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First question.

My prof. G. Elizabeth Fiboklin here.

I wanted to get your thoughts on what's going on in the retail sector right now.

I work for a tech company that caters primarily to fashion retail brands.

And we're seeing a lot of these companies laying off large numbers of their tech teams,

even as a lot of those teams work on initiatives to improve the business efficiency and profitability.

And I think the challenge is that retail generally caters to short term demand and that simply

just doesn't jive with some of the longer term investments that tech entails.

And I think these layoffs are probably an example of that friction between short term and

the long term.

I recall you saying previously that as an investor, there are simply too many things that

can go wrong in retail.

And it's hard going out there if you're not one of the nighties of the world.

So how would you advise these retail brands on how to stop being so short term thinking

while still successfully navigating this near term uncertainty?

And what's your outlook on retail, especially maybe fashion retail over the next few years?

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