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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
3 Months Ended
May 01, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Government Grants Policy [Policy Text Block]

Government Grants

 

As a result of the pandemic, governments enacted relief legislation and stimulus packages to help combat the economic effects through such things as payroll expense reimbursement and business and restart grants. Due to the nature of these grants relating to income, they can be presented in one of two ways: (1) a credit in the income statement under a general heading such as "other income" or (2) as a reduction to the related expense. The Company applied for reimbursement of payroll expenses in certain jurisdictions through COVID-19 related government programs for payroll paid to employees who were paid while not providing services to the Company and for business and restart grants from the United Kingdom government for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors. The Company recorded a reduction to expenses of $1.0 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2021 related to these wages within the Selling, general and administrative line in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for employees in various jurisdictions. For the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2020, the Company recorded a reduction to expense of $1.5 million. The business and restart grants in the United Kingdom for businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, were applied for on a per-property basis to support businesses through the latest lockdown restrictions. These grants did not relate to specific expenses incurred by the Company and were therefore recorded as "other income" of $0.9 million within the Selling, general and administrative line in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2021. The Company did not record income related to business or restart grants in the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2020.