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  • Operator

  • Good day, and welcome to the Oxford Industries Incorporated first quarter 2015 conference call. Today's conference is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Ms. Anne Shoemaker. Please go ahead, ma'am.

  • Anne Shoemaker - VP, Capital Markets & Treasurer

  • Thank you, Blake, and good afternoon, everyone. Before we begin, I would like to remind participants that certain statements made on today's call, and in the Q&A session may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws.

  • Forward-looking statements are not guarantees, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results of operations or our financial condition to differ are discussed in our press release issued earlier today, and in documents filed by us with the SEC, including the risk factors contained in our FY14 Form 10-K. We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

  • During this call, we will be discussing certain non-GAAP financial measures. You can find a reconciliation of GAAP financial measures to certain non-GAAP financial measures in our press release issued earlier today, which is posted under the Investor Relations tab of our website at Oxfordinc.com. Please note that all financial results and outlook information discussed on this call, unless otherwise noted are from continuing operations, and all earnings per share amounts are on a diluted basis.

  • As a reminder, in March, we announced that we are pursuing a sale of the Ben Sherman business. Therefore, the results from the Ben Sherman business are now reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

  • And now I would like to introduce today's call participants. With me today are Tom Chubb, CEO and President, Scott Grassmyer, CFO, Terry Pillow, CEO of Tommy Bahama, and Doug Wood, President of Tommy Bahama. Thank you for your attention, and now I'd like to turn the call over to Tom Chubb.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. I am very pleased with our first quarter results, which exceeded the prior year and our forecast for the quarter. On the heels of what is a very good start to the year, we have increased our 2015 earnings guidance. This performance and our confidence in the future flows directly from our strategy of owning and growing strong lifestyle brands that make an emotional connection to our consumers.

  • As Terry will discuss in more detail, Tommy Bahama had a solid first-quarter. The brand's relaxed island lifestyle continues to resonate well with consumers. Our 9% top line growth was fueled by an 8% comp increase, as well a solid performances by stores opened during 2014. This included in our retail restaurant in Jupiter, Florida, which beautifully reinforces the brand's image, and has clearly struck a chord with the consumer.

  • The passion, enthusiasm and emotion exhibited from Lilly lovers this spring was clear. We had an incredibly strong spring offering in our stores and online. In addition, our collaboration with Target and the capsule collection it featured wildly exceeded expectations, and was a great way to generate a lot of consumer awareness and excitement across the whole country. So put it all together, and in the quarter, we saw an extraordinary 20% comp increase, while expanding both gross margin and operating margin.

  • We believe Target's extensive national media campaign, elevated imagery, social media innovations, and spot-on product went a long way in reinforcing Lilly Pulitzer as the resort chic brand. We will be following up with additional marketing initiatives to drive home Lilly's resort chic positioning, including a fashion presentation of the 2015 /2016 resort line in New York, a seaplane wrapped in a Lilly print, junketing fashion influencers and editors of between New York and Nantucket, gift with purchase events emphasizing resort travel, and a non-comp mailer to support an extended summer selling season. Basically the message is, if you are going somewhere fun and beautiful like Palm Beach, Palm Desert, Cape Cod, [Saint Barts], or wherever your sunny place is, you want Lilly in your suitcase.

  • We frequently point out, that one of the key concepts of delivering a truly omni-channel experience to the consumer for any brand, is viewing the consumer as the ultimate point-of-sale. We then make the brand and the product accessible, whenever and wherever the consumer wants them. For Lilly, e-commerce makes up 28% of net sales, a very significant online business.

  • Lilly took another big step forward last week with the launch of its mobile app, which gives our customers a fantastic way to shop, share, and learn more about Lilly. This app also contains exclusive content about Lily's authentic brand heritage, makes it easy to share looks with friends, and peruse products specifically by print. This app is one more step in the positioning of our customer as the point-of-sale. I'll turn the call over to Terry Pillow to discuss Tommy Bahama's solid first-quarter results and their plans for the second quarter. Terry?

