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Financial report summary
?Risks
- We depend on Transform Holdco to provide us with most key products and services for our business. Consequently, if Transform Holdco is unwilling, unable, or otherwise fails to provide these key products and services or if Transform Holdco’s brands are impaired, we could be materially and adversely affected.
- The service fees we are obligated to pay to Transform Holdco are not firm and higher service fees could result.
- We depend on Transform Holdco and other vendors to provide our inventory.
- We rely on Transform Holdco and other third parties to provide us with key products and services in connection with the administration of many critical aspects of our business, and we may be required to develop our own systems quickly in order to reduce such dependence.
- If our relationships with our vendors, including Transform Holdco, were to be impaired, it could have a negative impact on our competitive position and our business and financial performance.
- We license from Transform Holdco the use of our current store names, specified domain names, and specified trademarks used to brand our products.
- Several of our agreements with subsidiaries of Transform Holdco contain early termination provisions that are outside of our control and, if triggered, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to operate our business and our financial performance.
- The sale of KCD Products to other retailers, including certain of our competitors, may adversely affect our results of operations.
- Our agreements with Transform Holdco restrict our ability to expand into certain geographic areas.
- We may have been able to receive better terms from unaffiliated third parties than the terms we received in our agreements with Transform Holdco.
- We may not be able to continue to resolve successfully future contractual disputes and other conflicts with Transform Holdco.
- If we fail to offer merchandise and services that our customers want, our sales may be limited, which would reduce our revenues and profits.
- Our business has been and will continue to be affected by worldwide economic conditions; a failure of the economy to sustain its recovery, a renewed decline in consumer-spending levels and other conditions, including inflation, could lead to reduced revenues and gross margins, and negatively impact our results of operations.
- If we do not successfully manage our inventory levels, our operating results will be adversely affected.
- If we are unable to compete effectively in the highly competitive retail industry, our business and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
- Our operating results are tied in part to the success of our dealers and franchisees, and the inability of our dealers and franchisees to continue operating their stores profitably could adversely affect our operating results.
- Our dealers and franchisees may damage our business or increase our costs by failing to comply with our agreements and operating standards of our dealer and franchise agreements.
- Our sales may fluctuate for a variety of reasons, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
- ESL Investments, Inc. and its investment affiliates, whose interests may be different from the interests of other stockholders, are able to exert substantial control and influence over our Company.
- We may be subject to product liability claims if people or properties are harmed by the products we sell or the services we offer.
- We may be subject to periodic litigation and regulatory proceedings. These proceedings may be affected by changes in laws and government regulations or changes in the enforcement thereof.
- If we do not maintain the security of our customer, associate, and company information, we could damage our reputation, incur substantial additional costs, and become subject to litigation.
- If we are unable to renew or enter into new store leases on competitive terms, our revenues or results of operations could be negatively impacted.
- If we fail to timely and effectively obtain shipments of product from our vendors and deliver merchandise to our customers, our operating results will be adversely affected.
- Failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls in accordance with Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley could have a material adverse effect on our business and the market price of our common stock.
- We and our subsidiaries may incur additional debt, which could substantially reduce our profitability, limit our ability to pursue certain business opportunities, and reduce the value of your investment.
- Increases in interest rates would increase the cost of servicing our debt and could reduce our profitability.
- We have capital needs and may not be able to refinance our existing indebtedness and obtain additional financing on acceptable terms.
- If our share price fluctuates, you could lose all or a significant part of your investment.
- Our common stock may have a low trading volume and limited liquidity, resulting from a continued lack of analyst coverage and institutional interest.
- Our common stock price may decline if ESL decides to sell a portion of its holdings of our common stock.
- Your percentage ownership in us may be diluted in the future.
- We do not expect to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
Management Discussion
- SEARS HOMETOWN AND OUTLET STORES, INC.
- Comparable store sales include merchandise sales for all stores operating for a period of at least 12 full months, including remodeled and expanded stores but excluding store relocations and stores that have undergone format changes. Comparable store sales include online transactions fulfilled and recorded by SHO and give effect to the change in the unshipped sales reserves recorded at the end of each reporting period.