Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from [Chris Favia] - Susquehanna Financial Group.
Chris Favia - Susquehanna Financial Group
I guess first for you Diane, I was wondering maybe if you could add some color regarding, you seem pretty optimistic regarding the Wholesale business and I was just wondering if you can kind of walk through your thought processes as you go into the second half in terms of what's going to be driving that business for you still to hit that mid single-digit growth. Obviously, the environment is certainly challenging and you're seeing promotional activity for some of the brands out there. I was just wondering what are the key drivers to really improve that business in the face of the difficult environment you're seeing right now?
Diane M. Sullivan
Yes, a couple of things, Chris. It's a great question. We've spent a lot of time really trying to make sure we've got our ducks lined up and in a row to deliver that mid single digit that we've been talking about for awhile.
I'd say first of all it is the momentum in our New York brands. If you think about where we were last year, our comparisons in the back half of the year are much weaker than the performance than we've experienced in the first half of this year. So we've really been, you know, this has been a 12 to 18-month process to get those businesses where we would like to see them. So I think that's number one.
I think the other piece of it is the Carlos and the Original in Dr. Scholl's businesses. Again, we've seen the vitality and vibrancy of those two brands at Retail, and our Dr. Scholl's businesses at Wal-Mart. That business has improved. Our opportunities there have continued to be available to us if we manage that well.
And I guess lastly is the - probably I'd talk a little bit about the Naturalizer piece being the one kind of question that we have in the back half. We've repositioned our assortments pretty well, and we are really now going up against we're going to be rolling out Natural Sport for the first time to more doors and Natural Sole at Kohl's, too, and then finally the launch of Fergie in the fourth quarter.
So all in, it's a tough one, Chris, because you don't really know how the reorders will play out and how tight everybody's going to keep inventory. But I think the teams have done great work to get us positioned.
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