Barbara Rentler | Chief Executive Officer |
Michael Hartshorn | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Travis Marquette | Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer |
Matthew Boss | JP Morgan |
Lorraine Hutchinson | Bank for America |
Mark Altschwager | Baird |
Kimberly Greenberger | Morgan Stanley |
Michael Binetti | Credit Suisse |
Krisztina Katai | Deutsche Bank |
Simeon Siegel | Instinet |
John Morris | D.A. Davidson |
Tracy Kogan | Citi |
Marni Shapiro | Retail Tracker |
Jay Sole | UBS |
Laura Champine | Loop Capital |
Alexandra Walvis | Goldman Sachs |
Jamie Merriman | Bernstein |
Dana Telsey | Telsey Advisory Group |
Bob Drbul | Guggenheim |
Krista Zuber | Cowen |
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Ross Stores First Quarter 2019 Earnings Release Conference Call. The call will begin with prepared comments by management followed by a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Before we get started, on behalf of Ross Stores I would like to note that the comments made on this call will contain forward-looking statements regarding expectations about future growth and financial results, including sales and earnings forecasts, new store openings, and other matters that are based on the company's current forecasts of aspects of its future business. These forward-looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical performance or current expectations. Risk factors are included in today's press release and the company's fiscal 2018 Form 10-K and fiscal 2019 Form 8-Ks on file with the SEC.