Kohl's Corporation (KSS) Q2 2027 Earnings Call Transcript

Kohl's Corporation ( KSS ) Q2 2027 Earnings Call August 26, 2026 9:00 AM EDT Company Participants Trevor Novotny - Director of Investor Relations Michael Bender - CEO & Director Jill Timm - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Charles Grom - Gordon Haskett Research Advisors Mark Altschwager - Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Research Division Tracy Kogan - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Dana Telsey - Telsey Advisory Group LLC Robert Drbul - BTIG, LLC, Research Division Michael Binetti - Evercore Inc. Presentation Operator Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to Q2 2026 Kohl's Corporation Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand the conference over to Trevor Novotny, Director of Investor Relations. Trevor, please go ahead. Trevor Novotny Director of Investor Relations Thank you. Certain statements made on this call, including those regarding our projected financial results, business outlook, and future initiatives, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause Kohl's actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the factors described in Item 1A of Kohl's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and as may be supplemented from time to time in Kohl's other filings with the SEC, all of which are expressly incorporated herein by reference. Forward-looking statements relate to the date initially made, and Kohl's undertakes no obligation to update them. In addition, during this call, we may refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the cautionary statement and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures included in the investor presentation filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K as filed with the SEC and available on our Investor Relations website. Please note that this call will be recorded. However, replays of the