Thank you for standing by. My name is Ian, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to introduce you to the Canada Goose Q3 FY ‘24 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand the call over to Ana Raman, Head of Investor Relations. Ana, you may begin your conference.

Thank you, operator, and good morning, everyone. With me are Dani Reiss, Chairman and CEO; Jonathan Sinclair, EVP and CFO; Carrie Baker, President of Brand and Commercial; Beth Clymer, President of Finance, Strategy, Administration; and Neil Bowden, Deputy and Incoming CFO. After Dani’s and Jonathan’s prepared remarks, we will open it up for your questions. Our call today, including the Q&A portion, includes forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement, including, without limitation, discussion of our financial outlook, is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Certain material factors and assumptions were considered and applied in making these forward-looking statements. Additional information regarding these statements, factors and assumptions and regarding material factors that could cause actual results to differ from those projected is available in our earnings press release issued this morning, as well as in our filings with U.S. and Canadian securities regulators. These documents are also available on the Investor Relations section of our website. The forward-looking statements made on this call speak only as of today, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any of these statements. We report in Canadian dollars. So all amounts discussed today are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated. Please note that financial results described on today’s call will compare third quarter results ended December 31, 2023, with the same period ended January 1, 2023, unless noted otherwise. Lastly, our commentary today will also include certain non-IFRS financial measures, which are reconciled at the end of our earnings press release. With that, I’ll turn the call over to Dani.

Thanks, Ana, and good morning, everyone. Our performance for the third quarter reflected strong execution in a mixed consumer environment. Sales were up 6% over the last year, with adjusted EBIT of $207.2 million or a 34% margin, in-line with our guidance range. While we continue to see headwinds in North America and Europe driven by economic conditions, the strength of our results in Asia Pacific, the increase of demand for our emerging product lines, and the growth we have achieved during key holiday shopping days across all regions, each clearly demonstrate our branding, and taken together, they demonstrate a differentiated luxury positioning. Our products are rooted in performance and performance pushed far enough becomes luxury. This is what inspires us to continue to reinvent our icons, expand our categories and introduce newness with style. In Q3, key consumer moments were strong. With sales over the Black Friday long weekend up more than 40% versus last year. In what is typically a promotional retail environment, our sales were full price and revenue grew across all regions with record traffic in our stores. We had our best single day ever in China outperforming our industry as a leading luxury outdoor brand on Tmall, again at full price. This, along with our overall third quarter results in Asia Pacific, validates the strength of our brand in the region especially in the context of a highly promotional environment outside of our own channels. In Q3, we remain focused on building for the long-term, guided by our three strategic pillars: driving consumer-focused growth, building our DTC network, and product category expansion. Let me take you through the progress that we’ve made on each of these pillars during the past quarter. First, driving consumer-focused growth. In Q3, we invested in our brand to inspire and…

Thank you for the warm welcome, Dani. Good morning. I’m currently in the midst of my first month here at Canada Goose, and I’m getting up to speed on all aspects of the company. The Canada Goose team and business isn’t new to me. I worked closely with the company from 2015 to 2019. I wanted to give you all a sense of what to expect from me as I step into the role. First and foremost, I’m spending my onboarding time learning from the front lines of our business, spending time in our stores and in our manufacturing facilities. I’ve spent much of my career in retail businesses, and I’m a huge believer of how much you can learn from both our customers and our operations from seeing the front lines. Second, I’m diving deep into the priority, the KPIs, the financials of the business. I’m a really data-driven person, and this work helps both me and the leadership team ensure we’ve got our arms around the strength of our business as well as our areas of opportunity so we can pursue them with urgency. I look forward to partnering closely with Dani, Carrie, Neil and the rest of the leadership team to effectively chart the course for our next phase of growth and margin expansion. We have a tremendous amount of opportunity ahead of us, and I’m excited to support our journey towards becoming a leading luxury and lifestyle brand. With that, I’ll hand it back to Dani.

