Investor Presentaiton
Disclosure of Risk Factors
Forward-Looking Statements: This presentation contains forward-looking statements regarding store reopening plans, planned curtailment of
new store growth, and other financial results in future periods that are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause our actual results to
differ materially from management's current expectations. The words "plan," "expect," "target," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "forecast,"
"projected," "guidance," "outlook," "looking ahead," and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
Risk factors for Ross Dress for LessⓇ ("Ross") and dd's DISCOUNTSⓇ include without limitation, the uncertainties and potential for the
recurrence of significant business disruptions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic; changes in the level of consumer spending on or
preferences for apparel and home-related merchandise; impacts from the macro-economic environment, financial and credit markets,
geopolitical conditions, unemployment levels or public health issues (such as pandemics) that affect consumer confidence and consumer
disposable income; our need to effectively manage our inventories, markdowns, and inventory shortage to achieve planned gross margins;
competitive pressures in the apparel or home-related merchandise retailing industry; issues associated with importing and selling merchandise
produced in other countries, including risks from supply chain disruptions due to port of exit/entry congestion, shipping delays and ocean freight
cost increases, and risks from other supply chain related disruptions in other countries, including those due to COVID-19 closures;
unseasonable weather that may affect shopping patterns and consumer demand for seasonal apparel and other merchandise, and that may
result in temporary store closures and disruptions in deliveries of merchandise to our stores; market availability, quantity, and quality of attractive
brand name merchandise at desirable discounts and our buyers' ability to purchase merchandise that enables us to offer customers a wide
assortment of merchandise at competitive prices; potential data security breaches, including cyber-attacks on our transaction processing and
computer information systems, which could result in theft or unauthorized disclosure of customer, credit card, employee, or other private and
valuable information that we handle in the ordinary course of our business; potential disruptions in our supply chain or information systems;
issues involving the quality, safety, or authenticity of products we sell, which could harm our reputation, result in lost sales, and/or increase our
costs; an adverse outcome in various legal, regulatory, or tax matters; damage to our corporate reputation or brands; our need to continually
attract, train, and retain associates to execute our off-price strategies; our need to effectively advertise and market our business; changes in
U.S. tax, tariff, or trade policy regarding apparel and home-related merchandise produced in other countries that could adversely affect our
business; volatility in revenues and earnings; an additional pandemic, natural or man-made disaster in California or in another region where we
have a concentration of stores, offices, or a distribution center; unexpected issues or costs from expanding in existing markets and entering new
geographic markets; obtaining acceptable new store sites with favorable consumer demographics; and maintaining sufficient liquidity to support
our continuing operations, new store openings and reopenings, and ongoing capital expenditure plans.
Other risk factors are set forth in our SEC filings including without limitation, the Form 10-K for fiscal 2020, and fiscal 2021 Form 10-Q and Form
8-Ks on file with the SEC. The factors underlying our forecasts are dynamic and subject to change. As a result, our forecasts speak only as of
the date they are given and do not necessarily reflect our outlook at any other point in time. We do not undertake to update or revise these
forward-looking statements.
ROSS
DRESS FOR LESS®
dd's
DISCOUNTS
August 2021
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