In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the United States and world. We issued our fiscal 2020 outlook on March 10, 2020, which included cautionary language related to supply chain disruption from COVID-19 potentially impacting our results beginning in the second quarter. Subsequent to March 10, 2020, our stores experienced a significant reduction in customer traffic and demand resulting from the continued spread of COVID-19. On March 18 2020, we announced that all of our stores will be closed for two weeks; however, our eCommerce business, including Contactless Curbside Pickup and ship-from-store, are continuing. Because of the negative impact of COVID-19 on our financial results and the uncertainty related to its duration, we have withdrawn our fiscal 2020 outlook. While we expect this matter to negatively impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial position, the related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. How We Evaluate Our Operations Senior management focuses on certain key indicators to monitor our performance including: Consolidated same store sales performance-Our management considers same store sales, which consists of both brick and mortar and eCommerce sales, to be an important indicator of our current performance. Same store sales results are important to leverage our costs, which include occupancy costs, store payroll and other store expenses. Same store sales also have a direct impact on our total net sales, net income, cash and working capital. See further discussion of our consolidated same store sales within Item 6. "Selected Financial Data". Earnings before taxes and the related operating margin-Our management views earnings before taxes and operating margin as key indicators of our performance. The key drivers of earnings before taxes are same store sales, gross profit, and our ability to control selling, general and administrative expenses. Cash flows from operating activities-Cash flow generation supports our general liquidity needs and funds capital expenditures for our omni-channel platform, distribution and administrative facilities, costs associated with continued improvement of information technology tools, potential strategic acquisitions or investments that may arise from time- to-time and stockholder return initiatives, including cash dividends and share repurchases. We typically generate significant cash flows from operating activities in our fourth fiscal quarter in connection with the holiday selling season and sales of cold weather sporting goods and apparel. See further discussion of our cash flows in the "Liquidity and Capital Resources" section herein Quality of merchandise offerings - To measure acceptance of our merchandise offerings, we monitor sell-throughs, inventory turns, gross margins and markdown rates at the department and style level. This analysis helps us manage inventory levels to reduce working capital requirements and deliver optimal gross margins by improving merchandise flow and establishing appropriate price points to minimize markdowns Store productivity-To assess store-level performance, we monitor various indicators, including new store productivity, sales per square foot, store operating contribution margin and store cash flow. Executive Summary Earnings per diluted share of $3.34 for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2020 increased 3.1% compared to earnings per diluted share of $3.24 during the fiscal year ended February 2, 2019. Net income for fiscal 2019 totaled $297.5 million compared to $319.9 million in fiscal 2018. . Fiscal 2019 net income included a charge of $50.1 million, net of tax, or $0.56 per diluted share, related to the hunt restructuring, a gain of $25.0 million, net of tax, or $0.28 per diluted share, related to the sale of two of our technology subsidiaries, a non-cash impairment charge of $11.3 million, net of tax, or $0.13 per diluted share, to reduce the carrying value of a corporate aircraft to its current fair market value, which was subsequently sold, and a benefit of $4.7 million, net of tax, or $0.05 per diluted share, from the favorable settlement of a litigation contingency that was originally accrued in fiscal 2017. Net sales increased 3.7% to $8,750.7 million in fiscal 2019 from $8,436.6 million in fiscal 2018 due primarily to a 3.7% increase in consolidated same store sales, which included an increase of approximately 16% in eCommerce sales. eCommerce sales penetration increased to approximately 16% of total net sales in fiscal 2019 compared to approximately 15% of total net sales in fiscal 2018. This is the one homework problem for Chapter 14. Download Dicks-2019-Annual-Report from Module 14 in your Canvas course and go to the Statement of Cash Flows (p. 27). Use this statement to answer the following questions, then go to the Chapter 14 Homework in Pearson MyLab to enter the answers to these questions. 1. Does the statement use the direct or indirect method for operating activities? (answer with an upper-case D or I) 2. Enter the appropriate upper-case letter shown below that best describes Dick's most recent Operating Activities. A. Positive cash flow but significantly less than in the last two years B. Positive cash flow but significantly more than in the last two years C. Negative cash flow but significantly less negative than in the last two years D. Negative cash flow but significantly more negative than in the last two years 3. Would the appropriate designation for the most current year's investing activities represent significant cash inflows (I), significant cash outflows (O), or be not significant (N)? (answer with I, O, or N) 4. Combine the debt financing activities for the most current year and enter this net amount using mostly the same format as the statement (in thousands with no dollar sign) but use a minus sign (-) for any negative amount instead of parentheses. 5. Regarding the equity financing activities for the most current year, what amount of cash was used to acquire treasury stock and pay dividends? Enter the net amount of these two combined using mostly the same format as the statement (in thousands with no dollar sign) but use a minus sign (-) for any negative amount instead of parentheses.