普尔斯玛特- PSMT -2026年第三季度业绩电话会

00:00:00 嗯。Good morning or good afternoon everyone,and welcome to pricemart INC's earningsrelease conference call for the third quarter of fiscal year2026.Which ended onmay31ST,2026.Proper remarks from our company's representatives. 00:00:19David price, chief executive officer, and Alberto Hernandez, chief financial officer. He will begiven an opportunity to ask questions as time permits. 00:00:31 As a reminder, this conference call is limited to one hour and is being recorded today,Thursday, July nine twenty twenty six. 00:00:40A digital replay will be available shortly following the conclusion of the call throughThursday, July 16TH, 2026. 00:00:50By dialing one eight hundred seven seven zero two zero three zero for domestic callersor16473629199for international callers and entering replay access code fiveeight.98084pounds. For opening remarks, I would like to turn the call over to pricemart's chief financial officer,Alberto Hernandez. Please proceed, sir. 00:01:29Thank you,operator,and welcome to priceminings earnings call for the third quarter of fiscalyear2026.Which ended on may31ST,2026. 00:01:38 We will be discussing the information that we provided in our earnings press release andour thank q which were both released yesterday on July eight twenty twenty six.Also inthese remarks,we refer to non GAAP financial measures. 00:01:54 You can find the reconciliation of our non GAAP financial measures to the most directlycomparable GAAP measures in our earnings press release and our thank you. 00:02:02These documents are available on our investor relations website at investors stockpricemark com.Or you can also sign up for email APP. 00:02:11 As a reminder,all statements made on this conference call,other than statements ofhistorical fact,are forward looking statements.Concerning the company's anticipatedplans,revenues and related matters. 00:02:25 Forward looking statements include but are not limited.To statements containing the wordsexpect,believe,plan,will,may,should estimate and some other expressions. 00:02:39All forward looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions as oftoday, July nine twenty twenty six. 00:02:45 These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results todiffer materially, including the risks declared in the company's most recent annual reporton form 10K. 00:02:57 The quarterly report on form 10Q5 yesterday and other filings with the SEC which areaccessible on the SEC's website at www. SEC. Gov. 00:03:09 These risks may be updated from time to time.The company undertakes no obligation toupdate forward looking statements made to the this discuss. 00:03:18 Now I will turn the call over to David price,pricemark's chief executive officer.Thankyou,valberto,and good morning,everyone.Thank you for joining us today.We are happy withthe strong results from the third quarter. 00:03:30 These results reflect the strength of our offering, the loyalty of our members, and thededication and passion of every employee across our 14 countries who show up every dayto do right by our members and to live our values. 00:03:44 I want to take a moment to sincerely thank each of them.Their hard work and creativity is the foundation of everything we do.We've delivered these results against the backdrop ofcontinued global uncertainty. 00:03:56 Currency volatility,evolving trade policy,and broader macroeconomic pressures that everymultinational is navigating right now.But our teams stayed focused and disciplined and areproud of how they executed. 00:04:08 We're encouraged by how the business is trending as we move into the final quarter of thefiscal year. Before I get into the financial highlights, I want to share a few importantleadership updates. 00:04:18 We're pleased to welcome shweta bhatia as our new chief information officer. Shwetabrings more than 25 years of leadership experience across major global retailers and has astrong track record of improving operations, strengthening teams and driving meaningfulbusiness impact. 00:04:32 Her people centered, collaborative approach aligns closely with our culture, and ourexpertise in retail operations, modernization, data and AI will support our next phase ofgrowth. 00:04:42 We also want to thank Wayne San for his leadership and meaningful contributions topricemark during his time with us. Wayne, we are grateful for everything you brought tothis company. 00:04:52 We're also excited to welcome Sherry white who joined us In January and as of June, onehas made the transition to chief merchandising officer. 00:05:01 Sherry brings deep merchandising experience from tpco, target and Unilever. 00:05:06 Since joining pricemark, Sherry has made an immediate and meaningful impact on ourmerchandising organization, and this appointment reflects our confidence in her leadershipand vision for the road ahead. 00:05:16 Paul kovalesski has assumed the role of executive vice Pres