Sales Growth - Global retail sales growth (excluding foreign currency impact) was 7.3% in Q1 2024, compared to 5.9% in Q1 2023[4] - U.S. same store sales growth was 5.6%, with U.S. Company-owned stores achieving 8.5% growth[4][6] - International same store sales growth (excluding foreign currency impact) was 0.9%, with total international retail sales growth at 6.1% when including the Russia market[4][5] - The company expects annual global retail sales growth of 7%+, with 1,100+ annual global net store growth and 8%+ annual income from operations growth for the period 2024-2028[15] Revenue and Income - Total revenues increased by 60.2million,or5.91,084.6 million in Q1 2024[8] - Net income increased by 21.1million,or20.1125.8 million in Q1 2024[14] - Diluted earnings per share (EPS) increased by 22.2% to 3.58inQ12024[14]−Totalrevenuesforthefirstquarterof2024reached1,084,647,000, a 5.9% increase from 1,024,398,000inthefirstquarterof2023[32]−Netincomeforthefirstquarterof2024was125,824,000, representing an increase of 20.1% compared to 104,770,000inthesameperiodlastyear[32]−Earningspershare(diluted)increasedto3.58 in the first quarter of 2024, up from 2.93inthefirstquarterof2023[32]OperationalPerformance−Incomefromoperationsroseby32.9 million, or 18.6%, to 210.4millioninQ12024[8]−Thegrossmarginimprovedto38.9977,348,000, compared to 870,164,000inthepreviousyear[24]StoreExpansion−Thecompanyopened203netnewstoresgloballyinQ12024,withatotalof20,755stores[7]FinancialRatiosandAssets−Theleverageratioimprovedto5.0xfrom5.7xyear−over−year[8]−Theleverageratiodecreasedto5.0xinthefirstquarterof2024from5.7xinthefirstquarterof2023[24]−Totalassetsincreasedto1,744,742,000 as of March 24, 2024, up from 1,674,899,000onDecember31,2023,representingagrowthofapproximately4.15203,894,000, up from 154,193,000,markingasignificantincreaseofapproximately32.2509,593,000 from 547,350,000,areductionofabout6.88123,464,000 for the quarter, compared to 114,682,000intheprioryear,indicatingagrowthofapproximately7.820,181,000, slightly higher than 19,031,000inthesamequarterlastyear,reflectinganincreaseofabout6.05(4,008,330,000) from (4,070,367,000),apositivechangeofapproximately1.5271,966,000, compared to 69,671,000inthefirstquarterof2023,reflectingagrowthof3.7150,518,000 in the first quarter of 2024, up from 132,864,000inthefirstquarterof2023,markingagrowthof13.318.5 billion in global retail sales for the trailing four quarters ended March 24, 2024[27] - Long-term debt, less current portion, remained relatively stable at 4,973,812,000comparedto4,934,062,000, showing a slight increase of 0.8%[34] - The company reported a non-cash equity-based compensation expense of 11,338,000,upfrom7,538,000, which is an increase of approximately 50.5%[37] - The effect of exchange rate changes on cash was a loss of 672,000,comparedtoalossof186,000 in the previous year, indicating a worsening of approximately 261.29%[37]