  • Terry Pillow - CEO, Tommy Bahama

  • Thanks, Tom. We were pleased with our first-quarter results, and saw a year-over-year growth on both the top and bottom line. Tommy Bahama products resonated with customers across the country. Our biggest product category is men's woven shirts, and for the quarter this was also our strongest category in both our retail stores and on e-commerce. We also saw solid growth in women's swim business in all channels of distribution.

  • In addition to a solid 8% comp increase in the quarter, we also saw strong performances in our non-comp stores. As Tom mentioned, our Jupiter, Florida retail restaurant location which we opened in November, has come out of the gate very strong, as exceeding our plans. While we have historically been very strong in Southwest Florida, with our locations like Naples and Sarasota, Jupiter gives us our first retail restaurant location on the East coast of Florida. As you may be aware, Jupiter is a very affluent community in Palm Beach County, and is a popular second-home destination for the people from the Northeast and other parts of the country.

  • As always, a strong Father's Day is key to our second quarter results. This year, Father's Day is not until June 21, so we still have a lot of important selling days ahead of us. Tommy Bahama is the go-to brand for Father's Day, and we are excited about our plans around this very important holiday for our business.

  • We've got a strong marketing campaign, with a fantastic gift guide included in our summer mailer. The next week and a half are exciting and important days for us, and we look forward to updating you with our 2Q results in September. I'll now turn the call over to Scott Grassmyer to discuss our consolidated highlights, and plans for the rest of the year. Scott?

  • Scott Grassmyer - CFO

  • Thanks, Terry. I'd like to walk you through a selection of highlights from our consolidated results for the first quarter FY15. Please refer to our press release issued earlier today for the complete results for the first quarter.

  • As Tom mentioned, Lilly Pulitzer had a remarkable first-quarter, which coupled with its solid performance at Tommy Bahama drove our results, with consolidated sales increasing 7%. Our adjusted gross margin expanded 124 basis points, primarily due to a shift in sales mix. Lilly Pulitzer's gross margin expanded over 200 basis points in the quarter, reflecting a greater proportion of sales coming from their direct-to-consumer businesses.

  • We saw SG&A growing at a pace slightly higher than our sales growth percentage, as we incurred the cost of operating additional Tommy and Lilly stores, and as we continue to make important investments in the infrastructure of these two brands.

  • Royalty and other income increased $500,000 in the quarter, with strong contributions from Tommy Bahama, furniture, fragrance licensees, as well as the seasonal beach products. Our consolidated operating margin as adjusted in the first quarter was13.7%, compared to 13.8% in the prior year period.

  • For the first quarter of FY15, interest expense declined to $800,000 from a $1 million last year. Our effective tax rate in the quarter also declined, to 38.6% from 40% in the same period of the prior year, reflecting higher domestic earnings and lower international losses. Adjusted EPS rose 9% to $1.30, ahead of our previously issued guidance. GAAP EPS increased 11% to $1.29.

  • Now to the balance sheet. We ended the first quarter with inventory of $114 million, compared to $106 million at the end of the first quarter of FY14. We believe our inventory is at an appropriate level to support anticipated sales growth. Our capital structure is well-positioned to support growth. As of May 2, 2015, we had $131 million of borrowings outstanding, and $99 million of unused availability under our US revolving credit facility, and a weighted average borrowing rate of 1.8%.

  • Our capital expenditures for the first quarter of FY15 were $12 million, and we expect CapEx for the year to be approximately $70 million. In addition to our typical investments in retail stores and IT, I would like to remind you of three significant investments we will be making this year. Tommy Bahama will move into new leased office space in Seattle, and we'll open a retail restaurant location in Waikiki, and Lilly Pulitzer will require additional distribution space. Note of that $70 million we'll record as capital expenditures, approximately $13 million will be funded by landlords through tenant improvement allowances.

