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Analyst questions (verbatim)

• Q

  ...can you talk about what you are doing throughout the business and how quickly that can occur? And I guess the second piece is, when you think about the innovation over the next six to 18 months, where are you most optimistic, most excited about what is coming in the pipeline?

• Q

  ...today? And then, Matthew, just on the numbers, could you help us bridge the drivers of first-quarter revenues down low to mid single digits and the further moderation in the second quarter, just relative to the minus one percent decline here in the fourth quarter as the base?

• Q

  Thank you. Good afternoon. I was hoping you could go into a little more detail on your China strategy. It sounds like there are some renovations underway for the physical fleet, but how are you thinking about direct-to-consumer, particularly the digital business from here?

• Q

  ...hat negative for the full year and is that negative as you start to look out to the Spring/Summer 2027 books? And how are retailers in general approaching Spring/Summer 2027 overall given the pretty aggressive actions you guys are taking as you work through the channels here?

• Q

  ...-digit margins. You guided for a faster inflection in margins than before. Can you walk through some of the main drivers of this margin inflection that are aside from operating leverage, so excluding sales growth — what gives you the confidence that margins will inflect first?

Adjacent management responses (verbatim)

• A...can you talk about what you are doing throughout the business and how quickly that can occur? And I guess the second piece is, when you think about the innovation over the next six to 18 months, where are you most optimistic, most excited about what is coming in the pipeline?：Yep. Thank you, Bob. I will go back to the sport offense.^[8]
• A...today? And then, Matthew, just on the numbers, could you help us bridge the drivers of first-quarter revenues down low to mid single digits and the further moderation in the second quarter, just relative to the minus one percent decline here in the fourth quarter as the base?：Thank you, Matthew. We do not break out sell-through by sport and Sportswear. What I can tell you is we had a strong start in March, especially in North America on sell-through.^[8]
• AThank you. Good afternoon. I was hoping you could go into a little more detail on your China strategy. It sounds like there are some renovations underway for the physical fleet, but how are you thinking about direct-to-consumer, particularly the digital business from here?：Yeah, Lorraine. As I've said every quarter, China is the second-largest market today and will be the second-largest market in the near term three to five years from now. We remain committed to serving the Chinese consumer, and we are going to do it through sport.^[8]
• Here is what I would say on the outlook as we look out and reiterate that we expect earnings to be flattish over the three-quarter period that we guided. Part of that is the composition that Matthew hit on in his prepared remarks: softer sell-through and the weaker macro environment, and we are tracking sell-through weekly and making adjustments.

Key questions going in

1. 01Which recent news item changed investor expectations before the report?
2. 02Does the latest 8-K confirm or contradict the headline earnings narrative?
3. 03Did revenue growth accelerate or decelerate versus recent quarters?
4. 04Did margins improve or deteriorate, and what drove the change?
5. 05Did management raise, lower, or maintain guidance?
6. 06Which business segment or KPI drove the result?
7. 07What risks did management emphasize, and did that language change?