Fair Value Measurement

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

The accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Codification 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820-10”) requires the Company to make disclosures about the fair value of certain of its assets and liabilities. ASC 820-10 clarifies the principle that fair value should be based on the assumptions market participants would use when pricing an asset or liability and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop those assumptions. ASC 820-10 utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. A brief description of those three levels is as follows:


•	Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.


•	Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.


•	Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs.

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:



			June 30, 2019
			Fair Value Measurements
	Fair value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Cash equivalents	$	96,781	$	96,781	$	—	$	—
Current marketable securities – available for sale	36,096		36,096		—		—
Total assets	$	132,877	$	132,877	$	—	$	—
Liabilities:
Forward contracts	$	139	$	—	$	139	$	—
Total liabilities	$	139	$	—	$	139	$	—



			December 31, 2018
			Fair Value Measurements
	Fair value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Cash equivalents	$	77,050	$	77,050	$	—	$	—
Current marketable securities – available for sale	66,968		66,968		—		—
Forward contracts	707		—		707		—
Total assets	$	144,725	$	144,018	$	707	$	—
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration	$	3,000	$	—	$	—	$	3,000
Total liabilities	$	3,000	$	—	$	—	$	3,000

Our level 3 balance consists of contingent consideration related to an acquisition. The changes in our level 3 liabilities for the periods ended June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:



	Balance at January 1,		Payments		Acquisitions	Change in estimate		Balance at June 30,
2019
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration	$	3,000	—		—	(3,000	)	$	—

	Balance at January 1,		Payments		Acquisitions	Change in estimate		Balance at December 31,
2018
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration	$	10,000	(7,000	)	—	—		3,000

Forward contracts are entered into to manage the risk associated with the volatility of future cash flows (see Note M - Derivative Instruments). Fair value of these instruments is based on observable market transactions of spot and forward rates.

The Company recorded a liability for potential contingent consideration in connection with the January 30, 2017 acquisition of Schwartz & Benjamin. Pursuant to the terms of an earn-out provision contained in the equity purchase agreement, as amended, between the Company and the sellers of Schwartz & Benjamin, earn-out payments are based on the performance of certain specified license agreements. The fair value of the contingent payments was estimated using the present value of the payments based on management’s projections of the financial results of Schwartz & Benjamin during the earn-out period. An earn-out payment in the aggregate amount of $7,000 was paid to the sellers of Schwartz & Benjamin in the first quarter of 2018, leaving a remaining balance of $3,000 at December 31, 2018, which, in the first quarter of 2019, the Company reversed because it will not need to pay based on the termination of the Kate Spade license agreement, which will occur by the end of the current fiscal year.

Accounting guidance permits entities to choose to measure financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. The accounting guidance also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that chose different measurement attributes for similar assets and liabilities. The Company has elected not to measure any eligible items at fair value.

The carrying value of certain financial instruments such as accounts receivable, factor accounts receivable and accounts payable approximates their fair values due to the short-term nature of their underlying terms. The fair values of investments in marketable securities available for sale are determined by reference to publicly quoted prices in an active market. Fair value of the notes receivable held by the Company approximates their carrying value based upon their imputed or actual interest rate, which approximates applicable current market interest rates.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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