  • And looking forward, with our strong start to the year, we are pleased to raise our full-year guidance. For FY15, we now expect net sales of $970 million to $985 million. Adjusted earnings per share is expected to be between $3.50 and $3.65, and GAAP earnings per share are expected to be in a range of $3.41 to $3.56. On a comparable basis, FY14 net sales were $920 million, adjusted EPS was $3.46, and GAAP EPS was $3.27.

  • For the second quarter, which ends on August 1, we anticipate net sales in the range from $245 million to $255 million, compared to net sales of $[228] million in the second quarter of 2014. Adjusted earnings per share are expected to be in the range of $1.15 to $1.25, and GAAP earnings per share in the range of $1.13 to $1.23. This compares with second quarter FY14 adjusted EPS of $1.07 and GAAP EPS of $1.05. Exceptionally strong momentum in our Lilly Pulitzer business is the primary driver behind our expected year-over-year increase in the second quarter.

  • We expect our third quarter to continue to be the smallest quarter of the year, reflecting the seasonality of the Tommy Bahama and Lilly Pulitzer businesses. This along, with a meaningful fixed expense structure of the business leads to significantly lower results compared to other quarters. In FY15, the third quarter will also bear the brunt of costs associated with the relocation of the new leased space for Tommy Bahama, as well as the Waikiki retail restaurant location.

  • As a result, we expect to report a modest loss in the third quarter. Our first -- fourth quarter is planned to be strong, with year-over-year increases in both top and bottom lines. Thank you for your attention this afternoon. Blake, we're now ready for questions.

  • Operator

  • Thank you.

  • (Operator Instructions)

  • Ed Yruma, KeyBanc Capital Markets.

  • Edward Yruma - Analyst

  • Hi. Good afternoon, and congratulations on a very strong quarter.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Thanks, Ed.

  • Edward Yruma - Analyst

  • I guess, first on Lilly, obviously, extraordinary performance there, particularly in light of the very difficult compare. I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about the performance at Lilly, kind of before the Target promotion and after? And kind of, if you have seen in that kind of consistency flow through after quarter end?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Yes. We'll talk about that, Ed. We started out the quarter a little bit soft. February was not the strongest month of the quarter. As we moved into March, particularly the second half of March, business really started to pick up, and then has really been quite strong since that. I think some of that has to do with the Target collaboration that was on April 19, and all the buzz and media attention that we got out of that.

  • But frankly, a lot of it, I think has to do with the strength of the product that we have had on the floor, and do have on the floor now, as well as the strength and the clarity of the other marketing messages that we are sending out. So no doubt that Target collaboration helped, but I think we would have had a good, strong quarter even in the absence of that. And again, to your point, against what was a tough compare, because we had a very strong first quarter last year as well.

  • Edward Yruma - Analyst

  • Great. And some other quick housekeeping questions. I guess, any update on Ben Sherman? The tax rate I know, I think changed a little bit. I think you were looking for 39% before, you're now looking for 38%. Is this kind of the tax rate we should look for going forward? And then finally, I think the spread between the comp and sales growth at Tommy was the narrowest, it has been in some time. Is there anything that drove that? Thank you.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Well, I'm going to start with the Ben Sherman situation, and tell you the same thing that we've been saying. We would launched the process on March 26, really with our announcement. But at the time we announced, we were literally ready to go. So we've been running the process quite hard since then. We are very pleased with the level of the interest that we've had in the Ben Sherman business and brand, and the number and the quality of the potential buyers that we've had. And we're pleased with the progress that we are making, and we'll continue to keep up -- you updated on it.

  • With regard to the Tommy -- the spread between the comp and the overall growth rate, I think it's fundamentally a matter of arithmetic. And the fact that, the wholesale business is basically flat at this point. And so, the growth in the business is coming from that portion of the business that is comp retail, plus the non comp retail. And is really just arithmetic. And on the tax rate, I'll let Scott commented on that, as well as elaborate on the Tommy growth rates, if he wants to.

  • Scott Grassmyer - CFO

  • Yes, the tax rate, 38.6% for the quarter, that is pretty indicative of what we expect for the year. So a bit lower than last year, as we -- there is the domestic earnings increase, and the international also is decreased.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Did we get all your questions there, Ed? You had several of them.

