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Description of Business (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure
For a more detailed description of each brand’s products and markets in which they served, see Part I, Item 1 “Business” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 1, 2020 (the “Fiscal 2020 10-K”). The Company’s brands had the following store counts as of October 31, 2020:
Ann TaylorLOFTLane BryantJusticeTotal
2395894801081,416
Net sales, operating (loss) income and depreciation and amortization expense for each reportable operating segment are as follows:
 Three Months Ended
October 31,
2020
November 2,
2019
 (millions)
Net sales:  
Premium Fashion
$306.5 $585.0 
Plus Fashion170.2 220.7 
Kids Fashion96.3 254.8 
Total net sales$573.0 $1,060.5 
Operating (loss) income (a):
  
Premium Fashion$(155.2)$27.0 
Plus Fashion1.8 (8.6)
Kids Fashion(21.8)(8.1)
Unallocated restructuring and other related charges (b)
(1.3)(3.8)
Total operating (loss) income$(176.5)$6.5 
Depreciation and amortization expense:  
Premium Fashion$29.6 $32.7 
Plus Fashion13.1 14.5 
Kids Fashion4.5 19.1 
Total depreciation and amortization expense$47.2 $66.3 
(a) For the three months ended October 31, 2020 and November 2, 2019, respectively, the Dressbarn and Catherines businesses were classified as discontinued operations within the condensed consolidated financial statements. As a result, shared expenses of $26.5 million for the three months ended November 2, 2019, which were previously allocated to Dressbarn and Catherines have been reallocated to the remaining operating units.
(b) Restructuring and other related charges are as follows:
Three Months Ended
October 31,
2020
November 2,
2019
(millions)
Cash related charges (i):
  
   Severance and benefit costs:
 Premium Fashion$(0.9)$(0.4)
 Plus Fashion0.2 (0.3)
 Kids Fashion2.0 (0.1)
      Corporate(0.1)4.6 
Total severance and benefit costs1.2 3.8 
Professional fees and other related charges:
Corporate0.1 — 
Total professional fees and other related charges0.1 — 
Total cash related charges1.3 3.8 
Total restructuring and other related charges$1.3 $3.8 
(i) The charges incurred under the Company’s cost reduction initiatives are more fully described in Note 8.