maybe 6 months or 12 months ago?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Absolutely. Jim A. Chartier - Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc.: Great. And then in terms of the Americas wholesale, very significant kind of FX impact. How big are the non-U.S. markets for the Americas wholesale? What percentage of sales do they represent?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah, we don't break out that segment from our segment reporting, but we will say that North America accounts, we're really pleased with the North America wholesale accounts because they placed a lot of (50:46) orders to meet demand. And so, despite the LATAM disruptions that we had and the currency impact, we've felt that North America wholesale was pretty good at 13. – or up 7.8%. Jim A. Chartier - Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc.: Correct. I think you mentioned better performance or I guess some made-for-outlet product helped drive some comps. Was there a material difference in terms of the comps for outlets and full price stores?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. I would say – yeah, look, I – we are – our fleet has shifted towards outlet stores. So as we look at our fleet today, it's slightly on the majority outlet stores. They are slightly over 50% outlet stores on a global basis. In the U.S., our outlet fleet is particularly strong. We don't break out the comps between the different store types, but it was – our outlet performance was very good. Jim A. Chartier - Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc.: Great. Thanks and best of luck.

Operator

Operator

From Susquehanna, we have Sam Poser. Please go ahead.

Sam Poser - Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP

Analyst

Good morning. Thank you for taking my question. A couple just housekeeping. What is sort of the based on the mix that you see of your business, what sort of the underlying tax rate that you've seen or going forward and will then – just what should the tax rate be as you're seeing it once you clear out of all the different one-time events and so on and so forth?

Anne Mehlman - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Right. That's a good question. So our tax rate – our full year tax is going to be about $17 million this year and you'll see that leverage as we continue to generate more profitability in the U.S. particularly as a result of the tax reform, but we do make money in several jurisdictions across the world. So our tax rate is impacted by that.

Sam Poser - Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP

Analyst

Thank you. And then the Post Malone – the work you do with Post Malone and the new ambassadors you're bringing in, these sort of showing that sort of a little edgier type person can attract a lot of customers for you given how fast those goods sold out, these product sold out on your website the other day. Are you working off of that and you've hinted at other shoes coming out on the website following the sellout of that shoe. How big – how in-depth is your relationship with him and how long is it – how long do you foresee it lasting?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

So the agreement that we have in place at this stage does provide for a multiple drops. So we've been collaborating on designing product that will go into early next year at this stage. So from a Post Malone perspective, I would say I wouldn't read into the Post Malone collaboration as having our other celebrity ambassadors being more edgy. I think one of the incredibly powerful things about the Crocs brand is its democratic nature, we appeal to the whole family and we appeal to what – as we think about it more of a feel-good consumer and also more of a fashion-forward consumer. So we're looking to have our ambassadors and our marketing activities reflect that very broad range of consumers and the progress we can make against all of them.

Sam Poser - Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP

Analyst

Thank you. And then lastly with the improved reaction from the teens and college kids, the college students and so on; are you finding that those were the kids that had them when they were younger and then sort of the Jibbitz and the Crocs are sort of what's old is new again to them. Is that do you think – are you capturing that and if so, had happened by design using what's old is new again?

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Yeah. I think that is a piece of it, Sam, that's not all of it, right? So, certainly the – given the brand is, I think, 18 years old this year, sheer math drives the fact that many of those consumers when they were infants, a clog or a Croc was there probably that for shoe. And so for teenagers as today it's not an alien concept, right? A molded shoe that's easy on and off so it's incredibly comfortable that comes in a wide variety of colors, et cetera. It's something that makes a ton of sense to them and it's not an alien concept, so I think that certainly helps, we see that is helping. But we see an – we believe we have an ability to ignite the brand more strongly with a broader range of consumers as well.

Sam Poser - Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP

Analyst

Okay. Thank you very much and best of luck.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Thank you, Sam.

Operator

Operator

We have no further questions at this time. I'll now turn it back to Andrew for closing.

Andrew Rees - Crocs, Inc.

Analyst

Thank you very much, everybody. I appreciate you joining us today and your continued interest in the company. Have a great day.