UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021

 

or

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                to

 

Commission File Number: 001-38555
 
THE LOVESAC COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 32-0514958
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

 

Two Landmark Square, Suite 300  
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 636-1223

 

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share LOVE The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files) ☒ Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
  Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

 

As of December 8, 2020,September 7, 2021, there were 14,683,13815,118,514 shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, outstanding.

 

 

 

 

THE LOVESAC COMPANY

 

FORM 10-Q

INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

NOVEMBERAUGUST 1, 20202021

 

Page
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION1
Item 1.Financial Statements1
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 (unaudited) and February 2, 2020January 31, 20211
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2021 and August 2, 2020 and November 3, 2019 (unaudited)2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2021 and August 2, 2020 and November 3, 2019 (unaudited)3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2021 and August 2, 2020 and November 3, 2019 (unaudited)4
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)5
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations1415
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk2629
Item 4.Controls and Procedures2629
PARTPart II. OTHER INFORMATION2730
Item 1.Legal Proceedings2730
Item 1A.Risk Factors2730
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds2730
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities2730
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures2730
Item 5.Other Information2730
Item 6.Exhibits2831

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Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1933, as amended,1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,other legal authority, which statements may involve substantial risk and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans, or intentions. Forward-looking

You should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements. We cannot assure you that the events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements containedwill be achieved or occur at all or on a specified timeframe. The cautionary statements set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including in Part I – Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and elsewhere, identify important factors which you should consider in evaluating our forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, statements about:among other things:

the effect and consequences of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) public health crisis on matters including U.S. and local economies, our business operations and continuity, the availability of corporate and consumer financing, the health and productivity of our associates, the ability of third-party providers to continue uninterrupted service, and the regulatory environment in which we operate;

 

 our ability to sustain recent growth rates;

 

 our ability to sustain the recent increase in our Internet sales;

 

 our ability to manage the growth of our operations over time;

 

 our ability to maintain, grow and enforce our brand and trademark rights;

 

 our ability to improve our products and develop new products;

 

 our ability to obtain, grow and enforce intellectual property related to our business and avoid infringement or other violation of the intellectual property rights of others;

 

 our ability to successfully open and operate new showrooms; and

the impact of any systems interruptions that impair customer access to our sites or other performance failures in our technology infrastructure;

any decline in consumer spending including due to negative impact from economic conditions;

 

 our ability to compete and succeed in a highly competitive and evolving industry.industry; and

the effect and consequences of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) public health crisis on our business operations and continuity.

 

We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors described in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q forfiled with the quarterly periods ended May 3, 2020Securities and August 2, 2020,Exchange Commission and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We cannot assure you that the results, events, and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur at all or on a specified timeline, and actual results, events, or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

 

The forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions, or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, or investments we may make.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

THE LOVESAC COMPANY

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

 

 

November 1,
2020
  February 2,
2020
 
  (unaudited)    
Assets      
Current Assets      
Cash and cash equivalents $47,686,348  $48,538,827 
Trade accounts receivable  7,231,414   7,188,925 
Merchandise inventories  57,758,331   36,399,862 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  10,869,620   8,050,122 
         
Total Current Assets  123,545,713   100,177,736 
         
Property and Equipment, Net  25,906,210   23,844,261 
         
Other Assets        
Goodwill  143,562   143,562 
Intangible assets, net  1,419,527   1,352,161 
Deferred financing costs, net  113,338   146,047 
         
Total Other Assets  1,676,427   1,641,770 
         
Total Assets $151,128,350  $125,663,767 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity        
Current Liabilities        
Accounts payable $25,223,308  $19,887,611 
Accrued expenses  16,900,124   8,567,580 
Payroll payable  4,561,285   887,415 
Customer deposits  11,668,451   1,653,597 
Sales taxes payable  1,134,883   1,404,792 
Total Current Liabilities  59,488,051   32,400,995 
         
Deferred rent  6,387,801   3,108,245 
         
Line of credit  -   - 
         
Total Liabilities  65,875,852   35,509,240 
         
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred Stock $0.00001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of November 1, 2020 and February 2, 2020.  -   - 
Common Stock $.00001 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized, 14,683,138 shares issued and outstanding as of November 1, 2020 and 14,472,611 shares issued and outstanding as of February 2, 2020.  147   145 
Additional paid-in capital  170,391,395   168,317,210 
Accumulated deficit  (85,139,044)  (78,162,828)
         
Stockholders’ Equity  85,252,498   90,154,527 
         
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $151,128,350  $125,663,767 

  August 1,
2021
  January 31,
2021
 
  (unaudited)    
Assets      
Current Assets      
Cash and cash equivalents $68,487,569  $78,341,101 
Trade accounts receivable  7,363,359   4,513,460 
Merchandise inventories  74,991,843   50,416,712 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  10,602,702   10,128,353 
         
Total Current Assets  161,445,473   143,399,626 
         
Property and equipment, net  29,530,483   25,867,980 
         
Operating lease right-of-use assets  88,900,462   - 
         
Other Assets        
Goodwill  143,562   143,562 
Intangible assets, net  1,189,013   1,517,032 
Deferred financing costs, net  45,335   90,671 
         
Total Other Assets  1,377,910   1,751,265 
         
Total Assets $281,254,328  $171,018,871 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity        
Current Liabilities        
Accounts payable $25,888,209  $24,310,972 
Accrued expenses  19,867,021   17,187,694 
Payroll payable  4,821,714   6,361,677 
Customer deposits  13,365,940   5,992,633 
Current operating lease liabilities  14,536,004   - 
Sales taxes payable  2,139,824   2,470,593 
         
Total Current Liabilities  80,618,712   56,323,569 
         
Deferred Rent  -   6,748,747 
         
Operating Lease Liability, long-term  83,707,124   - 
         
Line of Credit  115   - 
         
Total Liabilities  164,325,951   63,072,316 
         
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred Stock $0.00001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding as of August 1, 2021 and January 31, 2021.  -   - 
Common Stock $.00001 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized, 15,105,826 shares issued and outstanding as of August 1, 2021 and 15,011,556 shares issued and outstanding as of January 31, 2021.  151   150 
Additional paid-in capital  169,855,660   171,382,086 
Accumulated deficit  (52,927,434)  (63,435,681)
         
Stockholders’ Equity  116,928,377   107,946,555 
         
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $281,254,328  $171,018,871 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


 

 

THE LOVESAC COMPANY

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

  Thirteen weeks ended  Thirty-nine weeks ended 
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
 
Net sales $74,742,200  $52,097,232  $191,060,017  $141,202,010 
Cost of merchandise sold  33,434,372   25,843,532   91,413,080   69,670,642 
Gross profit  41,307,828   26,253,700   99,646,937   71,531,368 
Operating expenses                
Selling, general and administration expenses  25,945,632   24,484,791   75,160,559   70,302,779 
Advertising and marketing  10,975,176   7,258,284   26,337,298   18,717,517 
Depreciation and amortization  1,853,922   1,377,659   5,033,484   3,649,072 
Total operating expenses  38,774,730   33,120,734   106,531,341   92,669,368 
                 
Operating income (loss)  2,533,098   (6,867,034)  (6,884,404)  (21,138,000)
Interest (expense) income, net  (43,860)  134,416   (22,233)  538,306 
Net income (loss) before taxes  2,489,238   (6,732,618)  (6,906,637)  (20,599,694)
Provision for income taxes  (10,779)  (15,692)  (69,579)  (21,392)
Net income (loss) $2,478,459  $(6,748,310) $(6,976,216) $(20,621,086)
                 
Net income (loss) per common share:                
Basic $0.17  $(0.46) $(0.48) $(1.45)
Diluted $0.16  $(0.46) $(0.48) $(1.45)
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:                
Basic  14,561,835   14,538,586   14,520,282   14,179,995 
Diluted  15,581,487   14,538,586   14,520,282   14,179,995 

  Thirteen weeks ended  Twenty-six weeks ended 
  August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
  August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
 
Net sales $102,447,339  $61,945,410  $185,362,758  $116,317,817 
Cost of merchandise sold  43,415,701   30,889,870   80,255,012   57,978,708 
Gross profit  59,031,638   31,055,540   105,107,746   58,339,109 
Operating expenses                
Selling, general and administration expenses  35,385,196   23,383,525   66,103,378   49,214,927 
Advertising and marketing  13,035,551   7,166,537   23,715,916   15,362,122 
Depreciation and amortization  1,602,543   1,543,902   4,022,247   3,179,562 
Total operating expenses  50,023,290   32,093,964   93,841,541   67,756,611 
                 
Operating income (loss)  9,008,348   (1,038,424)  11,266,205   (9,417,502)
Interest (expense) income, net  (45,426)  (34,729)  (89,564)  21,627 
Net income (loss) before taxes  8,962,922   (1,073,153)  11,176,641   (9,395,875)
Provision for income taxes  (515,208)  (33,771)  (668,394)  (58,800)
Net income (loss) $8,447,714  $(1,106,924) $10,508,247  $(9,454,675)
                 
Net income (loss) per common share:                
Basic $0.56  $(0.08) $0.70  $(0.65)
Diluted $0.52  $(0.08) $0.66  $(0.65)
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:                
Basic  15,096,528   14,518,929   15,034,954   14,499,505 
Diluted  16,100,927   14,518,929   16,039,352   14,499,505 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


 

 

THE LOVESAC COMPANY

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY 

FOR THE THIRTEEN AND THIRTY-NINETWENTY-SIX WEEKS ENDED NOVEMBERAUGUST 1, 20202021 AND NOVEMBER 3, 2019AUGUST 2, 2020

(unaudited)

  Common  Additional Paid-in  Accumulated    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Total 
Balance - February 3, 2019  13,588,568  $136   141,727,807  $(62,957,809) $78,770,134 
                     
Net loss  -   -   -   (9,101,777)  (9,101,777)
Equity based compensation  -   -   3,222,563   -   3,222,563 
Vested restricted stock units  158,329   2   (3,164,134)  -   (3,164,132)
Exercise of warrants  5,138   -   4,000   -   4,000 
Balance - May 5, 2019  13,752,035   138   141,790,236   (72,059,586)  69,730,788 
                     
Net loss  -   -   -   (4,770,999)  (4,770,999)
Equity based compensation  -   -   170,536   -   170,536 
Vested restricted stock units  14,443   -   (179,086)  -   (179,086)
Issuance of common shares, net  750,000   7   25,609,993   -   25,610,000 
Exercise of warrants  22,108   -   8,000   -   8,000 
Balance - August 4, 2019  14,538,586   145   167,399,679   (76,830,585)  90,569,239 
                     
Net loss  -   -   -   (6,748,310)  (6,748,310)
Equity based compensation  -   -   627,879   -   627,879 
Tax payments received on vested restricted stock units  -   -   914   -   914 
Balance - November 3, 2019  14,538,586  $145  $168,028,472  $(83,578,895) $84,449,722 
                     
