Stephen G. Berman
Thank you, John. At this point in the year, we usually are putting the finishing touches on promotional programs for the upcoming holiday season, we're also racing to polish the fall 2026 product line prior to customer previews in the next month or two. Although both of these activities are still happening, we're nonetheless still dealing with the current economic uncertainty on a daily basis as it persists a overhang when it comes to understanding the shifting economics of our business. We, at JAKKS view patience as a virtue in this climate. We continue to aggressively chase new product opportunities and the right licenses for our portfolios. We remain cautiously curious as more and more acquisition opportunities are surfacing given the current turbulence. We are increasingly, selective in terms of our inventory planning, maintaining our commitment to being an FOB focused working capital-efficient company first. We're also pleased with our continued steady progress in non-U.S. markets. Our Canadian and Mexican customers now have an even clearer incentive to buy FOB product. Our non-U.S. sales were up 33% in the first half of the year. Although we don't think that is a sustainable rate of expansion, we are working to the same momentum and become a bigger part for our customers in the holiday planning season. The weaker U.S. dollar delivers more margin to many of our FOB customers as they buy from our U.S. dollar-denominated FOB price list. In the U.S. we see some of our major customers delaying their traditional second half planogram resets from August to early October. This essentially is a result in two fewer months on shelf for our new fall product introductions which by extension is driving lower productivity from the fall product line than what we would have originally anticipated. We also see Halloween setting later this year, given the delays of Q2, despite the shorter on-shelf window, there are reasons to be excited about U.S. retail in the second half, however, at least at JAKKS. We are launching a new baby doll nurturing brand called Disney Darlings which will soon be available online and is planned to be on shelf in Q4. An international rollout is happily planned for 2026. Our Disney ily business continues to thrive and steadily expands its product breadth. We've received very positive consumer reaction to our Tote-ily Teenies segment this year, which will lead to further expansion there in 2026 as well. And all of our major U.S. customers are planning Q3 and Q4 programs to support our evergreen Disney Princess, Frozen and Moana businesses. In our action play area, working with our friends at Sega, we have some new toys that tie in with the new console game, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, which is launching this fall, and we are especially excited to be supporting the DC Comics, Sonic Crossover comic book series. Our action figures let you recreate this unique storyline with Sonic as the Flash, Silver as the Green Lantern, Amy as Wonder Woman and Shadow as Batman. This product looks very, very cool. And we have additional more great items coming from Action Play, but we're holding back the news for Comic-Con this weekend in San Diego. You will have to wait a few more days to find out about those. In a different aisle, one of the things I'm happiest about this year is our continued success expanding our private label offerings. We're always a bit sensitive about what we can share in this area for competitive reasons and these programs tend to start small with a lot of testing and learning but our success in recent years has opened a number of doors and we'll start to see more launches this fall. Unfortunately, there have been approach with more caution given the current environment but as we look ahead to what we know is coming and further expansion plans in 2026, I and JAKKS remain both pleased and optimistic about our opportunities in this area. Finally, our Costumes business is one that, in many ways, had suffered the most from recent events. A large portion of the decline in the quarter happened here as we had some of our large cancellations in Q2 when tariffs were 145%. This is a business where customers review product lines late in the calendar year and make and ultimately finalize their commitments early in the year. That is the time that allows for manufacturing to be scheduled and product to be shipped and sold in Q2 and Q3. Although there was a period of time this quarter where this business essentially was put on pause, the team has done a remarkable job creating and reacted to changes and salvaging what ended up being a very solid year for the business, although, unfortunately, not what we hoped it would have been otherwise. On a broader note, we know that a strong film slate is a benefit for this business. We've recently seen strong box office results for a range of kid-targeted movies, which is always something we're excited to see for our film studio partners. Next year is shaping up to be a great one from the perspective of our Costumes business. We have the right to Toy Story 5, Disney Moana: Live Action film and the new Disney Descendants film which is always a great performer in Costumes. So we're hoping our Costumes business can come back stronger if we get some clarity about the product costing. Finally, before taking some questions, I want to briefly acknowledge how sorry, I and we at JAKKS were to learn of Alan Hassenfeld passing. I've known Alan for over three decades, personally going back to the early '90s and I've always looked forward to our paths occasionally crossing the last of which was just a few months ago. Neither his importance to the toy industry nor his extraordinary level of thoughtfulness and demeanor can be overstated. He will be sorely missed. Alan, we miss you. And with that, we will take a couple of questions. Operator?