  • Edward Yruma - Analyst

  • You did.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Okay, great.

  • Edward Yruma - Analyst

  • Thanks very much, guys.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Okay. Thanks a lot.

  • Operator

  • Rick Patel, Stephens Incorporated.

  • Rick Patel - Analyst

  • Good afternoon, everyone, and I'll add my congrats on a terrific quarter.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Thanks, Rick.

  • Rick Patel - Analyst

  • Can you talk about the performance of Lilly on the West Coast, and other markets where you don't have physical store locations? Did you see a meaningful uptick in business over there? And just in terms of the success that you had at launching at Target, can you talk about what it means for Lilly from a wholesale perspective? To what extent, did the Target initiative excite your other wholesale accounts, and have you seen an uptick in that business since the Target initiative ended?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Yes. Well, the short answer is, this spring, we've sort of seen an uptick in all of our business, so all parts of the country. So while we have seen stronger business in some of the areas where we don't have a physical presence, we've also seen uplift in the area where we do have a physical presence.

  • And we have clearly brought some new customers into the brand. But we've also re-engaged old customers, who maybe you hadn't seen us in a while, and excited existing customers, and compelled them to come back for additional visits and additional purchases. So it's really been positive all the way around.

  • And then, just to keep the Target collaboration in perspective. While it was a huge event, and it was wildly successful, we do think it's only one piece of the puzzle. We think we also have -- we've got beautiful distribution with our own stores, our e-commerce, and our great wholesale partners. We've got fantastic product. I think the product that we've had out there recently and have now is as strong as I ever remember seeing it.

  • And then, we think our marketing messages have been very strong and very clear as well. Sort of driving home that resort chic message. So you add all that together, and it creates a lot of strength in the business. Not just in our own channels of distribution, but our wholesale customers are having a good year as well.

  • Rick Patel - Analyst

  • Great. And then, can you also provide some details on the outlook for expenses, just for modeling purposes? Perhaps talk about how much of the headquarter move and a new restaurant will add to expenses for the year? And within that context, how much of those expenses will hit the third quarter versus the other one?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Okay. I am going to let Mr. Grassmyer field that one.

  • Scott Grassmyer - CFO

  • We are expecting roughly $2.2 million for the Waikiki pre-opening costs. And for the Seattle office move, the occupancy expense, that we're expecting to be about $2.6 million higher year-over-year. So together, it'd be about $4.8 million. Third quarter is going to get -- about $2.9 million of that is going to be in the third quarter. So third quarter's taking a big piece of it.

  • Third quarter is when Waikiki actually -- they're actually hiring the staff and doing all the pre-opening training, happens in the quarter, in addition to the rent going through for the whole quarter. And the Tommy Bahama lease, they're going to have a period where they'll have a double rent, from both the old location and new location, plus they are going to have the physical moving costs. So third quarter gets hit heavily from both of those.

  • Rick Patel - Analyst

  • Great. And just one more if I may. On Tommy Bahama women's, how did that perform during the quarter, and perhaps update us on that opportunity?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Well, Rick, we continue to believe that Tommy Bahama is -- women's is a great a long-term growth vehicle for the Company, and there's a lot of effort and resources that are going into trying to capitalize on that. We've succeeded in growing that business significantly over the last five years, where it's gone from being I think about 16% or 17% of the total Tommy Bahama business, to 25% or 26%.

  • So it's grown significantly in proportion to the total, at a time when men's was growing too. And bottom line, it's grown about twice as fast as the men's business has. So we continue to be excited about that. And I'll maybe let Terry chime in with some of the things we've done on the team to try to build that effort over the longer term as well.

  • Terry Pillow - CEO, Tommy Bahama

  • Yes. Rick, we still consider women's business one of the biggest opportunities we have in the brand. We just successfully -- we've just hired a new head of design, got that transition in place. We've moved the sportswear business into Seattle, where we can get synergies, so we can get our real hands around it. And we've had a peek, [a look at the look], but it's looking great. And we saw in growth in the Q1, which what your question was. But so we are very happy, and the long-term, we see a significant growth vehicle in our women's business.