Balance - February 2, 2020  14,472,611  $145  $168,317,210  $(78,162,828) $90,154,527 
Net loss  -   -   -   (8,347,751)  (8,347,751)
Equity based compensation  -   -   898,077   -   898,077 
Vested restricted stock units  35,776   -   -   -   - 
Taxes paid for net share settlement of equity awards  -   -   (149,512)  -   (149,512)
Balance - May 3, 2020  14,508,387   145   169,065,775   (86,510,579)  82,555,341 
                     
Net loss  -   -   -   (1,106,924)  (1,106,924)
Equity based compensation  -   -   677,106   -   677,106 
Vested restricted stock units  19,192   -   -   -   - 
Taxes paid for net share settlement of equity awards  -   -   (305,908)  -   (305,908)
Balance - August 2, 2020  14,527,579   145   169,436,973   (87,617,503)  81,819,615 
                     
Net income  -   -   -   2,478,459   2,478,459 
Equity based compensation  -   -   1,063,445   -   1,063,445 
Vested restricted stock units  18,725   -   -   -   - 
Exercise of Warrants  136,834   2   (2)  -   - 
Taxes paid for net share settlement of equity awards  -   -   (109,021)  -   (109,021)
Balance - November 1, 2020  14,683,138  $147  $170,391,395  $(85,139,044) $85,252,498 

  Common  Additional Paid-in  Accumulated    
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Total 
Balance - February 2, 2020  14,472,611  $145  $168,317,210  $(78,162,828) $90,154,527 
Net loss  -   -   -   (8,347,751)  (8,347,751)
Equity based compensation  -   -   898,077   -   898,077 
Vested restricted stock units  35,776   -   -   -   - 
Taxes paid for net share settlement of equity awards  -   -   (149,512)  -   (149,512)
Balance - May 3, 2020  14,508,387   145   169,065,775   (86,510,579)  82,555,341 
                     
Net loss  -   -   -   (1,106,924)  (1,106,924)
Equity based compensation  -   -   677,106   -   677,106 
Vested restricted stock units  19,192   -   -   -   - 
Taxes paid for net share settlement of equity awards  -   -   (305,908)  -   (305,908)
Balance - August 2, 2020  14,527,579  $145  $169,436,973  $(87,617,503) $81,819,615 
                     
Balance - January 31, 2021  15,011,556  $150  $171,382,086  $(63,435,681) $107,946,555 
Net income  -   -   -   2,060,533   2,060,533 
Equity based compensation  -   -   654,472   -   654,472 
Vested restricted stock units  4,868   -   -   -   - 
Exercise of Warrants  2,106   -   20,000   -   20,000 
Balance - May 2, 2021  15,018,530  $150  $172,056,558  $(61,375,148) $110,681,560 
                     
Net income  -   -   -   8,447,714   8,447,714 
Equity based compensation  -   -   1,084,716   -   1,084,716 
Vested restricted stock units  78,446   1   (1)  -   - 
Exercise of Warrants  8,850   -   84,000   -   84,000 
Taxes paid for net share settlement of equity awards  -   -   (3,369,613)  -   (3,369,613)
Balance - August 1, 2021  15,105,826  $151  $169,855,660  $(52,927,434) $116,928,377 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


 

 

THE LOVESAC COMPANY

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

  Twenty-six weeks ended 
  August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities      
Net income (loss) $10,508,247  $(9,454,675)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment  3,479,175   3,015,012 
Amortization of other intangible assets  543,072   164,550 
Amortization of deferred financing fees  45,336   42,394 
Net loss on disposal of property and equipment  -   5,487 
Equity based compensation  1,739,188   1,575,183 
Deferred rent  -   2,360,113 
Non-cash operating lease cost  9,012,071   - 
Impairment of right of use lease asset  553,990   - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Trade accounts receivable  (2,849,899)  961,404 
Merchandise inventories  (24,575,131)  (4,614,759)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  460,419   2,375,123 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  2,830,247   8,201,988 
Operating lease liabilities  (8,351,325)  - 
Customer deposits  7,373,307   7,441,436 
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities  768,697   12,073,256 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities        
Purchase of property and equipment  (7,141,678)  (4,917,262)
Payments for patents and trademarks  (215,053)  (354,143)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  (7,356,731)  (5,271,405)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities        
Taxes paid for net share settlement of equity awards  (3,369,613)  (455,420)
Proceeds from the exercise of warrants  104,000   - 
Proceeds from the line of credit  115   - 
Payment of deferred financing costs  -   (50,000)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities  (3,265,498)  (505,420)
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents  (9,853,532)  6,296,431 
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning  78,341,101   48,538,827 
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Ending $68,487,569  $54,835,258 
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures        
Cash paid for taxes $669,899  $58,800 
Cash paid for interest $31,504  $37,557 

  Thirty-nine weeks ended 
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities      
Net loss $(6,976,216) $(20,621,086)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment  4,603,971   3,457,737 
Amortization of other intangible assets  429,513   191,335 
Amortization of deferred financing fees  65,062   54,768 
Net loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment  5,487   (166,865)
Equity based compensation  2,638,628   4,020,978 
Deferred rent  3,279,556   903,945 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Trade accounts receivable  (42,489)  (4,625,978)
Merchandise inventories  (21,358,469)  (24,052,012)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  (2,801,852)  (2,781,766)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  17,072,202   4,812,508 
Customer deposits  10,014,855   2,367,227 
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities  6,930,248   (36,439,209)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities        
Purchase of property and equipment  (6,671,407)  (6,834,382)
Payments for patents and trademarks  (496,879)  (449,278)
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment  -   300,000 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  (7,168,286)  (6,983,660)
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities        
Proceeds from the issuance of common shares, net  -   25,610,000 
Taxes paid for net share settlement of equity awards  (564,441)  (3,342,304)
Proceeds from the issuance of warrants, net  -   12,000 
Paydowns of line of credit  -   (31,373)
Payment of deferred financing costs  (50,000)  - 
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities  (614,441)  22,248,323 
         
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents  (852,479)  (21,174,546)
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning  48,538,827   49,070,952 
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Ending $47,686,348  $27,896,406 
         
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures        
Cash paid for taxes $69,579  $6,706 
Cash paid for interest $61,685  $38,632 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


 

THE LOVESAC COMPANY

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THIRTEEN AND THIRTY-NINETWENTY-SIX WEEKS ENDED NOVEMBERAUGUST 1, 20202021 AND NOVEMBER 3, 2019AUGUST 2, 2020

 

NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION, OPERATIONS AND LIQUIDITY

 

The condensed consolidated balance sheet of The Lovesac Company (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) as of February 2, 2020,January 31, 2021, which has been derived from our audited financial statements as of and for the 52-week year ended February 2, 2020,January 31, 2021, and the accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements, prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. The financial information presented herein, which is not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full current fiscal year, reflects all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements filed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2020.January 31, 2021.

 

Due to the seasonality of the Company’s business, with the majority of our activity occurring in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, the results of operations for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019August 2, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year.

Nature of Operations

 

The Company is a technology driven company that designs, manufactures and sells unique, high quality furniture derived through its proprietary “Designed for Life” approach which results in products that are built to last a lifetime and designed to evolve as our customers’ lives do. The Company markets and sells its products through modern and efficient showrooms and, increasingly, through online sales primarily online directly at www.lovesac.com, supported by direct-to-consumer touch-feel points in the form of our own showrooms as well as through shop-in-shops and online pop-up-shops with third party retailers. The Company was formed as a Delaware corporation on January 3, 2017, in connection with a corporate reorganization with SAC Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SAC LLC”), the predecessor entity to the Company.

COVID-19

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a global pandemic and, in the following weeks, manythe U.S. statesfederal, state and localitieslocal governments issued lockdown orders and related safety measures impacting the operations of our showrooms and consumer demand. Since then,Although there has been a general improvement in conditions, there continues to be significant uncertainties around the COVID-19 situation withinscope and severity of the U.S. has rapidly escalated. On March 18, 2020,pandemic, its impact on the Company closed all showroom locations. All showrooms have since fully reopened to the walk-in phase. The Company hasglobal economy, including supply chains, and willother business disruptions that may impact our operating results and financial condition. We continue to follow the guidance ofissued by federal, state and local governments as well asand health organizations and have taken measures to determineprotect the operating status of its showrooms. Additionally, the Company implemented a reduction in workforce of approximately 447 part time employees (representing 57%safety of our total headcount) as well as a temporary reduction in executive cash compensation. Cash compensation was reduced by 20% for Shawn Nelson, Chief Executive Officer, Jack Krause, Presidentassociates and Chief Operating Officer,customers.

Operations and Donna Dellomo, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The base salaries of all other senior management and full-time headquarter team members has been temporarily reduced by graduated amounts.The Company’s Board of Directors has also agreed to a temporary reduction of its retainer and monitoring fees and an extension of the associated payment timeline. The Company continues to monitor the situation closely and it is possible that the Company will implement further measures. As of November 1, 2020, we have re-hired 348 part time showroom associates to assist with showroom sales. As of October 1, 2020, we restored cash compensation for all headquarter associates other then senior management.Liquidity 

 

The Company hashad incurred significant operating losses and used cash in its operating activities since inception.inception through fiscal 2020. Operating losses have resulted from inadequate sales levels for the cost structure and expenses as a result of impact of tariffs on inventory, expanding into new markets, opening new showrooms, and investments into advertising, marketing and infrastructure to support increases in revenues. The Company plans to continue to open new retail showrooms in larger markets and increase its shop-in-shop relationships to increase sales levels and invest in advertising and marketing initiatives to increase brand awareness. Of course, thereawareness and invest in infrastructure to support growth of the Company. There can be no assurance that anticipated sales levels will be achieved. The Company believes that based on its current sales and expense levels, projections for the next twelve months, current cash on hand and the credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, see Note 7, the Company will have sufficient working capital to cover operating cash needs through the twelve monthtwelve-month period from the financial statement issuance date.


 


NOTE 2 – RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

Except as described below, the Company has considered all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and does not believe the adoption of such pronouncements will have a material impact on its financial statements. The Company, as an emerging growth company, has elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards.

 

The following new accounting pronouncements and related impacts on adoption are being evaluated by the Company:were adopted in fiscal 2022:

 

In February 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) amending lease guidance to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. ASU No. 2020-05 extended the effective date to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022,2021, with early adoption permitted. The Company will adoptadopted the guidance in fiscal 2022 and there was not a material effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations.

Adoption of this standard resulted in fiscal 2022. Management has evaluated the impact ASU No. 2016-02 will have on these condensed consolidated financial statements. Basedrecognition of operating lease right-to-use (“ROU”) assets and corresponding lease liabilities of approximately $90 million and $97 million, respectively, and reclassification of deferred rent of $6.7 million as a reduction of the right-of-use assets on the initial evaluation, we have determined that adopting this standard will have a material impact on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as we have a significant number of operating leases.  

