Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

License Agreements. The Company has various license agreements to market watches and jewelry bearing certain trademarks or incorporating certain technology owned by third parties. In accordance with these agreements, the Company incurred royalty expense of approximately $161.8 million, $173.0 million and $190.0 million in fiscal years 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. These amounts are included in the Company's cost of sales or, if advertising-related, in SG&A. These license agreements have expiration dates between years 2020 and 2028 and require the Company to pay royalties ranging from 7% to 15% of defined net sales. The Company has future minimum royalty commitments through fiscal year 2028 under these license agreements as follows by fiscal year (in thousands):



Fiscal Year	Minimum Royalty Commitments
2020	$	133,129
2021	18,252
2022	18,912
2023	19,573
2024	19,035
Thereafter	24,751
Total	$	233,652

These minimum royalty commitments do not include amounts owed under these license agreements for obligations of the Company to pay the licensors a percentage of net sales of these licensed products.

Purchase Obligations. As of December 28, 2019, the Company had purchase obligations totaling $333.7 million that consisted primarily of open non-cancelable purchase orders.

Asset Retirement Obligations. ASC 410, Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations requires (i) that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made and (ii) that the associated asset retirement costs be capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The Company's asset retirement obligations relate to costs associated with the retirement of leasehold improvements under office leases and retail store leases within the Americas, Europe and Asia segments.

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company's asset retirement obligations (in thousands):



Fiscal Year	2019			2018
Beginning asset retirement obligation	$	11,862		$	13,086
Liabilities incurred during the period	563			166
Liabilities settled during the period	(681		)	(1,150		)
Accretion expense	366			366
Currency translation	(17		)	(606		)
Ending asset retirement obligations	$	12,093		$	11,862

Litigation. The Company is occasionally subject to litigation or other legal proceedings in the normal course of its business. The Company does not believe that the outcome of any currently pending legal matters, individually or collectively, will have a material effect on the business or financial condition of the Company.