  • Rick Patel - Analyst

  • Great. Thanks for all the details.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Thanks a lot, Rick.

  • Operator

  • (Operator Instructions)

  • Eric Beder, Wunderlich.

  • Eric Beder - Analyst

  • Good afternoon, let me add my congratulations.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Thanks a lot, Eric.

  • Eric Beder - Analyst

  • Could you talk a little bit about Tommy Bahama international, what we are seeing there? And how should we think about the Waikiki opening, in terms of its ability to help with the international business?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Well, I think the story overall of international really hasn't changed from what we said back in March, and that's that we expect about $1.5 million improvement in the operating loss this year. We continue to be very pleased with the way our Canadian business is performing, which we don't report it in international. We report as part of North America, but it is in fact, part of the overall international effort. We are pleased with Australia. We are pleased with the Middle East.

  • Asia, being Japan, and some of the other markets, is where we've got a bit of work to do still. And as you know, we are very much focusing in on Japan as being the key market where we see a long-term opportunity. So it's really the same thing that we've been telling you for a couple of quarters now. And we're working very hard on improving the Japanese business. Doug was just over there, I think week before last, and maybe he wants to add a little bit of color to what he us seeing in Japan.

  • Doug Wood - President, Tommy Bahama

  • This is Doug. So I guess, the exciting thing that we're seeing is the same type of guest reaction to the brand, with regards to the restaurant and the retail store, where people are buying product in the retail store, and then [run] it back to the restaurant, we're seeing also in Japan. But Waikiki opening is really critical for us from a marketing effort.

  • If we could go back, I would have loved to had Waikiki open two years ago. And it has everything to do with the fact that, somewhere between 1.2 million and 1.5 million Japanese travel to Waikiki on an annual basis. And it's really a four to six block area of Waikiki that they go to. And right in the middle of it, we've got this wonderful retail store and restaurant that we are about ready to open. And it's really -- our business model is not just to attract the folks from the states, but also speak directly to the Japanese in that market.

  • Eric Beder - Analyst

  • Great. Thank you.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Thanks, Eric.

  • Eric Beder - Analyst

  • In terms of Lilly Pulitzer, you've obviously -- are having great results, got the product really right. What should we think about in terms of store roll-outs this year and going forward? Is there an opportunity to really kind of ramp up, and [say well] actually where are we in the [merch] stores? And where should we think about this going, given how strong the results continue to be?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Well, we've got 30 stores open right now. The plan for this year is and has been to open six. Of that, we've got two opened already, so we've got four more to go. Really happy with the two that we got opened. One is a small sort of resort store in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, and a great location, small store, but a great place for the brand.

  • And the second one is in the Green Hills mall outside of Nashville, which has gotten off to a terrific start, in a market that you would think would be a good Lilly market, and it's turning out to be very much so. And then, we've got four more coming through the rest of the year.

  • I would point out, Eric, that we are growing very rapidly in the e-commerce as well, and have a lot of exciting things going on there, including the launch of the app last week, which we think is just terrific. And as you think about longer-term growth, I would encourage you to think about the growth of the total direct-to-consumer business, not just the store count. So as we're developing those growth plans, we're putting a pretty high priority on not just store count growth, but e-commerce growth.

  • We do have one exciting opening as -- well, all the remaining openings this year are exciting, but one -- a key one is in Chicago, which is sort of a new market for us. It's a little bit further west than our sweet spot has historically been. But given the amount of traffic that we see in some of our West Coast Florida stores, that's coming down from the Midwest and some of the other indicators, we think that's going to be a really good store for us.