While we continue to assess all of the effects of adoption, we currently believe the most significant effects relate to the recognition of new Right of Use “ROU” assets and lease liabilities on our balance sheet for our showroom and office real estate leases. We do not expect a significant change in our leasing activities between now and adoption. On adoption, we currently expect to recognize additional liabilities of approximately $91 million, of which $14 million will be short-term and $77 million will be long-term with corresponding ROU assets of the same amount based on the present value of the remaining minimum rental payments under current leasing standards for existing operating leases.February 1, 2021. The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity’s ongoing accounting. We currently expect to electelected the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. This means, for those leases that qualify, we will not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities, and this includes not recognizing ROU assets or lease liabilities for existing short-term leases of those assets in transition. We also currently expect to electelected the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting (Topic 718). ASU 2018-07 eliminates the separate accounting model for nonemployee share-based payment awards and generally requires companies to account for share-based payment transactions with nonemployees in the same way as share-based payment transactions with employees. The accounting remains different for attribution, which represents how the equity-based payment cost is recognized over the vesting period, and a contractual term election for valuing nonemployee equity share options. ASU 2018-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than an entity’s adoption of Topic 606. Management does not expect there to be a material impact on these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 3 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

 

A summary of intangible assets follows:

 

   November 1, 2020    August 1, 2021 
 Estimated Life  Gross Carrying Amount   Accumulated Amortization   Net carrying amount  Estimated Life Gross Carrying Amount  Accumulated Amortization  Net carrying amount 
Patents  10 Years $2,265,157  $(1,083,303) $1,181,854  10 Years $2,559,400  $(1,532,308) $1,027,092 
Trademarks  3 Years  1,180,316   (942,643)  237,673  3 Years  1,282,315   (1,120,394)  161,921 
Other intangibles  5 Years  839,737   (839,737)  -  5 Years  839,737   (839,737)  - 
Total   $4,285,210  $(2,865,683) $1,419,527  $4,681,452  $(3,492,439) $1,189,013 

 

   February 2, 2020    January 31, 2021 
 Estimated Life  Gross Carrying Amount   Accumulated Amortization   Net carrying amount  Estimated Life Gross Carrying Amount  Accumulated Amortization  Net carrying amount 
Patents 10 Years $1,965,794  $(846,898) $1,118,896  10 Years $2,387,328  $(1,128,997) $1,258,331 
Trademarks 3 Years  982,800   (749,535)  233,265  3 Years  1,239,334   (980,633)  258,701 
Other intangibles 5 Years  839,737   (839,737)  -  5 Years  839,737   (839,737)  - 
Total   $3,788,331  $(2,436,170) $1,352,161  $4,466,399  $(2,949,367) $1,517,032 

 


Amortization expense associated with intangible assets subject to amortization is included in depreciation and amortization expense on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. Amortization expense on other intangible assets was $264,963$79,751 and $67,665$86,179 and $429,513$543,072 and $191,335$164,550 for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019,August 2, 2020, respectively.

 

As of NovemberAugust 1, 2020,2021, estimated future amortization expense associated with intangible assets subject to amortization is as follows:

 

Remainder of Fiscal 2022 $136,604 
2023  175,868 
2024  158,462 
2025  129,307 
2026  125,848 
2027  124,195 
Thereafter  338,729 
  $1,189,013 

Remainder of Fiscal 2021 $73,676 
2022  247,358 
2023  199,067 
2024  163,860 
2025  145,107 
2026  143,647 
Thereafter  446,812 
  $1,419,527 


 

NOTE 4 – INCOME TAXES

 

The Company continues to provide a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty as to when business conditions will improve sufficiently to enable it to utilize its deferred tax assets. As a result, the Company did not record a federal or state tax benefit on its operating losses for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020.

 

The Company does not anticipate any material adjustments relating to unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months; however, the ultimate outcome of tax matters is uncertain and unforeseen results can occur. We had 0no material interest or penalties during the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019,August 2, 2020, respectively, and we do not anticipate any such items during the next twelve months. Our policy is to record interest and penalties directly related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

NOTE 5 – BASIC AND DILUTED NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

 

Basic earningsnet income (loss) per common share is computed asby dividing net earnings dividedincome (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding forduring the period. Diluted earningsnet income (loss) per common share is computed asby dividing net earnings dividedincome (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and common stock equivalents outstanding forduring the period.

Diluted net income(loss)income (loss) per common share includes, in periods in which they are dilutive, the effect of those potentially dilutive securities where the average market price of the common stock exceeds the exercise prices for the respective periods.

 

For the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020, there were 495,366 shares2021, the effects of common stock underlying stock options of potentially dilutive shares which may be issued in the future that were excluded from the diluted net income per share calculation because the effect of including these potentially dilutive shares was antidilutive.

For the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020, there were 1,973,607 of potentially dilutive shares which may be issued in the future, including 685,743558,021 shares of common stock related to restricted stock units, 495,366 shares of common stock underlying stock options and warrants to purchase 792,498281,750 shares of common stock. Forstock were included in the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019,diluted share calculation.

As of August 2, 2020, there were 1,729,331 of2,241,802 potentially dilutive shares which may be issued in the future, including 194,845707,316 shares of common stock related to restricted stock units, 495,366 shares of common stock underlying stock options and warrants to purchase 1,039,120 shares of common stock. These were excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation in the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, because the effect of including these potentially dilutive shares was antidilutive.

 


NOTE 6 – COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCY AND RELATED PARTIES

 

Operating Lease CommitmentsLeases

 

The Company leases its office, warehouse facilities and retail showrooms under operating lease agreements which expire at various dates through SeptemberJune 2031. Monthly payments relatedThe Company determines if a contract contains a lease at inception based on our right to control the use of an identified asset and our right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of that identified asset. Certain operating leases have renewal options and rent escalation clauses. We assess these leases range from $2,040options to $45,600.determine if we are reasonably certain of exercising these options based on all relevant economic and financial factors. Any options that meet these criteria are included in the lease term at lease commencement.

 

Expected future annual minimum rentalLease right-of-use assets represent the right to use an underlying asset pursuant to the lease for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments under thesearising from the lease. Lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement of an arrangement where it is determined at inception that a lease exists. These assets and liabilities are initially recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term calculated using our incremental borrowing rate generally applicable to the location of the lease right-of-use asset, unless an implicit rate is readily determinable. We combine lease and certain non-lease components for our showroom real estate leases follow:in determining the lease payments subject to the initial present value calculation. Lease right-of-use assets include upfront lease payments and exclude lease incentives, where applicable. Lease terms include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that those options will be exercised.


Lease expense for operating leases consists of both fixed and variable components. Expense related to fixed lease payments are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease payments are generally expensed as incurred, where applicable, and include certain index-based changes in rent, certain non-lease components, such as maintenance and other services provided by the lessor, and other charges included in the lease. Leases with an initial term of twelve months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. In addition, certain of our equipment lease agreements include variable lease payments, which are based on the usage of the underlying asset. The variable portion of payments are not included in the initial measurement of the asset or lease liability due to uncertainty of the payment amount and are recorded as lease expense in the period incurred.

 

Remainder 2021 $2,300,868 
2022  13,459,948 
2023  12,490,576 
2024  12,315,871 
2025  11,586,640 
2026  10,153,556 
Thereafter  27,467,238 
  $89,774,697 

ASC 842 requires companies to use the rate implicit in the lease whenever that rate is readily determinable and if the interest rate is not readily determinable, then a lessee may use its incremental borrowing rate. Most of our leases do not have an interest rate implicit in the lease. As a result, for purposes of measuring our ROU asset and lease liability, we determined our incremental borrowing rate by computing the rate of interest that we would have to pay to (i) borrow on a collateralized basis (ii) over a similar term (iii) at an amount equal to the total lease payments and (iv) in a similar economic environment. We used the incremental borrowing rates we determined as of February 1, 2021 for operating leases that commenced prior to that date. In the case an interest rate is implicit in a lease we will use that rate as the discount rate for that lease. The lease term for all of our lease arrangements include the noncancelable period of the lease plus, if applicable, any additional periods covered by an option to extend the lease that is reasonably certain to be exercised by the Company. Our leases generally do not include termination options for either party to the lease or restrictive financial or other covenants. Some of our leases contain variable lease payments based on a Consumer Price Index or percentage of sales, which are excluded from the measurement of the lease liability.

 

The Company’s lease terms and rates are as follows:

August 1,
2021
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)
Operating Leases7.0
Weighted average discount rate
Operating Leases3.76%

During the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, we recognized operating lease expense of $4.6 million and $9.1 million, respectively. In addition, during the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, we recognized $3.0 million and $4.3 million, respectively, for index-based changes in rent, maintenance, real estate taxes, insurance and other charges included in the lease as well as rental expenses related to short term leases.

During the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, we recognized impairment charges totaling $0.6 million associated with showroom-level ROU assets that are included as part of selling, general and administrative expenses. We did not recognize any impairment charges associated with showroom-level ROU assets during fiscal year 2021 as we did not adopt the guidance in ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) until fiscal 2022.

The following table discloses the location and amount of our operating lease costs within our condensed consolidated balance sheets:

  Balance sheet location August 1,
2021
 
Assets     
Operating leases Operating lease right-of-use assets (non-current) $88,900,462 
       
Liabilities      
Current:      
Operating leases Current operating lease liabilities  14,536,004 
       
Noncurrent:      
Operating leases Operating lease liability, long term  83,707,124 
       
Total lease liabilities   $98,243,128 


The table below reconciles the undiscounted future minimum lease payments (displayed by year and in the aggregate) under noncancelable leases with terms of more than one year to the total lease liabilities recognized on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of August 1, 2021:

Remainder 2022 $7,512,755 
2023  17,725,139 
2024  17,140,692 
2025  15,967,063 
2026  14,291,166 
Thereafter  40,311,548 
Total undiscounted future minimum lease payments  112,948,363 
Less:inputed interest  (14,705,235)
Total present value of lease obligations  98,243,128 
Less: current operating lease liability  (14,536,004)
Operating lease liability- long term $83,707,124 

Supplemental Cash Flow information and non-cash activity related to our operating leases is as follows (in thousands):

  For the
twenty-six
weeks ended
August 1,
2021
 
Operating cash flow information:   
Amounts paid on operating lease liabilities $8,351 
Non-cash activities    
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations $96,560 

Severance Contingency

 

The Company has various employment agreements with its senior level executives. A number of these agreements have severance provisions, ranging from 12 to 18 months of salary, in the event those employees are terminated without cause. The total amount of exposure to the Company under these agreements was $3,165,978$4.7 million at NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 if all executives with employment agreements were terminated without cause and the full amount of severance was payable.

