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      "text": "Analyst: “Do you think that maybe because your sort of the one big dominant player in the industry, you're a little bit more insulated from maybe competitor discounts and promotions, maybe relative to some other apparel footwear companies out there?” CEO Response: “That said, you're right to call out that we are the brand in the industry. We're the leading brand in the industry, and we really almost never turn up the promotional lever because it just doesn't seem to pay back either in that year and certainly not in the following year when we have to go off again, sort of an artificial lift in sales that may have been margin eroding.”",
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