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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020
Extraordinary And Unusual Items [Abstract]  
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

NOTE 2 – IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

 

In December 2019, COVID-19 emerged and subsequently spread worldwide. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, resulting in federal, state and local governments and other authorities mandating various restrictions, including travel restrictions, quarantines and other social distancing requirements. In response to the outbreak, in mid-March 2020, the Company and the majority of the Company’s wholesale customers temporarily closed all of their retail stores for an indefinite period of time due to health concerns associated with COVID-19.

 

As the full magnitude of the effects on the Company’s business is difficult to predict at this time, the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a material adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, result of operations and cash flows for the foreseeable future. The Company believes that cash flows from operations and its credit lines and on-hand cash provide adequate funds to support its operating, capital and debt service requirements for the next twelve months subsequent to the issuance of these financial statements.

 

The Company amended its revolving credit facility to modify some of its financial covenants (see Note 8 - Debt and Lines of Credit). As a result, the Company expects to maintain compliance with the covenants for at least one year from the issuance of these financial statements based on the Company’s current expectations. As the ongoing public health impact and the associated containment and remediation efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic is complex and rapidly evolving, the Company's plans as described below may change.

 

The Company has taken steps to further strengthen its financial position and balance sheet, and to maintain financial liquidity and flexibility, including suspending the Company’s share repurchase program and reviewing and reducing operating expenses. In addition, the Company borrowed an additional $30.9 million under its revolving credit facility in March of 2020. For additional information see Note 8 - Debt and Lines of Credit. The Company did not declare a dividend for the first quarter of fiscal 2021.

 

The Company is currently negotiating rent deferrals or other arrangements in respect of its rent obligations beginning with the month of April for all of its Company Stores and certain other leases. Since these negotiations are ongoing with no formal agreements in place, with the exception of its warehouse in Hong Kong, the Company accrued for the April payments.

 

During the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company recorded $7.2 million of corporate initiative costs which includes charges related to the impact on its business due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These costs include a $3.5 million increase in inventory reserves, a $1.5 million write-off related to unrefunded deposits for a canceled global customer event, a $1.1 million increase in bad debt reserves and $1.1 million of restructuring reserves, including severance.

 

The Company evaluates its long-lived assets, operating lease right of use assets, goodwill and intangible assets for indicators of impairment at least annually in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Given the substantial reduction in the Company’s sales and the reduced cash flow projections as a result of closures of the retail stores of the Company, and its wholesale customers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as

well as the significant decline in the Company’s market capitalization, the Company determined that a triggering event occurred and that an impairment assessment was warranted for goodwill and intangible assets. This analysis resulted in impairment charges related to goodwill of $133.7 million and intangible assets of $22.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. See Note 6 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets – for a further discussion of these impairments.