Legal Contingency

 

The Company is involved in various legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. Management cannot presently predict the outcome of these matters, although management believes, based in part on the advice of counsel, that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a materially adverse effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Related Parties

 

Our equity sponsor Mistral Capital Management, LLC (“Mistral”) performsperformed management services for the Company under a contractual agreement.agreement that ended on January 31, 2021. Certain of our directors are members and principals of Mistral. Management fees incurred weretotaled approximately $100,000 and $300,000$200,000 for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 1,August 2, 2020, and November 3, 2019, respectively, and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses. There were $40,000 and $2,000no amounts payable and accrued expenses to Mistral as of NovemberAugust 1, 20202021. Amounts payable to Mistral as of January 31, 2021 were $15,213 related to reimbursable fees and February 2, 2020 respectively and arewere included in accrued expensesliabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company also reimbursed Mistral for out of pocket expenses incurred in the amount of $0 and $16,113 during the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2020 and November 3, 2019, respectively. The Company reimbursed Mistral for expenses incurred in the amount of $0 and $39,000 for out of pocket expenses for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020 and November 3, 2019, respectively.


Our equity sponsor Satori Capital, LLC (“Satori”) performsperformed management services for the Company under a contractual agreement.agreement that ended on January 31, 2021. One of our directors is a principal ofpartner at Satori. Management fees incurred weretotaled approximately $25,000 and $75,000$50,000 for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 1,August 2, 2020, and November 3, 2019, respectively, and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses. There were no amounts payable to Satori as of August 2, 2021. Amounts payable to Satori as of November 1, 2020 was $30,000 and is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Amounts payable to Satori as of February 2, 2020January 31, 2021 were $95,000$8,333 consisting of $25,000 in management fees and $70,000 of reimbursable expenses which were included in accounts payable and accrued expensesliabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company reimbursed Satori for expenses incurred in the amount of $0 and $36,401 for out-of-pocket expenses for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021 and August 2, 2020, respectively. There were no such reimbursements during the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2021 and August 2, 2020, and November 3, 2019, respectively.

 

The Company engaged Blueport Commerce (“Blueport”), a company owned in part by investment vehicles affiliated with Mistral, as an ecommerce platform in February 2018. One of our directors iswas also a director of Blueport. The Company terminated the Blueport contract in fiscal 2021 in order to launch a new enhanced ecommerce platform. There were $442,267$1,218,278 and $435,000$1,701,126 of fees incurred with Blueport sales transacted through the Blueport platform during the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended November 1,August 2, 2020, and November 3, 2019, respectively, and $2,143,392 and $1,202,831 during the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020 and November 3, 2019, respectively. There was an additional $663,572 of fees incurred with Blueport during the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2020 related to Lovesac’s early termination of our contract in order to launch a new enhanced ecommerce platform. The amountwere no amounts payable to Blueport as of NovemberAugust 1, 2020 was $331,786 related to the early termination fee2021 and is included in accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The amount payable to Blueport as of February 2, 2020 was $150,508 and is included in accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.January 31, 2021, respectively.  

  


NOTE 7 – FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS

 

On February 6, 2018, theThe Company establishedhas a line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells”). The line of credit with Wells allows the Company to borrow up to $25.0 million and will mature in February 2023. Borrowings are limited to 90% of eligible credit card receivables plus 85% of eligible wholesale receivables plus 85% of the net recovery percentage for the eligible inventory multiplied by the value of such eligible inventory of the Company for the period from December 16 of each year until October 14 of the immediately following year, with a seasonal increase to 90% of the net recovery percentage for the period from October 15 of each year until December 15 of such year, seasonal advance rate, minus applicable reserves established by Wells. As of NovemberAugust 1, 2020,2021 and February 2, 2020,January 31, 2021, the Company’s borrowing availability under the line of credit with Wells Fargo was $19.2$22.5 million and $13.5$15.9 million, respectively. As of NovemberAugust 1 2020, and February 2, 2020,2021, we had borrowings of $115 relating to fees associated with the line of credit. As of January 31, 2021, there were 0no borrowings outstanding on this line of credit.

 

Under the line of credit with Wells, the Company may elect that revolving loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the base rate plus the applicable margin or the LIBOR rate plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin is based on tier’s relating to the quarterly average excess availability. The tiers range from 2.00% to 2.25%. As of November 1, 2020, the rate was 2.00%. The loan agreement calls for certain covenants including a timing of the financial statement’s threshold and a minimum excess availability threshold.

NOTE 8 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock Warrants

 

In fiscal 2020, the Company issued 18,166 warrants to a third party in connection with previous equity raise. These warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes model. The warrants had a fair value of approximately $130,000. Of these warrants, 17,396 were exercised on May 14, 2019.

The warrants may be exercised at any time following the date of issuance during the period prior to their expiration date. The fair value of each warrant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model. Expected volatilities are based on comparable companies’ historical volatility, with consideration of the Company’s volatility, which management believes represents the most accurate basis for estimating expected future volatility under the current circumstances. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. treasury yield in effect at the time of the grant.

  May 2019 
Warrants  18,166 
Expected volatility  44%
Expected dividend yield  0%
Expected term (in years)  3.00 
Risk-free interest rate  2.69%
Exercise price $16.00 
Calculated fair value of warrant $7.16 


The following represents warrant activity during the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019:August 2, 2020:

 

 Average
exercise price
  

Number of

warrants

  Weighted
average
remaining
contractual life
(in years)
 
Warrants Outstanding at February 3, 2019 $16.83   1,067,475   2.93 
Warrants issued  16.00   18,166   2.40 
Expired and canceled  -   -   - 
Exercised  16.00   (46,521)  (2.15)
Warrants Outstanding at November 3, 2019 $16.83   1,039,120   2.18 
             Average  exercise price  Number of warrants  Weighted  average  remaining contractual life (in years) 
Warrants Outstanding at February 2, 2020 $16.83   1,039,120   1.93  $16.83   1,039,120   1.93 
Warrants issued  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Expired and canceled  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Exercised  16.00   (246,622)  0.71   -   -   - 
Outstanding at November 1, 2020 $17.14   792,498   1.37 
Outstanding at August 2, 2020 $16.83   1,039,120   1.43 
            
Warrants Outstanding at January 31, 2021 $19.07   293,973   2.57 
Warrants issued  -   -   - 
Expired and canceled  9.83   (98)  - 
Exercised  16.00   (12,125)  (0.09)
Outstanding at August 1, 2021 $19.20   281,750   1.91 

 

The majorityIn the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, a total of the 46,5215,625 warrants were exercised in fiscal 2020 and all of the 246,622 warrants exercised in fiscal 2021 wereon a cashless basis, whereby the holders received fewer shares of common stock in lieu of a cash payment to the Company, whichCompany. Warrants exercised in the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021 resulted in the issuance of 27,246 and 136,83410,956 common sharesshares. There were 98 warrants that expired in fiscals 2020 and 2021, respectively.the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021.

 

Equity Incentive PlansPlan

 

The Company adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”“2017 Equity Plan”) which provides for Awardsawards in the form of Options, Stock Appreciationstock options, stock appreciation rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Performancerestricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance shares, Performance Units, Cash-Based Awardsperformance units, cash-based awards and Other Stock-Basedother stock-based Awards. All awards shall be granted within 10 years from the effective date of the 2017 Equity Plan. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2017 Equity Plan was 2,104,889 at August 1, 2021.


Stock Options

 

In June 2019, the Company granted 495,366 non-statutory stock options to certain officers of the Company with an option price of $38.10 per share. 100% of the stock options are subject to vesting on the first trading day afterthird anniversary of the date on whichof grant if the officers is still employed by the Company and the average closing price of the Company’s common stock pricefor the prior 40 consecutive trading days has been at least $75 for 60 consecutive trading days so long as this goal has been attained by the third anniversary of the grant. Both the employment and the market condition must be satisfied no later than June 5, 20222024 or the options will terminate. These options were valued using a Monte Carlo simulation model to account for the path dependent market conditions that stipulate when and whether or not the options shall vest.

The 495,366 stock options were modified in fiscal 2021 to extend the term of the options through June 5, 2024. This resulted in additional compensation of approximately $874,000, of which, $315,000 was recorded upon modification and the remaining expense to be recognized over the remaining expected term. The modificationmarket condition was met on June 5, 2021, which was the date on which the average closing price of the option term resulted in approximately $0.4 million inCompany’s common stock had been at least $75 for 40 consecutive trading days. The options will vest and become exercisable on June 5, 2022 as long as the officers are still employed on that date. As a result of the market condition being met, the Company accelerated the amortization and recognized additional equitystock-based compensation expense recorded during the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020.2021 of approximately $0.2 million.

 

In December 2019, SAC LLC distributed the shares of the Company’s common stock it held. In connection with the distribution, officers of the Company agreed to exchange and modify options that were held at SAC LLC for shares of vested common stock of the Company. Pursuant to the exchange, SAC LLC transferred 175,478 shares of common stock to the Company and the Company immediately cancelled these shares. The Company then issued to the former option holders an equivalent number of shares under the Plan and withheld 73,507 shares to satisfy taxes associated with the issuance.

In June 2020, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Plan that increased the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan by 690,000 shares of common stock. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan increased from 1,414,889 to 2,104,889 shares of common stock.


A summary of the status of our stock options as of NovemberAugust 1, 2021 and August 2, 2020, and the changes during the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2021 and August 2, 2020 is presented below:

 

 Number of
options
  Weighted
average
exercise price
  Weighted
average
remaining
contractual life
(in years)
  Average
intrinsic value
  Number of options  Weighted average exercise price  Weighted  average  remaining contractual life (in years)  Average intrinsic value 
Outstanding at February 2, 2020  495,366  $38.10   2.34   -   495,366  $38.10   2.34                 - 
Exercised  -               -             
Expired and canceled  -               -             
Vested  -             
Outstanding at November 1, 2020  495,366  $38.10   3.59   - 
Outstanding at August 2, 2020  495,366  $38.10   3.84   - 
Exercisable at the end of the period  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
                
 Number of options  Weighted average exercise price  Weighted  average  remaining contractual life (in years)  Average intrinsic value 
Outstanding at January 31, 2021  495,366  $38.10   3.35   - 
Granted  -   -         
Canceled and forfeited  -   -         
Outstanding at August 1, 2021  495,366  $38.10   2.85  $35.32 
Exercisable at the end of the period  -   -   -   - 


Restricted Stock Units

 

A summary of the status of our unvested restricted stock units as of NovemberAugust 1, 2021 and August 2, 2020, and changes during the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks then ended, is presented below:

 

 Number of
shares
  Weighted
average grant
date fair value
  Number of shares  Weighted average grant date fair value 
Unvested at February 3, 2019 377,286  $11.16 
Unvested at February 2, 2020  183,053  $21.34 
Granted 130,898   23.63   607,656   17.67 
Forfeited (19,154)  16.93   (782)  13.49 
Vested  (294,185)  12.59   (82,611)  14.83 
Unvested at November 3, 2019  194,845  $20.94 
Unvested at August 2, 2020  707,316  $19.07 

 

 Number of
shares
  Weighted
average grant
date fair value
  Number of shares  Weighted average grant date fair value 
Unvested at February 2, 2020  183,053  $21.34 
Unvested at January 31, 2021  655,558  $18.86 
Granted  611,086   17.83   63,456   80.40 
Forfeited  (3,078)  15.27   (7,904)  19.27 
Vested  (105,318)  15.83   (153,089)  20.20 
Unvested at November 1, 2020  685,743  $19.19 
Unvested at August 1, 2021  558,021  $25.52 

  

Equity based compensation expense was approximately $1.1 million and $2.6$1.8 million for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021 and $0.7 million and $1.6 million and for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 1,August 2, 2020, and $0.6 million and $4.0 million and for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019, respectively. In the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019, all the unvested restricted stock units for certain senior executives of the Company vested according to the accelerated vesting trigger in their restricted stock unit agreements. The triggering event was the market capitalization of the Company post-IPO, exceeding $300 million for 60 consecutive trading days and the expiration of the lockup period. This accelerated vesting resulted in equity-based compensation in the amount of $2.9 million.

