Glenn J. Chamandy
Analyst · RBC Capital Markets
Well, I mean, it's really for us, we have 2 different business groups, so I think in each one of them, I think we've known -- we have different situations. But I mean in wholesale, I think that we're really continuing to do more of the same. We're pretty excited. And I think when you look at our wholesale business, although it was quite shocking early in the year where we lowered prices and brought our pricing to market, what we accomplished by doing so was really bringing the market back and allowing the market to start to grow again. And I think we've been pretty consistent and we've seen pretty good growth since the beginning of the year. And so far, July is continuing on that track. We're also looking at adding new products into our wholesale group. We have a whole line of performance products, partly through the New Balance license where we're going to have little higher end and New Balance is going to be positioned, for their company, to be a little bit of a higher-end performance product. But we also have a branded performance products under the Gildan brand called Core [ph] Performance, which should be a little bit more popular priced. So we're also looking to look for those niches in the market and we have a slew of other products in which we're bringing to market, at ladies and other areas. So we're continuing to drive what we think are the opportunities in the market to -- and to continue gaining incremental share and helping our customers to grow. And in retail, it's still somewhat the same story. I mean, the retail environment is, in terms of comps and if you look at anything you've seen in retail, sales are up, but units are flattish, let's say, for example, in most categories. But we're driving that through penetrating new programs. And really, doing what we've done so successfully in wholesalers, adding value to our products, that is offering our customers and our customers' consumers better products, better prices and better value. And that's really what's, I think, is going to continue driving our success in retail and listening to the customers and making sure that we feel their needs and the needs of consumers. So we're very well-positioned. And like I said before is that we're very happy with really our turnaround from divesting of our unprofitable private label to where we see our branding positioning right now and that's going to continue to grow as we go forward, so we're very happy with our position.