Thanks, Beth. And with that, I will turn it over to Jonathan.

Thank you, Dani, and good morning, everyone. Our third quarter results reflected our continued attention to operational performance and cost discipline, which drove top and bottom-line growth in the context of a dynamic and challenging operating environment. Revenue in our third quarter was $609.9 million, up around 6% year-over-year or 5% on a constant currency basis. DTC sales of $514 million grew 14% on both a reported and constant currency basis over the same period last year. This was driven by brick-and-mortar sales and backed by shopping during key consumer moments, both online and in person. We continue to shift our revenue mix intentionally to our more profitable DTC segment, which represented 84% of total revenue in Q3, up from 78% a year ago. Q3 wholesale revenue of $81.8 million was 28% down year-over-year, or 30% down on a constant currency basis, primarily due to a planned lower order book resulting from lower orders from existing customers compared to the same period last year and the ongoing streamlining of our wholesale accounts. We also estimated higher returns from our wholesale partners in Q3 as we proactively manage our inventory. Our focus remains on keeping wholesale as a brand-accretive channel. This means partnering with key opinion leaders that help reach our target customers and rationing inventory in the channel to keep it as healthy as we can, which is particularly important in a promotional environment. Q3 revenue in our Other segment of $14.1 million increased by 17% year-over-year on a reported and constant currency basis. That was principally due to the incremental revenue contributed by our recently acquired manufacturer, Paola Confectii. Moving to performance by geography. Q3 revenue increased in Asia Pacific year-over-year, while declining in North America and in EMEA. Revenues from Asia Pacific grew 62% year-over-year to $270.7 million…

[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Oliver Chen with TD Cowen. Your line is open.

Hi. Thank you very much. In the prepared remarks, you mentioned that conversion rate is something you are watching. If you could speak to what’s happening there and if it improved in January as well. Also localized assortments, I feel like a big opportunity. Where are you in that journey in terms of where that can go over time? And finally, you have seen some really, really nice momentum in Asia Pacific. The compares get a little tougher. How are you thinking about how traffic and volatility may evolve on the toughening comparisons? Thank you very much.

Thanks Oliver, it’s Carrie here. So, first, a question on conversion rates, so yes, you heard us talk about the pressure specifically in North America and EMEA on conversion, strong traffic, both in store and online, where we saw the pressure was just consumers feeling that pinch, a little less loose, I guess with their wallets, given a couple of things. One, weather didn’t help in terms of winter just didn’t come for them. And so they didn’t have that same sort of spur to get their typical winter jackets. Second one was just a highly promotional environment, so whether it was outerwear as a category, just in general, there was a lot more choice at lower [indiscernible] price points, particularly in the wholesale market where that channel was feeling pinched as well. And then the – in terms of whether it’s improved in January, yes. So, we are making – just to speak to the first quarter, we did major improvements in terms of the back end as well as the front end, just to make sure it’s easy for them to find the product they need, reduce any friction, the whole process. You heard Dani talk about returns we have opportunities on. And so that’s where our focus has gone. And we did see that improvement in January. So, as Jonathan spoke to, the colder weather that appeared in the first couple of weeks really did help. And so that urgency was there, consumer spending, we saw that change significantly. Second question, you talked about localized assortment and where does that go. We see lots of opportunity on this. Of course, as a brand you know as well as we do, you want to be showing up consistently. Around the world, we want to show what Canada Goose can offer, but there we recognize that one consumer in China is not the same consumer as in Toronto and as in Europe. And so we want to make sure that there was product that meets their needs at the right time, whether it’s seasonality, whether we know that something about that consumer, they use it in a different way. And so meaningful work has been under – in works on that already, and we think there is lots of opportunity to still continue to do that. Last question, actually I will turn it over to Jonathan to talk about APAC given his new role.