 

The total unrecognized restricted stock unitequity-based compensation cost related to non-vestedunvested restricted stock awards was approximately $5.5$6.1 million as of NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and will be recognized in operations over a weighted average period of 2.411.89 years.

 


NOTE 9 – EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN

 

In February 2017, the Company established the TLC 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) with Elective Deferrals beginning May 1, 2017. The 401(k) Plan calls for Elective Deferral Contributions, Safe Harbor Matching Contributions and Profit-Sharing Contributions. All employeesassociates of the Company (except for union employees and nonresident aliens) will be eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan as of the day of the month which is coincident with or next follows the date on which they attain age 21 and complete one month of service. Participants will be able to contribute up to 100% of their eligible compensation to the 401(k) Plan subject to limitations with the IRS. The employer contributions to the 401(k) Plan were $$111,905$242,801 and $89,708$398,483 for the thirteen weeks and the twenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019$117,190 and $346,376 and $280,820$234,470 for the thirty-ninethirteen and twenty-six weeks ended November 1, 2020 and November 3, 2019, respectively. Amounts payable to the 401(k) Plan as of November 1, 2020 and FebruaryAugust 2, 2020, were $247,112 and $0, respectively, and are included in accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheetsrespectively.

 

NOTE 10 – SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

The Company has determined that the Company operates within a single reporting segment. The chief operating decision makers of the Company are the Chief Executive Officer and President. The Company’s operating segments are aggregated for financial reporting purposes because they are similar in each of the following areas including economic characteristics, class of consumer, nature of products and distribution method and products are a singular group of products which make up over 95% of net sales.

 

  Thirteen weeks ended  Thirty-nine weeks ended 
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
 
Sactionals $63,303,012  $43,118,496  $160,655,033  $114,290,733 
Sacs  10,196,739   7,808,417   27,722,572   23,357,660 
Other  1,242,449   1,170,319   2,682,412   3,553,617 
  $74,742,200  $52,097,232  $191,060,017  $141,202,010 

  Thirteen weeks ended  Twenty-six weeks ended 
  August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
  August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
 
             
Sactionals $89,173,770  $53,544,454  $163,184,299  $97,352,021 
Sacs  11,716,347   7,868,761   18,857,220   17,525,833 
Other  1,557,222   532,195   3,321,239   1,439,963 
  $102,447,339  $61,945,410  $185,362,758  $116,317,817 

 


NOTE 11 – BARTER ARRANGEMENTS

The Company has a bartering arrangement with Icon International, Inc. (“Icon”), a vendor, whereby the Company will provide inventory in exchange for media credits. During fiscal 2020,2021, the Company exchanged $1,097,488$3,169,825 of inventory plus the cost of freight for certain media credits. To account for the exchange, the Company recorded the transfer of the inventory asset as a reduction of inventory and an increase to a prepaid media asset account of $1,055,185$2,937,035 which is included in “Prepaid and other current assets” on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. During the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020,first half of fiscal 2022, the Company used $374,423$1,084,292 in media credits. There was anwere no additional barter arrangementarrangements entered into during the thirteen weeks ended November 1 2020. During the thirteenand twenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020, the Company exchanged $432,630 of inventory plus the cost of freight for certain media credits, related to the recent barter arrangement. These costs are included in “Prepaid and other current assets” on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.2021. The Company had $432,630$1,436,979 and $374,423$2,521,271 of unused media credits remaining as of NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and February 2, 2020,January 31, 2021, respectively.

The Company accounts for barter transactions under ASC Topic No. 845 “Nonmonetary Transactions.” Barter transactions with commercial substance are recorded at the estimated fair value of the products exchanged, unless the products received have a more readily determinable estimated fair value. Revenue associated with barter transactions is recorded at the time of the exchange of the related assets.


NOTE 12 – REVENUE RECOGNITION

The Company implemented ASU 2015-04, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, “ASC 606”), in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 using modified retrospective method, which required the Company to apply the new guidance retrospectively to revenue transactions completed on or after the effective date. Adopting this new standard had no material financial impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements but did result in enhanced presentation and disclosures.

The Company’s revenue consists substantially of product sales. The Company reports product sales net of discounts and recognizes them at the point in time when control transfers to the customer, which occurs when shipment is confirmed.

Estimated refunds for returns and allowances are recorded using our historical return patterns, adjusting for any changes in returns policies. The Company records estimated refunds for net sales returns on a monthly basis as a reduction of net sales and cost of sales on the condensed consolidated statement of operations and an increase in inventory and customers returns liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and February 2, 2020,January 31, 2021, there was a returns allowance recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet in the amount of $1,593,840$1,534,078 and $2,177,715,$2,226,723, respectively, which was included in accrued expenses and $192,856$319,361 and $442,390,$334,896, respectively, associated with sales returns included in merchandise inventories.

In some cases, deposits are received before the Company transfers control, resulting in contract liabilities. These contract liabilities are reported as deposits on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and February 2, 2020,January 31, 2021, the Company recorded under customer deposit liabilities the amount of $11,668,452$13,365,940 and $1,653,597,$5,992,633, respectively. During the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019,August 2, 2020, the Company recognized approximately $1,653,597$5,992,633 and $1,059,957,$1,653,597, respectively, related to our customer deposits.

Upon adoption of ASC 606, we have elected the following accounting policies and practical expedients:

The Company recognizes shipping and handling expense as fulfilment activities (rather than as a promised good or service) when the activities are performed even if those activities are performed after the control of the good has been transferred. Accordingly, we record the expenses for shipping and handling activities at the same time we recognize revenue.

The Company excludes from the measurement of the transaction price all taxes imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction and collected by the Company from a customer, including sales, use, excise, value-added, and franchise taxes (collectively referred to as sales taxes).


The Company does not adjust revenue for the effects of any financing components if the contract has a duration of one year or less, as the Company receives payment from the customer within one year from when it transferred control of the related goods.

The Company offers its products through an inventory lean omni-channel platform that provides a seamless and meaningful experience to its customers in showrooms and through the internet. The otherOther channel predominantly represents sales through the use of pop-up shops that typically average ten days at a timeonline pop-up-shops and shop-in-shops that are staffed with associates trained to demonstrate and sell our product. The following represents sales disaggregated by channel:

 Thirteen weeks ended Thirty-nine weeks ended  Thirteen weeks ended Twenty-six weeks ended 
 November 1,
2020
 November 3,
2019
 November 1,
2020
 November 3,
2019
  August 1,
2021
 August 2,
2020
 August 1,
2021
 August 2,
2020
 
Showrooms $41,538,063  $32,473,878  $72,506,769  $90,660,653  $62,594,191  $12,850,565  $111,580,066  $30,968,706 
Internet  25,709,964   11,415,819   101,848,016   29,331,302   29,480,191   46,074,015   54,655,220   76,138,052 
Other  7,494,173   8,207,535   16,705,232   21,210,055   10,372,957   3,020,830   19,127,472   9,211,059 
 $74,742,200  $52,097,232  $191,060,017  $141,202,010  $102,447,339  $61,945,410  $185,362,758  $116,317,817 

The Company has no foreign operations and its sales to foreign countries was less than .01% of total net sales in both fiscal 2022 and 2021.

The Company had no customers in fiscal 2022 or 2021 that comprise more than 10% of total net sales.

See Note 10 for sales disaggregated by product.

NOTE 13 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has evaluated events and transactions subsequent to November 1, 2020 through the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued.


 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2020.January 31, 2021. As discussed in the section titled “Forward-Looking Statements,” the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to, those identified in the Forward-Looking Statements section herein and set forth below and those discussed in the sections titled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” herein and in our most recent report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We operate on a 52- or 53-week fiscal year that ends on the Sunday closest to February 1. Each fiscal year generally is comprised of four 13-week fiscal quarters, although in the years with 53 weeks, the fourth quarter represents a 14-week period.

Overview

We are a technology driven company that designs, manufactures and sells unique, high quality furniture derived through our proprietary “Designed for Life” approach which results in products that are built to last a lifetime and designed to evolve as our customers’ lives do. Our current product offering is comprised of modular couches called Sactionals, premium foam beanbag chairs called Sacs, and their associated home decor accessories. Innovation is at the center of our design philosophy with all of our core products protected by a robust portfolio of utility patents. We market and sell our products primarily online directly at www.lovesac.com, supported by direct-to-consumer touch-feel points in the form of our own showrooms as well as through shop-in-shops and online pop-up-shops with third party retailers.retailers. We believe that our ecommerce centric approach, coupled with our ability to deliver our large, upholstered products through express couriers, is unique to the furniture industry.

The name “Lovesac” was derived from our original innovative product, a premium foam beanbag chair, the Sac. The Sac was developed in 1995 and provided the foundation for the Company. We believe that the large size, comfortable foam filling and irreverent branding of our Sacs products have been instrumental in growing a loyal customer base and our positive, fun image. Sales of this product were $10.2 million and $27.7 million in the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020, as compared to $7.8 million and $23.4 million for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019.

Our Sactional product line represents a majority of our sales. Sactionals are a couch system that consists of two components, seats and sides, which can be arranged, rearranged and expanded into thousands of configurations easily and without tools. Our Sactional products include a number of patented features relating to their geometry and modularity, coupling mechanisms and other features. We believe that these high quality, premium priced products enhance our brand image and customer loyalty and expect them to continue to garner a significant share of our sales. Our Sactionals represented 84.7% and 84.1% of our sales for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020, respectively or $63.3 million and $160.7 million as compared to 82.8% and 80.9% of sales for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019 or $43.1 million and $114.3 million, respectively.

Sacs and Sactionals come in a wide variety of colors and fabrics that allow consumers to customize their purchases in numerous configurations and styles. We provide lifetime warranties on our Sactional frames and the foam used in both product lines, and 3-year warranties on our covers. Our Designed for Life trademark reflects our dynamic product line that is built to last and evolve throughout a customer’s life. Customers can continually update their Sacs and Sactionals with new covers, additions, and configurations to accommodate changes in their family and housing situations.