  • Eric Beder - Analyst

  • Okay. Let me throw in just one more. The smaller Tommy Bahama, I believe the resort stores are called, how are those doing? Kind of how do those kind of change your thought process for Tommy Bahama store openings? Thank you.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Well, I will let Doug maybe add some color to this in a minute. But I would say we have been pleased with what we've seen. From my perspective, they give us a whole lot of opportunity to fill in a lot of nooks and crannies, that we think can work for our brand, and our ability to adapt our store format to smaller and more unique markets. Because we don't really roll-out cookie-cutter stores, we think we can do that successfully, and we think it gives us a lot of great opportunities. Doug, you want to?

  • Doug Wood - President, Tommy Bahama

  • Yes, I think you hit on it. We've opened a couple this year. But we've had these size of stores in our portfolio, and in the US, but also if you look at several we have in Australia. So it's really about getting the right seasonal products into those markets at the right time. And given our strength with swim, both the men's and women's, and just overall, that relaxed product really works in resort.

  • Eric Beder - Analyst

  • Great. Thank you, and again, congratulations.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Thank you, Eric.

  • Scott Grassmyer - CFO

  • Thanks a lot, Eric

  • Operator

  • Pam Quintiliano, SunTrust.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • Great Thanks so much, and congrats, guys, on really outstanding results in such a challenging environment.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Thanks, Pam.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • So I had a few questions for you guys. I guess, starting with Lilly, Tom, you spoke in the beginning about some of these new initiatives, like fashion presentation in New York and seaplane. And just how are we supposed to think about that, the cost of it? Just what made you decide, now is the time to seize the opportunity to do that? And then also, thinking about Target, just any learnings that they shared with you, that maybe helped change your thoughts on potential new store locations or product extensions? I know I saw all the women fighting over your household products the day of the launch, and how much of those were going for on eBay, along with everything else. So just how we should think about that?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Yes. Well, starting with the first thing, the marketing initiatives. If you think back through that list I read through, I said the fashion presentation of the New York -- of the 2015 and 2016 resort line. Then taking the fashion influencers and editors, and flying them on a Lilly Pulitzer print-wrapped seaplane from New York to Nantucket, the non comp mailer that's going to be attempting to support an extended summer selling season. These are all things, that pick up on the resort chic of messaging, that was broadcast so broadly and so loudly by the Target collaboration.

  • So the theme to all of this is really reinforcing, as clearly as we can Lily's positioning as a resort chic brand, the original American resort chic brand, and that's what we stand for is -- in terms of the cost -- these things are not especially expensive for us. I mean, they fit well within the marketing budget. And combined, with the great distribution that we have, including our own stores, the e-commerce site, the mobile app, and our great wholesale customers, as well as the terrific product that we have -- and I can't underscore enough how strong the product's been. It's a winning combination that grows comp store sales growth and overall growth rates that are well above what's happening in the marketplace.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • And the timing on that? With the -- ?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Well, the -- all of that's coming up within the next six or seven weeks. And I -- and that doesn't mean that the end of our marketing initiatives. Those were just the ones that I wanted to highlight today, as sort of things that are following on and continuing the messaging from the Target collaboration.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • And then, as far as the Target collaboration, any learnings on that one?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Yes. I think there -- it is interesting, because it's hard to say what the best sellers were, since everything sold out in about two hours. I guess, a bestseller is something that's sold out in 2 minutes instead of 10 minutes or something, But so, it's a little hard to determine what were the best sellers. Everything sold well. But you can certainly see that there were some product categories that we don't typically offer that, that the consumer clearly had an appetite. It's up to us now, to sift through which of those really make sense to be the priority opportunities for us to pursue. And that's still work and thinking that's being done at this point.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • Okay. And then, as far as Mother's Day, can you just talk about how Mother's Day went at each division?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Well, it certainly within the results for the quarter. And it was -- when you see the strength of our quarter, I think it goes without saying, that Mother's Day was good for us. It's -- I think the most natural sort of holiday we have in that vein is really Father's Day for Tommy Bahama, where Father's Day is sort of as Terry said in his remarks, the go-to brand for Father's Day.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • And have you seen more momentum on Tommy women's for Mother's Day, then you have historically with the product improving?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Doug, do you want to talk about this year's Mother's Day event, and just any differences or highlights that you would call out?