Thanks Carrie. So, in the third quarter, to unpack this a little bit more, Hong Kong and Macau led the growth in Asia Pacific, driven by increased travel, particularly from Mainland China consumers. Mainland China growth followed and was extremely positive throughout the quarter, and then Japan. We have had a significant uptick in traffic across Greater China and obviously, we didn’t have the COVID restrictions that we had a year ago were in place at the same time. And we actually saw store traffic double in Mainland China in that timeframe. We are particularly focused on that because we see the Mainland China performance as a proof point of strength of the brand. And obviously, we executed on that increased demand by making sure that we place the right inventory in the right locations throughout the retail moments, seizing on the opportunity during key consumer moments. And on that note, we achieved on record Singles Day in Mainland China, and outpaced the growth rates of peers in luxury outerwear on Tmall. Now that said and we have talked about this before, China has not been immune to the soft macro that we have seen globally. But we remain very focused on the execution of our strategy to make sure that we are capturing the – all the available opportunities. Turning to what’s happened since the end of the year [ph], we do face tougher comps in January in Asia Pacific. A couple of reasons for that, last year, the resurgence of demand happened in between the turn of the calendar year and Lunar New Year, which was more or less baked into three-week period, all concentrated on January, and so that had one impact. And of course, this year, there is a six-week period during which we can build our business in Mainland China. So, as we go to read that business, it’s not quite comparable in terms of the environment, but we are very pleased with the momentum we are continuing to see.

Thank you. Best regards.

Okay. Oliver, thank you. Our next question comes from Brooke Roach of Goldman Sachs. Your line is open.

Good morning and thank you for taking our questions. I wanted to follow-up on the China discussion. Now that we have cycled the 1-year mark on China COVID disruptions, can you discuss the per store average productivity and profitability that you are seeing in the region today, and how that compares to the per store productivity and profitability that you are seeing in your North America DTC business? And then perhaps for Jonathan, as you think about bridging the gap from adjusted EBIT margins in the low-double digit range to a multiyear cadence of recovery, can you speak a little bit more about the factors in your control that you think are achievable over the course of the next 12 months? Thank you.

Okay. So, I am going to take that question in its two parts. So, let’s talk a bit about China first. In this business, our sales centers and our margins are in Asia Pacific in general, are pretty robust. They sit at the higher end of the range that we enjoy in, and of course, every region has its own ranges. If you look at the average of what we experienced in Asia Pacific, specifically in Mainland China, actually, we see good levels of revenue productivity and good levels of margin. So, we are very encouraged by that. We expected – we have expected to see that, but of course, it’s not going through really the first quite normal period of trading there for the first – a good period of time. So, that gives us a lot of encouragement as to both the current performance there, but also the potential for our performance in Asia Pacific generally. And I think when it comes to adjusted EBIT and as we think about the opportunity for growth, I think I lean heavily on what we have been talking about in the transformation program. You have already heard Dani describe some of the work that went on this quarter, and we have seen that, as I have said in my prepared remarks, the benefit of that accruing progressively over time. But I would remind you that it’s something that is pretty comprehensive in its approach. It’s multi-stream and multi-year, but we don’t see that something that we have to wait for 5 years before we see any benefit from. So, for example, when we think about the organization and operating model, when we think about marketing, we think about technology and we think about the store program or procurement, and the supply chain, we see opportunity in each and every one of them. And we are organized behind those streams to really drive benefit. So, we have always said it will – this will accumulate over time. But as I have said, we are already at the point where we have got – sorry, 15% of the benefit in the run rate come the start of next year, and we are targeting more than that.

Great. Thank you so much. I will pass it on.

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Rick Patel with Raymond James. Your line is open.

Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Two questions for me. First, on Europe, I am hoping you can unpack the results in EMEA a little bit more. Just curious about the changes in trend you may have seen versus earlier in the year and your expectations going forward. And then second, just a follow-up to the last question. Curious how we should be thinking about the outlook for operating expenses, not just in the fourth quarter, but beyond that, as we think about the transformation program and the path to get to 30% margins over the long-term, and what seems to be a more challenging backdrop today?

