Shoe Carnival, Inc.'s (SCVL) CEO Cliff Sifford on Q2 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL) Q2 2019 Earnings Conference Call August 28, 2019 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Cliff Sifford - President and Chief Executive Officer
Kerry Jackson - Senior Executive Vice President Chief Operating and Financial Officer and Treasurer

Conference Call Participants

Mitch Kummetz - Pivotal Research Group
Sam Poser - Susquehanna
Chris Svezia - Wedbush
Greg Pendy - Sidoti

Operator

Good afternoon and welcome to Shoe Carnival’s Second Quarter Fiscal 2019 Earnings Conference Call. Today’s conference is being recorded and it is also being broadcast via webcast. Any reproduction or rebroadcast of any portion of this call is expressly prohibited.

Management’s remarks may contain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risk factors. These risk factors could cause the Company’s actual results to be materially different from those projected in such statements.

Forward-looking statements should be considered in conjunction with discussion of risk factors, included in the Company’s SEC filings and today’s earnings press release. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of today’s date.

The Company disclaims any obligation to update any of the risk factors or to publicly announce any revisions to the forward-looking statements that are discussed on today’s conference call are contained in today’s press release to reflect future events or developments.

I will now turn the call over to Mr. Cliff Sifford, President and Chief Executive Officer of Shoe Carnival for opening comments. Mr. Sifford, you may begin.

Cliff Sifford

Thank you, and welcome to Shoe Carnival’s second quarter 2019 earnings conference call. Joining me on the call today is Kerry Jackson, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer.

On today’s call, I will provide a brief overview of our second quarter operating highlights and sales results, as well as review our 2019 outlook. Kerry will