  • Doug Wood - President, Tommy Bahama

  • Yes. It's -- overall, we had a good Mother's Day. I think the great thing for us right now, is that we actually have a Mother's Day business. Because five years ago, I couldn't have sat here, and pointed to anything. But we do have a Mother's Day business.

  • We put out a mailer, that we send out right in that April time frame. We also do a loyalty program, that actually kind of ignites both our e-commerce and our retail businesses. So in that time period, we saw a lift in women's. But what's hard to tell with us right now, is that we are seeing it across, not just sportswear, but swimwear and footwear.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Yes, and Pam, I misspoke, obviously a minute ago about Mother's Day being in our first quarter results. It's in our second quarter to date results, which have been -- obviously we're not formally reporting on. But we've been pretty happy on what we've seen.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • Understood. And then, just lastly, you guys have navigated so well with the port delays. But is there anything to speak of -- were there any issues this quarter -- just because it's out in the news so much about port delays -- any weather impacts that you can call out, that maybe things would have been a little bit better? And then, if you could just remind us, any exposure in Texas that's meaningful, with what's been happening there recently?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Yes. Let me talk about the ports for a minute, and Doug can add to this if he wants to. But I'm going to comment on it first, because I want to brag about Doug and his team. For us, the ports issue was really limited to Tommy Bahama, and Doug, and particularly his operational team, and his retail planning team, and marketing team which had to support it, the whole team out in Seattle just handled the port situation extraordinarily well.

  • And while it did create some issues for us, the way they handled it, we were able to get past those issues in the fourth quarter, and early in the first quarter, without them noticeably impacting our business. So they did a terrific job. And at this point, that's all really ancient history for us. We know some other people have some lingering effects, but for us, it's sort of ancient history.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • Okay. And just lastly, the weather? (Multiple Speakers)

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Yes. Weather clearly impacted us a bit across all of our business, but obviously, we had enough strength to overcome it. But if you're asking, would it have been a little better if weather had been better? I think it probably would have.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • And your Texas exposure now, you have two restaurants, right combo locations but -- (multiple speakers).

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Yes. We have -- we currently have one restaurant in Texas, in the Woodlands outside of Houston. And then, our total store count in Texas -- I am not sure -- it's probably -- we've got 2 Lilly and 10 Tommy stores in Texas, including outlet stores altogether.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • So, and this is really the last one, because I know I'm the last one to get to ask questions. So I apologize for taking a little bit of advantage. But Tommy, just curious about Maui Jim, any early reads you have there, and how you're feeling about it? And online -- I don't know if I missed it -- Pete spoke a lot about Lilly online, but just anything Tommy to speak of?

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Well, in the quarter, Tommy's, as it's been in most quarters for a long, long time with both Tommy and Lilly, e-com was -- led the way really. Stores were good, but e-com was really good. And then, as to Maui Jim, there is clearly a lot of excitement in the Company about that, and I'll let Doug maybe elaborate on that a little more.

  • Doug Wood - President, Tommy Bahama

  • Pam, I mean, it's more of a -- we were able to get some of it in, at the end of the first quarter. But I kind of tell you that, those two brands couldn't fit better together than Maui Jim and Tommy Bahama, and they are a great organization to work with. And it's fun to actually see it in the store. Our guests are responding to it, and now that we have it online, it's working in both areas.

  • Pam Quintiliano - Analyst

  • Excellent. Well, thank you so much. Best of luck.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Okay. Thanks a lot, Pam.

  • Operator

  • And that concludes today's question and answer session. I will now turn the call back to Mr. Tom Chubb for closing remarks.

  • Tom Chubb - President & CEO

  • Okay. Thank you, again, for your time this afternoon. We're obviously very excited about our first quarter results, and we've got a lot of other things to be excited about here, and we appreciate your interest and support. Thank you.

  • Operator

  • And that does conclude today's conference. We thank you for your participation. You may now disconnect.