Prefect. Let me give you some color on EMEA. So, as you heard, Q3 revenue was down 26%, and that was both in DTC and the wholesale revenue. When you think about that region, it’s a much more even split between DTC channel and wholesale. And so the – impacting on both channels as a significant – more significant impact than it would in other regions. Store revenue was slightly up. E-com was where we saw more pressure that was slowing down. Wholesale is really the big story there because the volume of wholesale business that we do there. And so again, reminding you that we were streamlining on purpose. We started with a lower order book than planned at the year, that’s because we are trying to strategically reduce. Then also that wholesale channel is feeling a lot more pressure across the board, every category, they are just – they are well inventoried, and so there was discounting, which obviously had an impact. So, between that two, look, the traffic was good, conversion was, as I have said earlier, a little more challenging, and so that’s where our focus is on. We have a lot of new stores that we have opened in the – over the last few years. And so that’s really our focus when you think about FY ‘25 priorities, of making sure of those we increase the productivity of those stores. What I am happy about is to see what people are buying in those markets. So, demand is strong. Brand is healthy there. They are coming into us – into our stores, whether it’s online to buy different things. So, they aren’t just thinking about us for that Heavyweight Down parka. They are buying fleece, they are buying HyBridge Knit, they are looking at footwear. So, that is really encouraging to me, that they understand where the brand is going and that consumers want the products that we are offering, so more opportunity ahead for sure.

I think when it comes to SG&A, and it’s worth unpacking a little bit about what’s been going on rather than just talking to the future. I think our SG&A growth is a function of our larger retail network and ongoing investment in store expansion. On the margin part of that has been pressurized by the fact that we are getting softer year-on-year revenue growth. Now, we remain committed to improving our operating leverage in the near-term. And I have talked specifically about the transformation program just now because we have seen that. We are right in the middle of planning next year at the moment. And in that context, we are looking at how we stabilized the expenses. And within that, what are – what the pace of our retail expansion program should look like.

Thank you very much.

Our next question comes from the line of Ike Boruchow with Wells Fargo. Your line is open.

Hey guys. Thank you and Jonathan congrats, and Neil, welcome. I guess I wanted to ask about the gross margins and inventory. So, I think Jonathan, you mentioned inventory provisions taken in the quarter. Could you give us more color on what exactly drove that? It sounds like it was in both channels. Is there anything expected from a provision standpoint in the fourth quarter? And then how should this kind of inform our views of how the channel gross margins look both in the fourth quarter and maybe even into next year? Thank you.

So, our view on gross margins at a channel level has really not changed. We have always said that the long-term view is mid-70s and mid to high-40s both DTC and wholesale, respectively. This year, wholesale looks a bit better than that, it’s got a bit of an FX tailwind, so that’s obviously helped it. I think when it comes – we feel our inventory is good. We obviously have been very focused on improving the productivity of the inventory, and that’s why you have seen it going from 20% up at this time last year, progressively down in its growth rate to a point where it’s now flat year-over-year, and we see more opportunity still. When it comes to the obsolescence provisions, to be honest, we believe it’s appropriate to be cautious as we are developing the adjacent categories, but we continue to enjoy, as you can see, notwithstanding that very robust gross margins at the channel level, despite the change in product mix in favor of those newer categories. So, overall, we feel pretty good.

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Alexander Perry with Bank of America. Your line is open.

Hi. Thanks for taking my question here. I guess I just wanted to ask a little bit about wholesale. So, as we move into 2024, how should we be thinking about wholesale from here, would you say after this year, you are mostly done editing down your door count, would you expect this to be sort of the new baseline and then wholesale grows from here? That would be really helpful. Thank you.