We believe that our products complement one another and have generated a loyal customer base, evidenced by our recent estimate of 35% of our transactions in fiscal 2020 from repeat customers. We believe the strength of our brand is reflected in the number of customers who routinely share their purchases of Lovesac products with their friends through social media, often displaying our logos or company name in their posts. Our customers include celebrities and other influencers who support our brand through postings made on an uncompensated and unsolicited basis.

We market and sell our products through 107 showrooms at top tier malls, lifestyle centers and street locations in 36 states in the U.S. Our modern, efficient showrooms are designed to appeal to millennials and other purchasers looking for comfortable, enduring, premium furniture. They showcase the different sizes of our Sacs, the myriad forms into which our Sactionals can be configured, and the large variety of fabrics that can be used to cover our products. Our retail showrooms are technology driven and focus on educating prospective customers about the many benefits of our unique products, enabling us to require just 498 to 1,794 square feet for each showroom. All of our showroom locations closed in March 2020 as a result of COVID-19, as further discussed below. All of our showrooms have since reopened to walk-in phase. We have followed and will continue to follow the guidance of federal, state, and local governments as well as local health organizations, to determine the operating status of our showrooms.


 

Through our direct-to-consumer sales approach, we also generate significant interest and demand and sell our products through our ecommerce platform. We believe our products are uniquely suited to this channel. Each of our Sactionals components weighs less than 50 pounds upon shipping and our foam-based Sacs can be reduced to one-eighth of their normal size. With furniture especially suited to ecommerce applications, our sales completed through this channel accounted for 34.4% and 53.3% of total sales for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020; up from 21.9% and 20.8% for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019. Our showrooms and other direct advertising and marketing efforts work in concert to drive brand and product research as well as customer conversion in ecommerce. As a result of COVID-19, we had shifted the focus of our salesforce to our ecommerce platform when our showrooms were closed and experienced accelerated sales growth through this channel. We have adapted our systems, technology and logistics capabilities to manage the increase in online demand. During the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2020, we launched a new ecommerce platform partnering with Adobe and Magento which contains numerous enhancements including the launch of an interactive 3D visualization product configuration experience that brings the customization found in showrooms to life on our website. We plan to continue to develop our digital capabilities and invest in our technological infrastructure.

We also utilize other sales channels, such as pop-up shops and shop-in-shops and will continue to explore other partnerships and opportunities to promote our products and to facilitate customers interacting with our products. The pop-up shop showrooms display select Sacs and Sactionals and are staffed with associates trained to demonstrate and sell our products. Unlike the pop-up shops which are typically 10-day shows, and pop-up locations, shop-in-shops are designed to be in permanent locations carrying the same digital technology of our showrooms and are also staffed with associates trained to demonstrate and sell our products. We have operated pop-up shop showrooms with Costco, as well as temporary online pop-ups on Costco.com. In the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020, we hosted 0 and 154 pop-up shop showrooms at Costco locations respectively, down from 192 and 560 Costco shop-in-shops hosted in the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019, respectively. We expect to continue hosting temporary online pop-ups on Costco.com and do not currently expect any contribution from Costco showroom pop-up shops for the balance of the fiscal year. We also have an ongoing relationship with Macy’s to operate shop-in-shop showrooms. Other sales which includes pop-up shop sales and shop-in-shop sales accounted for 10.0% and 8.7% of our total sales for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020, respectively, down from 15.8% and 15.0% for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019, respectively.

Net income was $2.5 million and net loss was $7.0 million for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020, respectively, and net losses were $6.7 million and $20.6 million for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019, respectively. SG&A as a percent to net sales for the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2020 decreased 12.3% primarily due to leveraging employment costs, rent, selling related expenses such as credit card fees and pop-up shop fees, and travel expenses, partially offset by an increase in equity compensation. SG&A as a percent to net sales for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020 decreased 10.5% primarily due to leveraging employment costs, rent, selling related expenses such as credit card fees and pop-up shop fees, equity based compensation and travel expenses, partially offset by increases in insurance and computer expense related to infrastructure investments.

Impact of COVID-19

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a global pandemic and, in the following weeks, manythe U.S. statesfederal, state and localitieslocal governments issued lockdown orders and related safety measures impacting the operations of our storesshowrooms and consumer demand. Since then,Although there has been a general improvement in conditions, there continues to be significant uncertainties around the COVID-19 situation withinscope and severity of the U.S. has rapidly escalated. On March 18, 2020, we closed all ofpandemic, its impact on the global economy, including supply chains, and other business disruptions that may impact our showroom locations. All showrooms have since fully reopened to the walk-in phase.operating results and financial condition. We have followed and will continue to follow the guidance ofissued by federal, state and local governments as well asand health organizations and have taken measures to determineprotect the operating statussafety of our showrooms. Additionally, we implemented a reduction in workforce of approximately 447 part time employees (representing 57% of our total headcount) as well as a temporary reduction in executive cash compensation. Cash compensation was reduced by 20% for Shawn Nelson, Chief Executive Officer, Jack Krause, Presidentassociates and Chief Operating Officer, and Donna Dellomo, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The base salaries of all other senior management and full-time headquarter team members has been temporarily reduced by graduated amounts. Our Board of Directors has also agreed to a temporary reduction of its retainer and monitoring fees and an extension of the associated payment timeline. As of November 1, 2020, we had hired 348 part time showroom associates to assist with showroom sales. As of October 1, 2020, we restored cash compensation for all headquarter associates other than senior management. We continue to monitor the situation closely and it is possible that we will implement further measures.customers.

While the COVID-19 pandemic led to shifts in the way in which we operate,operated in fiscal 2021, we continued to serve our customers through our online channels. Aschannels as our products can be easily configured, shopped online and delivered quickly in a touchless way, coupled with consumers’ demand for home related products and solutions,solutions. In fiscal 2022, our showroom sales have increased, including sales from shop-in-shop and pop-up-shops, and our internet sales have decreased demonstrating a customer shift back to in-store purchases. As our showrooms are now fully reopened, we experienced increasedcontinue to experience growth during this period. Ouras our net sales increased $22.6$69.0 million, or 43.5%59.4%, to $74.7$185.4 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, compared to $116.3 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020. Retail sales drove an increase of $80.6 million, or 260.3%, to $111.6 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021 compared to $31.0 million for the twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020. The increase in retail sales over the prior year period was mainly due to the limited showroom operations related to COVID-19 in the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2020 compared to $52.1 millionprior year period, which more than offset the decrease in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019 driven by our Internet sales, gradual re-opening of the comparative showrooms as well new showroom openings. Internetinternet sales (sales made directly to customers through our ecommerce channel) increased $14.3of $21.5 million, or 125.2%, to $25.7 million28.2% in the thirteentwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020 compared to $11.4 million for the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.2021. New customers increased by 34.0% in9.6% for the thirteentwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to 12.1% in52.5% for the thirteentwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.  We redeployed 221 full-time field associates, leveraging numerous formsAugust 2, 2020 due to large number of one-on-one virtual customer interactions such as Facebook live events, Facetime, text messaging and Podium chat systems. We believe that these tactics, which bolster our ongoing direct-to-consumer core competencies, allow us to capitalize on the accelerated growth and demand. Duenew internet customers acquired related to the significant growthHeroes campaign and the temporary closures of our ecommerce platform, we have adapted our systems, technology and supply chain and logistics capabilities to manage the increase in online demand. We plan to continue to develop our digital capabilities and invest in our technological infrastructure.some showroom locations.

 

In an effort to appropriately manage the business in this uncertain environment, we tightly managed our cash outlay. In addition to temporary reduction in compensation of employees and Board of Directors, we also tightly managed inventory purchases, marketing and promotion spend, working capital and capital expenditures. As a result, we had a cash and cash equivalent position of $47.7 million as of November 1, 2020.


Product Overview

Our products serve as a set of building blocks that can be rearranged, restyled and re-upholstered with any new setting, mitigating constant changes in fashion and style. They are built to last and evolve throughout a customer’s life.

Sactionals. Our Sactional product line currently represents a majority of our net sales. We believe our Sactionals platform is unlike competing products in its adaptability yet is comparable aesthetically to similarly priced premium couches and sectionals. Our Sactional products include a number of patented features relating to their geometry and modularity, coupling mechanisms and other features. Utilizing only two, standardized pieces, “seats” and “sides,” and approximately 200 high quality, tight-fitting covers that are removable, washable, and changeable, customers can create numerous permutations of a sectional couch with minimal effort. Customization is further enhanced with our specialty-shaped modular offerings, such as our wedge seat and roll arm side. Our custom features and accessories can be added easily and quickly to a Sactional to meet endless design, style, storage and utility preferences, reflecting our Designed for Life philosophy. Sactionals are built to meet the highest durability and structural standards applicable to fixed couches. Sactionals are comprised of standardized units and we guarantee their compatibility over time, which we believe is a major pillar of their value proposition to the consumer. Our Sactionals represented 87.0% and 88.0% of our sales for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021 as compared to 86.4% and 83.7% of our sales for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, respectively.

Sacs. We believe that our Sacs product line is a category leader in oversized beanbags. The Sac product line offers 6 different sizes ranging from 22 pounds to 95 pounds with capacity to seat 3+ people on the larger model Sacs. Filled with Durafoam, a blend of shredded foam, Sacs provide serene comfort and guaranteed durability. Their removable covers are machine washable and may be easily replaced with a wide selection of cover offerings.

Accessories. Our accessories complement our Sacs and Sactionals by increasing their adaptability to meet evolving consumer demands and preferences. Our current product line offers Sactional-specific drink holders, Footsac blankets, decorative pillows, fitted seat tables and ottomans in varying styles and finishes and our unique Sactionals Power Hub, providing our customers with the flexibility to customize their furnishings with decorative and practical add-ons to meet evolving style preferences.


Sales Channels

We offer our products through an omni-channel platform that provides a seamless and meaningful experience to our customers online and in-store. Our distribution strategy allows us to reach customers through four distinct, brand-enhancing channels.

Ecommerce. Through our ecommerce channel, we believe we are able to significantly enhance the consumer shopping experience for home furnishings, driving deeper brand engagement and loyalty, while also realizing more favorable margins than our showroom locations. We believe our robust technological capabilities position us well to benefit from the growing consumer preference to transact at home and via mobile devices. With furniture especially suited to ecommerce applications, our net sales completed through this channel accounted for 29% and 30% of total net sales for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, respectively, down from 74% and 66% of total net sales for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, respectively.

Showrooms. We market and sell our products through 123 showrooms at top tier malls, lifestyle centers and street locations in 38 states in the U.S. We carefully select the best small-footprint retail locations in high-end malls and lifestyle centers for our showrooms. Compared to traditional retailers, our showrooms require significantly less square footage because of our need to have only a few in-store sample configurations for display and our ability to stack our inventory for immediate sale. The architecture and layout of these showrooms is designed to communicate our brand personality and key product features. Our goal is to educate first-time customers, creating an environment where people can touch, feel, read, and understand the technology behind our products. We are updating and remodeling many of our showrooms to reflect our new showroom concept, which emphasizes our unique product platform, and will be the standard for future showrooms. Our new showroom concept utilizes technology in more experiential ways to increase traffic and sales. Net sales completed through this channel accounted for 61% and 60% of total net sales for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, respectively, up from 21% and 27% of total net sales for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, respectively.

