Jun 18, 2019 / 01:00PM GMT
Janine Stichter - Jefferies LLC - Analyst
Good morning, everyone. I am Janine Stichter; I cover apparel and footwear for Jefferies. We are pleased to have Shoe Carnival here today for a fireside chat this morning. From the Company we have President and CEO, Cliff Sifford, and Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, Mark Worden.
Questions and Answers:
Janine Stichter - Jefferies LLC - AnalystSo, I'll kick it off with a question for Cliff. Can you give us a quick recap of the first quarter? Like a lot of the companies we look at, there delayed tax refunds, there were weather headwinds, generally not helpful. Can you help us think about how these factors impacted the quarter and how they are relative to your expectations?
Cliff Sifford - Shoe Carnival, Inc. - President & CEO
Absolutely. First of all, thank you so much for coming to the chat and hopefully we can get all the questions answered. So, first quarter started off rather week in February. We somewhat expected that at least the first couple weeks because