Sure. Thanks for your question. Wholesale, it’s an ongoing effort. So, for us, no, I wouldn’t say that we are – I would ever say one particular year that’s the new baseline. This has been something that we do constantly, whether there is new entrants that are really important with influencer customers or target customers that we are not reaching, we will add those stores. For us, it’s more about total control, total influence to the market and protecting the brand. And so for us, wholesale, as we both said, Jonathan said earlier, and I have said before is that, wholesale is a really important channel to us. Again, accretive to our brand, helps us validate maybe certain categories. Geographic reach, obviously. We don’t anticipate having hundreds of stores in our own network. And so they play a really critical role for us. But it has to be strategic. It has to be important to our customer. And so that’s the spirit in which we look at our editing process. So, in terms of this year, you saw that in Q3, a lower order book, they are a little bit under pressure. And so we are working really closely with the partners that we see in the future of strategic partners, whether we are helping them move returns or move the inventory, whether we are making swaps, whether we are helping them on the marketing front and investment to get that inventory moving. So, it really is truly a partnership. But that’s an ongoing work. So, I think that will continue in FY ‘25 and likely FY ‘26 as well.

Perfect. That’s really helpful. Best of luck going forward.

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Jonathan Komp with Baird. Your line is open.

Yes. Hi. Thanks. Good morning. Jonathan, I just want to follow-up. You mentioned thinking strategically about the pace of retail expansion going forward. Just wanted to ask, are there any factors you could highlight as you make that decision? Would it make sense to slowdown the pace in the near-term as you focus on productivity and margin of the existing base? Just any more color there.

Hi Jonathan, it’s Carrie. I will actually take that question. So, yes, pace of retail expansion, we obviously believe that there are still tons of runway. We have – we are going to have 68 stores at the end of this year and that is still tons of white space for us to go after in any given region. So, there is no change in our appetite in terms of where we think this brand can go and the importance of opening our stores. That said, we have opened a lot of stores in the last few years that have been in challenging environments, and so we haven’t seen the productivity that we know that they are capable of. And so that really is our near-term focus, making sure that we are delivering that amazing Canadian warmth experience to consumers, making sure we are maximizing the traffic that is coming through those doors, getting close to the customer, being able to present that full expanded category assortments that we are doing such great work on. So, there is no shortage in our appetite for where it can go, but the near-term focus really is on getting more out of what we have already invested in.

Okay. That makes sense. And then just one follow-up. When you think about the conversion discussion, I just want to ask about sort of pricing and comfort at the levels you are at, it’s been quite a bit of cumulative pricing over the last few years and some of the parkas have moved well beyond the levels they were priced at 4 years or 5 years ago. Just want to ask about sort of current comfort. Are there any styles you think you might ever reduce pricing or how to think about pricing changes going forward?

I will take that one, too. So, this is a great conversation because I think it’s so interesting, when you think about luxury brands and pricing comes up a lot. Luxury brands, it’s not about – and not looking at need state necessarily. You are creating desire for products that people want. And so price point matches that, but it’s typically not the factor of whether they are buying or not. And that’s how the spirit of what we think of. So, when we think about our assortment, do we have enough breadth in the assortment to reach different consumers, that’s a big focus. Do we make sure that there is enough – the quality, the craftsmanship, I think that’s why people come to Canada Goose for an amazing product that they know we will deliver, whether it’s style, whether it’s comfort, whether it’s performance, and so we price that accordingly. So, yes, we typically have taken price in the single digits. We have not seen price resistance to that. And so we actually think there is like a lot of headroom in terms of introducing new – whether it’s new categories, new styles within a category at much higher price points. So, we are quite comfortable with where we are at today, and there is room to grow in the future.

Great. Thanks Carrie. That’s very helpful. Appreciate it.

Your next question comes from the line of Michael Vu with Barclays. Your line is open.

Good morning everyone. This is Michael Vu on for Adrienne Yih and thank you for taking our questions. As you continue to grow and gain traction in the China business, would you please share additional color on the various investments you are leveraging to grow the business?

Sorry, I missed the first few words of what you said. Could you repeat it, please?

Sure. I was saying like as you continue to grow and gain traction in the China business, would you please share any additional color on the investments you are making and leveraging to grow this business?