Other touchpoints. We augment our showrooms with other touchpoint strategies including online pop-up-shops and shop-in-shops. We utilize in store pop-up-shops to increase the number of locations where customers can experience and purchase our products, a low-cost alternative to drive brand awareness, in store sales, and ecommerce sales. These in-store pop-up-shops are staffed similarly to our showrooms with associates trained to demonstrate and sell our products and promote our brand. Unlike the in-store pop-up-shops which are typically 10-day shows, and pop-up locations, shop-in-shops are designed to be in permanent locations carrying the same digital technology of our showrooms and are also staffed with associates trained to demonstrate and sell our products. Shop-in-shops require less capital expenditure to open a productive space to drive brand awareness and touchpoint opportunities for demonstrating and selling our products. We did not host any in-store pop-up-shops in the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021. We hosted 19 and 154 in store pop-up-shops at Costco for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, respectively.

We operated 2 and 4 temporary online pop-up-shops on Costco.com for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, respectively, up from 1 and 2 for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, respectively. We expect to continue hosting temporary online pop-ups on Costco.com and do not currently expect any further contribution from Costco for in-store pop-up-shops. We operated 4 Best Buy shop-in-shops for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, respectively, up from 3 for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, respectively. Other sales which includes pop-up-shop sales and shop-in-shop sales accounted for 10.1% and 10.3% of our total sales for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021, respectively, up from 4.9% and 7.9% of our total sales for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, respectively.


 

SELECTED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

The following tables present our summary condensed consolidated financial and other data as of and for the periods indicated. The condensed consolidated statement of operations data and the condensed consolidated statement of cash flow data for the thirteen and thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2021 and August 2, 2020 and the summary condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of NovemberAugust 1, 2020,2021, are derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q and have been prepared on the same basis as the audited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

The summarized financial information presented below is derived from and should be read in conjunction with our audited condensed consolidated financial statements including the notes to those financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year and our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements including the notes to those financial statements both of which are included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q along with the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of our future results.

 

  Thirteen weeks ended  Thirty-nine weeks ended 
(dollars in thousands, except per share data) November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
 
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:            
Net Sales                
Showrooms $41,537  $32,474  $72,507  $90,661 
Internet  25,710   11,416   101,848   29,331 
Other  7,494   8,208   16,705   21,210 
Total net sales  74,741   52,098   191,060   141,202 
                 
Cost of merchandise sold  33,434   25,844   91,413   69,671 
                 
Gross profit  41,307   26,254   99,647   71,531 
Operating Expenses                
Selling, general and administrative expenses  25,945   24,485   75,161   70,303 
Advertising and marketing  10,974   7,258   26,337   18,718 
Depreciation and amortization  1,854   1,377   5,033   3,648 
                 
Total operating expenses  38,773   33,120   106,531   92,669 
                 
Operating income (loss)  2,534   (6,866)  (6,884)  (21,138)
                 
Interest (expense) income, net  (44)  134   (22)  538 
                 
Net income (loss) before taxes  2,490   (6,732)  (6,906)  (20,600)
                 
Provision for income taxes  (11)  (16)  (70)  (21)
                 
Net Income (Loss) $2,479  $(6,748) $(6,976) $(20,621)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders $2,479  $(6,748) $(6,976) $(20,621)
                 
Net Income (Loss) per Common Share:                
Basic (1) $0.17  $(0.46) $(0.48) $(1.45)
Diluted (1) $0.16  $(0.46) $(0.48) $(1.45)
                 
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income (loss) per common share                
Basic  14,561,835   14,538,586   14,520,282   14,179,995 
Diluted  15,581,487   14,538,586   14,520,282   14,179,995 

  Thirteen weeks ended  Twenty-six weeks ended 
(dollars in thousands, except per share data) August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
  August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
 
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:            
Net sales            
Showrooms $62,594  $12,850  $111,580  $30,969 
Internet  29,480   46,074   54,655   76,138 
Other  10,373   3,021   19,127   9,211 
Total net sales  102,447   61,945   185,362   116,318 
                 
Cost of merchandise sold  43,416   30,890   80,255   57,979 
                 
Gross profit  59,031   31,055   105,107   58,339 
Operating expenses                
Selling, general and administrative expenses  35,385   23,383   66,103   49,215 
Advertising and marketing  13,036   7,166   23,716   15,362 
Depreciation and amortization  1,603   1,544   4,022   3,180 
                 
Total operating expenses  50,024   32,093   93,841   67,757 
                 
Operating income (loss)  9,007   (1,038)  11,266   (9,418)
                 
Interest (expense) income, net  (45)  (35)  (90)  22 
                 
Net income (loss) before taxes  8,962   (1,073)  11,176   (9,396)
                 
Provision for income taxes  (515)  (34)  (668)  (59)
                 
Net income (loss) $8,447  $(1,107) $10,508  $(9,455)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders $8,447  $(1,107) $10,508  $(9,455)
                 
Net income (loss) per common share:                
Basic (1) $0.56  $(0.08) $0.70  $(0.65)
Diluted (1) $0.52  $(0.08) $0.66  $(0.65)
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:                
Basic  15,096,528   14,518,929   15,034,954   14,499,505 
Diluted  16,100,927   14,518,929   16,039,352   14,499,505 

 


 

  Thirteen weeks ended  Thirty-nine weeks ended 
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
 
(dollars in thousands)            
EBITDA (2)(3) $4,388  $(5,488) $(1,851) $(17,489)
Adjusted EBITDA (2)(3) $5,954  $(3,729) $2,437  $(11,695)

  Thirteen weeks ended  Twenty-six weeks ended 
(dollars in thousands) August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
  August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
 
             
EBITDA (2)(3) $10,610  $506  $15,288  $(6,238)
Adjusted EBITDA (2)(3) $12,403  $2,185  $17,735  $(3,516)

 

 As of  As of 
(dollars in thousands) November 1,
2020
 November 3,
2019
  August 1,
2021
 August 2,
2020
 
     
Balance Sheet Data:             
Cash and cash equivalents $47,686  $27,896  $68,488  $54,835 
Working capital  64,058   63,601   80,827   59,726 
Total assets  151,128   118,746   281,254   135,332 
Total liabilities  65,876   34,296   164,326   53,513 
Total stockholders’ equity  85,252   84,450   116,928   81,819 

 

  Thirty-nine weeks ended 
(dollars in thousands) November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
 
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash flow Data:      
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $6,930  $(36,438)
Net cash used in investing activities  (7,168)  (6,984)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (614)  22,247 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents  (852)  (21,175)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period  47,686   27,896 

  Twenty-six weeks ended 
(dollars in thousands) August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
 
       
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash flow Data:      
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities $769  $12,073 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  (7,357)  (5,271)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities  (3,265)  (505)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents  (9,853)  6,297 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period  68,488   54,835 

 

(1)For the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, see Note 5 and Note 8 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

(2)EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are “Non-GAAP Measures” that are supplemental measures of financial performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful measures of operating performance, as they eliminate expenses that are not reflective of the underlying business performance, facilitate a comparison of our operating performance on a consistent basis from period-to-period and provide for a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. Additionally, EBITDA is frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry. We use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, alongside GAAP measures such as gross profit, operating income (loss) and net income (loss), to measure and evaluate our operating performance and we believe these measures are useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance.


 

These Non-GAAP Measures should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss) or net income (loss) per share as a measure of financial performance, cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity, or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP. They should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. Additionally, our Non-GAAP Measures are not intended to be measures of free cash flow for management’s discretionary use, as they do not consider certain cash requirements such as tax payments and debt service requirements and certain other cash costs that recur in the future. Our Non-GAAP Measures contain certain other limitations, including the failure to reflect our cash expenditures, cash requirements for working capital needs and cash costs to replace assets being depreciated and amortized. In addition, our Non-GAAP Measures exclude certain non-recurring and other charges.

 

In the future, we may incur expenses that are the same as or similar to some of the adjustments in our Non-GAAP Measures. Our presentation of our Non-GAAP Measures should not be construed to imply that our future results will be unaffected by any such adjustments. Management compensates for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and by using our Non-GAAP Measures as supplemental information. Our Non-GAAP Measures are not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies due to different methods of calculation.

 


(3)We define “EBITDA” as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We define “Adjusted EBITDA” as EBITDA adjusted for the impact of certain non-cash and other items that we do not consider in our evaluation of ongoing operating performance. These items include management fees, equity-based compensation expense, write-offs of property and equipment, deferred rent, financing expenses and certain other charges and gains that we do not believe reflect our underlying business performance.

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

The following provides a reconciliation of netNet income (loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:

 

  Thirteen weeks ended  Thirteen weeks ended  Thirty-nine weeks ended  Thirty-nine weeks ended 
(dollars in thousands) November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
 
Net income (loss) $2,479  $(6,748) $(6,976) $(20,621)
Interest expense (income), net  44   (134)  22   (538)
Provision for income taxes  11   16   70   21 
Depreciation and amortization  1,854   1,378   5,033   3,649 
EBITDA  4,388   (5,488)  (1,851)  (17,489)
Management fees (a)  125   141   375   438 
Deferred Rent (b)  378   816   1,234   904 
Equity-based compensation (c)  1,063   628   2,638   4,021 
Net loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment (d)  -   -   5   (167)
Other non-recurring expenses (e)(f)  -   174   36   598 
Adjusted EBITDA $5,954  $(3,729) $2,437  $(11,695)

  Thirteen weeks
ended
  Thirteen weeks
ended
  Twenty-six weeks
ended
  Twenty-six weeks
ended
 
(dollars in thousands) August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
  

August 1,
2021

  August 2,
2020
 
Net income (loss) $8,447  $(1,107) $10,508  $(9,455)
Interest expense (income), net  45   35   90   (22)
Taxes  515   34   668   59 
Depreciation and amortization  1,603   1,544   4,022   3,180 
EBITDA  10,610   506   15,288   (6,238)
Management fees (a)  -   125   -   250 
Deferred rent (b)  -   872   -   856 
Equity-based compensation (c)  1,239   677   1,893   1,575 
Loss on disposal of property and equipment (d)  -   5   -   5 
Impairment of right of use lease asset (e)  554   -   554   - 
Other non-recurring expenses (f)(g)  -   -   -   36 
Adjusted EBITDA $12,403  $2,185  $17,735  $(3,516)

 

(a)Represents management fees and expenses charged by our equity sponsors.

(b)Represents the difference between rent expense recorded and the amount paid by the Company. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the Company records monthly rent expense equal to the total of the payments due over the lease term, divided by the number of months of the lease term.terms.  The Company adopted ASC 842 at the beginning of fiscal 2022 therefore we no longer recognize deferred rent.

