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UAFRS vs As Reported Weekly Highlights - 2018 11 14

This week, Valens identified distortions and the corresponding adjustments to correct for those distortions for TRIP, GIII, and LOGM.
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G-III Apparel Group Ltd.

G-III Apparel Group designs, sources and markets a range of apparel, including outerwear, dresses, sportswear, swimwear, women's suits and women's performance wear, women's handbags, footwear, small leather goods, cold weather accessories and luggage. The company has two segments: wholesale operations, which includes sales of products under brands licensed by the company from third parties and sales of products under its own brands and private label brands, and sales related to the Vilebrequin business; and retail operations, which consists of the company's Wilsons Leather, G.H. Bass and DKNY stores operated as outlet stores, and a limited number of Calvin Klein Performance and Karl Lagerfeld Paris stores.

LogMeIn Inc.

LogMeIn provides a portfolio of cloud-based communication and collaboration, identity and access, and customer engagement and support solutions. The company's cloud-based services are categorized into three business lines: Unified Communications and Collaboration, which includes GoToConference, GoToMeeting, GoToTraining, GoToWebinar, Grasshopper, Jive, join.me, join.me pro and join.me business, and OpenVoice; and Customer Engagement and Support, which includes Bold360, Bold360 ai, RescueAssist, GoToAssist Corporate and GoToAssist Seeit, and LogMeIn Rescue; and Identity and Access Management, which includes LogMeIn Central, GoToMyPC, LogMeIn Pro, and LastPass.

TripAdvisor Inc.

TripAdvisor is an online travel company. The company operates a travel platform that connects the travelers with travel partners through content, price comparison tools, and online reservation and related services for destinations, accommodations, travel activities and experiences, and restaurants. The company manages its business in the following segments: Hotels, Media and Platform, which provides services such as click-based advertising on Tripadvisor-branded websites, subscription-based and display-based advertising, and other services; Experiences and Dining, which provides information and services for consumers to research and book activities, attractions, and restaurants in travel destinations.

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