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BKE

BUCKLE INC
NYSE · CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY · RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES
46.54
−0.94 −1.98%
USD · Oct 23, 07:40 p.m. ET

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How BKE rewrote its risk factors

10-K ITEM 1A · FY2025 → FY2026
Text kept
89%
of sentences unchanged
Added
4
new sentences
Dropped
12
sentences removed
Length
−188
words, now 3,106

New in FY2026

  • Sales from private label merchandise accounted for approximately 47% of net sales in both fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024.
  • During fiscal 2026, the Company plans to open 14 new stores.
  • Factors include the political environment, the threat or outbreak of war (including, the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Iran), terrorism, civil unrest, economic conditions, employment, consumer debt, interest rates, inflation, and consumer confidence.
  • The Company is dependent on the successful operation of these facilities to sustain its operations, including the operation of its online business at buckle.com and its 440 stores in 42 states across the United States.

Gone since FY2025

  • Smith is Executive Vice President of Stores and a Director of the Company.
  • She was elected a Director effective February 4, 2018 and was appointed Executive Vice President of Stores on February 13, 2014, after having served as Vice President of Sales since May 2001.
  • Smith joined the Company in May 1978 as a part-time salesperson.
  • Later she became store manager in Great Bend, Kansas and then began working with other stores as an area manager.
  • Smith has continued to develop her involvement with the sales management team, helping with manager meetings and the development of new store managers, as well as providing support for store managers, area managers, and district managers.
  • Hoffman is Senior Vice President of Sales.
  • She was appointed to this position on February 22, 2022, after having served as Vice President of Sales since March 2014.
  • Hoffman has been employed by the Company since 1979 and has served in various roles of increasing responsibility on the sales team since that time; including salesperson, Store Manager, District Manager, and Regional Manager.
  • Sales from private label merchandise accounted for approximately 47% of net sales for fiscal 2024 and 46% for fiscal 2023.
  • During fiscal 2025, the Company plans to open 7 new stores.
  • Factors include the political environment, the threat or outbreak of war (including, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine), terrorism, civil unrest, economic conditions, employment, consumer debt, interest rates, inflation, and consumer confidence.
  • The Company is dependent on the successful operation of these facilities to sustain its operations, including the operation of its online business at buckle.com and its 441 stores in 42 states across the United States.

Sentence-level comparison of Item 1A in the two most recent 10-Ks (FY2025 ↗, FY2026 ↗). A reworded sentence counts as one dropped and one added, so heavy edits read as low “kept”. Headings and page furniture are stripped; nothing is summarised by a model.

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