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INVESTMENTS | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
INVESTMENTS | INVESTMENTS As of September 30, 2021, the Company owned approximately 25% of the outstanding capital stock of Grupo Vasconia S.A.B. (“Vasconia”), an integrated manufacturer of aluminum products and one of Mexico’s largest housewares companies. Shares of Vasconia’s capital stock are traded on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, the Mexican Stock Exchange. The Quotation Key is VASCONI. The Company accounts for its investment in Vasconia using the equity method of accounting and records its proportionate share of Vasconia’s net income in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. Accordingly, the Company has recorded its proportionate share of Vasconia’s net income (reduced for amortization expense related to the customer relationships acquired) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. On June 30, 2021, Vasconia sold shares, which diluted the Company’s investment ownership from approximately 30% to approximately 27%. The Company recorded a non-cash gain of $1.7 million, increasing the Company’s investment balance. Additionally, a loss of $2.0 million was recognized for the proportionate share of the diluted ownership for amounts previously recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The net loss of $0.3 million was included in equity in earnings (losses), net of taxes, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. On July 29, 2021, the Company sold 2.2 million shares further reducing its ownership from approximately 27% to approximately 25% in Vasconia for net cash proceeds of approximately $3.1 million, as a result the Company recorded a gain of $1.0 million, after decreasing the Company’s investment balance. The gain on the sale resulted in a tax expense of $0.1 million. Additionally, a loss of $1.4 million was recognized for the proportionate share of the reduced ownership for amounts previously recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The net loss, including taxes, of $0.5 million was included in equity in earnings (losses), net of taxes, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. The Company continues to apply the equity method of accounting. The value of the Company’s investment balance has been translated from Mexican Pesos (“MXN”) to U.S. Dollars (“USD”) using the spot rates of MXN 20.54 and MXN 19.88 at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company’s proportionate share of Vasconia’s net income has been translated from MXN to USD using the following exchange rates:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Average exchange rate (USD to MXN) | 20.01 |  | 22.06 |  | 20.01 - 20.33 |  | 19.91 - 23.31
The effect of the translation of the Company’s investment, as well as the translation of Vasconia’s balance sheet, resulted in an increase to the investment of $1.3 million and a decrease of $3.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. These translation effects are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss. Summarized income statement information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 for Vasconia in USD and MXN is as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2021 |  | 2020
| USD |  | MXN |  | USD |  | MXN
Net sales | $ | 61,783 |  |  | $ | 1,236,289 |  |  | $ | 39,565 |  |  | $ | 872,647 |
Gross profit | 12,958 |  |  | 259,285 |  |  | 9,556 |  |  | 210,770 |
Income from operations | 3,886 |  |  | 77,756 |  |  | 2,957 |  |  | 65,229 |
Net income | 2,952 |  |  | 59,063 |  |  | 536 |  |  | 11,812 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2021 |  | 2020
| USD |  | MXN |  | USD |  | MXN
Net sales | $ | 174,468 |  |  | $ | 3,508,858 |  |  | $ | 99,932 |  |  | $ | 2,171,695 |
Gross profit | 40,837 |  |  | 821,125 |  |  | 21,025 |  |  | 459,731 |
Income from operations | 14,169 |  |  | 284,799 |  |  | 3,821 |  |  | 87,229 |
Net income (loss) | 4,562 |  |  | 91,063 |  |  | (36) |  |  | (6,344) |
The Company recorded equity in earnings of Vasconia, net of taxes, of $0.7 million and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The Company recorded equity in earnings (losses) of Vasconia, net of taxes, of $0.1 million and $(0.2) million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Included within the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets were the following amounts due to and due from Vasconia (in thousands):
Vasconia due to and due from balances | Balance Sheet Location |  | September 30, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Amounts due from Vasconia | Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | $ | 69 |  |  | $ | 55 |
Amounts due to Vasconia | Accrued expenses and Accounts payable |  | (58) |  |  | (91) |
As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair value (based on Level 1 inputs using the quoted stock price) of the Company’s investment in Vasconia was $33.7 million and $32.8 million, respectively. The carrying value of the Company’s investment in Vasconia was $22.1 million and $20.0 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Lifetime Brands Do Brasil Participacoes Ltda., a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company, was dissolved on May 5, 2020. The subsidiary held a note receivable relating to the 2016 sale of its 40% equity interest in GS International S/A (“GSI”), a wholesale distributor of branded housewares products in Brazil, which was accounted for as an equity method investment. The final installment due on the note receivable was received prior to dissolution of the subsidiary. Foreign currency translation losses of $0.2 million, which were previously recorded as a component of stockholder’s equity within accumulated other comprehensive loss, were recognized in earnings upon dissolution of this subsidiary for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The Company included this loss within equity in earnings (losses), net of taxes.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2196965 + Details
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