So, I think we are – obviously, we have been developing our retail network there quite extensively. And that’s something that we remain very focused on making sure that got the right sourcing in the right places, that we have got the right merchandising, we are investing in inventory behind that growth, and we see a ton of opportunity behind that. We have also got a very strong marketing team on the ground because we believe in, very firmly, that you have got to be very much in tune with the Chinese consumer in order to develop the business. And therefore, to make sure that we are realizing the right materials, but also the right events, we are present in the right places, whether it’s CIIE. We had the launch event of the business – the fifth anniversary, sorry, for the business this fall. So, those are good examples of the way in which we have had it out. Lastly, we also invest in online. We started in China just on Tmall, we are on JD.com, WeChat, there is – we have got further activity planned to expand our digital footprint there as well.

Just want to add to that is just on the product front. So, we have also, over the last few years that we have been open, partnered with local Chinese designers. So, whether it’s Feng Chen Wang, whether it’s Angel Chen, and so we have had really good success of partnering together to bring to life something that’s really meaningful not just in China or broader APAC, but also around the world, but leveraging that Chinese style and relevance and cultural relevance. So, that’s been one of the key investments for us over the time we have been there.

Perfect. Thank you. And then just one follow-up regarding the China market. Do you have any data on age or income demographics in China versus other markets? And even more specifically, which demographics are you seeing driving the China business?

So, we have some data on the market, but what I would say is that the – generally speaking, and this is also true in China, we enjoy broad appeal across a lot of demographics, both by age and by income type. We are, specifically though, also very engaged with Gen Z in Mainland China. And that’s important because they are drivers of interest in the sector and spending.

Awesome. Thank you very much.

Our next question comes from the line of Mark Petrie with CIBC. Your line is open.

Yes. Good morning. Could you just talk a little bit more about the performance of the different categories within Non-Heavyweight Down? And also just give us a sense of how the SKU count has evolved versus a year ago or a couple of years ago, if that varies across regions at all? And then any sense you can share with regards to how that will evolve in the coming periods, acceleration or deceleration? Thanks.

Thanks Mark. Yes. So look, performance was, in Non-Heavyweight Down, as you heard, has been really strong. So, that has obviously increased the share of revenue, expanding in that overall mix. So, all categories grew, but Non-Heavyweight Down grew fastest. Within that, it was really apparel, and that was in every region. So, I have mentioned our HyBridge Knit programs. The sweat program that we have introduced in the last couple of years, Fleece is our standout performer for us for sure. And again, that’s across category. What I am loving to see about that is that women are driving those apparel purchases, and that’s been a really deliberate concentrated effort in terms of, not just from a product design perspective, but how we reach consumer – how we reach those females, how we market to them, how we bring that to life. I am very happy to see that progress. The other category – we have talked a lot about footwear over the years, accessories has been growing every day, which is an internal term, but for wind and rain. Those programs are all growing meaningfully. They are just still small on their own, so they are kind of lumped together. So, trying to think of any major differences across the regions, but there is nothing significant. Overall, I would say, in Q3, we talked about the expedition being very strong in APAC, and that’s great to see it, and we have had that in the line for a long time, and to see it in a market that’s as important as China, it’s still growing, that’s great. Your second question was on SKU count. So, versus last year or 2 years ago, yes, we have seen consolidating. It’s not deliberate to just get to a specific number. We are trying to look at the assortment and make sure that, that assortment makes sense for the size of our store, the online offering, make sure it’s palatable for a consumer as they are visiting us in any one of those channels. So, definitely has been some editing also to make room for new categories. So, we know that there is lots of more white space in terms of us showing up as a lifestyle brand. New categories are important part of that. And so we want to make sure that we are being as productive as we can with the styles that we have, give some room and, yes, some breathing room for consumers to receive that well.

There are no further questions at this time. I would like to turn things over to Ana Raman for some closing remarks.

We just want to thank everybody for joining us today. We appreciate your interest in Canada Goose. And with that, we will conclude this call. Thank you.