(c)Represents expenses, such as compensation expense and employer taxes related to RSU equity vesting and exercises associated with stock options and restricted stock units granted to our officers, employeesassociates and board of directors.

(d)Represents the net loss (gain) on disposal of fixed assets.assets related to showroom remodels.

(e)Represents the impairment of the right of use lease asset for one showroom for which the fixed assets had been impaired in the prior fiscal quarter.
(f)There were no other non-recurring expenses in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020.2021 and August 2, 2020, respectively.
(g)There were no other non-recurring expenses in the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021. Other non-recurring expenses in the thirteentwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019 are made up of (1) $76 in financing fees associated with our primary and secondary offering and (2) $98 in executive recruitment fees.

(f)Other non-recurring expenses in the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1,August 2, 2020 are related to $36 in professional and legal fees related to financing initiatives. Other non-recurring expenses in the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019 are made up of (1) $247 in recruitment fees to build executive management team and Board of Directors; (2) $268 in fees associated with our primary and secondary shares offerings and (3) $83 in financing fees associated with our secondary offering.

 


 

How We Assess the Performance of Our Business

 

In assessing the performance of our business, weWe consider a variety of financial and operating measures, including the following:following, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.

 

Net Sales

 

Net sales reflect our sale of merchandise plus shipping and handling revenue less returns and discounts. Sales made at Company operated showrooms, including shop-in-shops and pop-up shops, and via the web are recognized in accordance with the guidance set forth in ASC 606, which is typically at the point of transference of title when the goods are shipped.

 

Gross Profit

 

Gross profit is equal to our net sales less cost of merchandise sold. Gross profit as a percentage of our net sales is referred to as gross margin. In September 2018, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative began imposing a 10 percent ad valorem duty on a subset of products imported from China, inclusive of various furniture product categories. In September 2019, the Office of U.S. Trade Representative imposed an additional 15 percent ad valorem duty on products imported from China.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses include all operating costs, other than advertising and marketing expense, not included in cost of merchandise sold. These expenses include all payroll and payroll-related expenses; showroom expenses, including occupancy costs related to showroom operations, such as rent and common area maintenance; occupancy and expenses related to many of our operations at our headquarters, including utilities, equity basedequity-based compensation, financing related expense and public company expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales is usually higher in lower volume quarters and lower in higher volume quarters because a significant portion of the costs are relatively fixed.

 

Our recent revenue growth has been accompanied by increased selling, general and administrative expenses. The most significant components of these increases are payroll and rent costs. We expect these expenses, as well as rent expense associated with the opening of new showrooms, to increase as we grow our business. We expect to leverage total selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales as sales volumes continue to grow. We expect to continue to invest in infrastructure to support the Company’s growth. These investments will lessen the impact of expense leveraging during the period of investment with the greater impact of expense leveraging happening after the period of investment. However, total selling, general and administrative expenses generally will leverage during the periods of investments with the most deleverage occurring in the first three quarters of the fiscal year, and the greatest leverage occurring in the fourth quarter.

 

Advertising and Marketing Expense

 

Advertising and marketing expense include digital, social, and traditional advertising and marketing initiatives that cover all of our business channels. Advertising and marketing expense is expected to continue to increase as a percentage to sales as we continue to invest in advertising and marketing which has accelerated sales growth.

 


Basis of Presentation and Results of Operations

 

The following table sets forth, for the periods presented, our condensed consolidated statement of operations data as a percentage of total revenues:

 

 Thirteen weeks ended Thirty-nine weeks ended  Thirteen weeks ended Twenty-six weeks ended 
 November 1,
2020
 November 3,
2019
 November 1,
2020
 November 3,
2019
  August 1,
2021
 August 2,
2020
 August 1,
2021
 August 2,
2020
 
Statement of Operations Data:                  
Net sales  100%  100%  100%  100%  100%  100%  100%  100%
Cost of merchandise sold  45%  50%  48%  49%  42%  50%  43%  50%
Gross profit  55%  50%  52%  51%  58%  50%  57%  50%
Selling, general and administrative expenses  35%  47%  39%  50%  35%  38%  36%  42%
Advertising and marketing  15%  14%  14%  13%  13%  12%  13%  13%
Depreciation and amortization  2%  2%  3%  3%  2%  2%  2%  3%
Operating income (loss)  3%  -13%  -4%  -15%  9%  -2%  6%  -8%
Interest (expense) income, net  0%  0%  0%  0%  0%  0%  0%  0%
Income (loss) before taxes  3%  -13%  -4%  -15%
Net income (loss) before taxes  9%  -2%  6%  -8%
Provision for income taxes  0%  0%  0%  0%  -1%  0%  0%  0%
Net income (loss)  3%  -13%  -4%  -15%  8%  -2%  6%  -8%


Thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 Compared to the Thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019August 2, 2020

 

Net sales

 

Net sales increased $22.6$40.5 million, or 43.5%65.4%, to $74.7$102.4 million in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $52.1$61.9 million in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The increase in overall net sales was driven by our Showroom and Other channel sales, partially offset by the decrease in Internet sales. New customers increased by 34.0%16.5% in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to 12.1%47.8% in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020 driven by the successful Heroes’ campaign. We had 107123 and 8497 showrooms as of NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019,August 2, 2020, respectively. We opened 107 additional showrooms, and we did not close or remodel any showrooms in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2021, as compared to opening 8 additional showrooms, closing 2 showrooms and remodeling 1 showroom in the thirteen weeks ended August 2, 2020. ShowroomsShowroom sales increased $9.1$49.7 million, or 27.9%387.1%, to $41.5$62.6 million in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $32.5$12.9 million in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. This increase was due in large part to our comparable showroom point of sales transaction increase of $7.4$40.3 million, or 25.5%290.9%, to $36.6$54.1 million in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021, compared to $29.1$13.8 million in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019 as well as the additionAugust 2, 2020, related to higher point of 23 new showrooms as compared to same in the prior year.sales transactions with lower promotional discounting. Point of sales transactions represent orders placed through our showrooms which does not always reflect the point at which control transfers to the customer, which occurs upon shipment being confirmed. See Note 12 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. We believe point of sales transactions is a more accurate way to measure showroom performance and how our showroom associates are incentivized. Retail sales per selling square foot increased $16,$418, or 3.5%215.6%, to $482$611 in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as a result of our comparable showroom point of sales transaction increase and point of sales transaction in the 23 new showrooms, compared to $466$194 in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. Total number of units sold at point of sales transaction increased by approximately 3.3%222.6% driven by higher comparable sales. The increase in comparable sales, retail sales per selling square foot and newtotal number of units sold over prior years is the result of limited showroom sales volumes.operations due to COVID-19 in the prior year period. Internet sales (sales made directly to customers through our ecommerce channel) increased $14.3decreased $16.6 million, or 125.2%36.0%, to $25.7$29.5 million in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $11.4$46.1 million forin the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019. We believe that the increaseAugust 2, 2020. The decrease in Internet sales was due primarily to our partialthe shift of sales into the internet channel in prior year as a result of the limited showroom closures relatedoperations due to the impact of COVID-19 and our increased advertising and marketing initiatives.COVID-19. Other sales, which include pop-up shoppop-up-shop sales and shop-in-shop sales decreased $0.7increased $7.4 million, or 8.7%243.4%, to $7.5$10.4 million in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $8.2$3.0 million in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. This decreaseincrease was due to no Costco in store pop-up shops as a result of vendor negotiations partially offset by shop-in-shops and the addition ofhosting 1 additional temporary online pop-upspop-up-shop on Costco.com.Costco.com compared to the prior year period and sales increase from shop-in-shop locations that were closed in the prior year period due to COVID-19.

 

Gross profit

 

Gross profit increased $15.1$28.0 million, or 57.3%90.1%, to $41.3$59.0 million in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 from $26.3$31.1 million in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. Gross margin increased to 55.3%57.6% of net sales in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 from 50.4%50.1% of net sales in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The 487 basis point increase in gross margin versus the prior year period reflects 535percentage of 749 basis points improvement in gross profit as a result of a reduction in promotional discounts, positive mix impact and lower product costs related to vendor negotiated tariff mitigation initiatives, partially offsetwas primarily driven by an increase of approximately 48506 basis points due to lower promotional discounting, continuing vendor negotiations to assist with the mitigation of tariffs and continued shift of products from China to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Distribution expenses improved by 243 basis points over the prior year due to higher leverage of 793 basis points in warehousing and distribution andcosts, partially offset by the increase in inbound freight of 550 basis points due to escalating inbound container costs as well as some shift of inventory purchases back to China, which are impacted by the 25% tariff related expenses.rate to help alleviate container congestion coming from our other overseas vendors.


 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $1.5$12.0 million, or 6.0%51.3%, to $25.9$35.4 million in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $24.5$23.4 million in the prior year period. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily related to an increase in employment costs, of $1.4overhead expenses, rent, and selling related expenses. Employment costs increased by $6.9 million driven by an increase in equity compensation expense of $0.4new hires and variable compensation. Rent increased by $2.4 million related to the modificationour net addition of stock options and $0.326 showrooms. Selling related expenses increased $1.7 million of increased rent associated with our 107 showrooms. Those expenses were partially offset by a decrease of expenses relateddue to sales of $0.5 million consisting of a reduction of $0.9 million of pop-up shop sales agent fees related to the decrease in in-store pop-up sales offset by an increase of approximately $0.4$1.9 million in credit card fees related to the increase in internet and showroom sales.sales, partially offset by a decrease of $0.2 million due to a lower fee structure relating to online pop-up shops at Costco.com. Overhead expenses decreased approximately $0.2increased $1.0 million principallyconsisting of an increase of $0.6 million in equity-based compensation related to Covid-19 relatedan option trigger event that caused an acceleration of the recognition of stock option equity compensation expense, an increase of $0.4 million in infrastructure investments, and an increase of $0.1 million in travel restrictions.expenses, partially offset by a decrease of $0.1 million in insurance expenses.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses were 34.7%34.5% of net sales in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to 47.0%37.7% of net sales in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses of 12.3%3.2% of net sales was primarily due to leveraging employment costs partially related to temporary pay cutshigher leverage within infrastructure investments, rent, insurance and reduction of part time sales associates in our showrooms, rent, selling related expenses, such as credit card fees and pop-up shop fees, and reduced travel, partially offset by an increasedeleverage in equityemployment costs, equity-based compensation, and travel. The deleverage in certain expenses relate to the investments we are making into the business that were put on hold in the prior year relating to COVID-19 financial resilience measures and the acceleration of stock compensation expense related to stock options vesting as noted above.a required market condition was achieved in the thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2021.


 

Advertising and Marketing

 

Advertising and marketing expenses increased $3.7$5.9 million, or 51.2%81.9%, to $11.0$13.0 million for the thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2021 as compared to $7.2 million in the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2020 compared to $7.3 million in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The majority of the increase in advertising and marketing dollars relates to increased media and directthe reinstatement of marketing spends as showroom locations are fully open in the current period versus the limited showroom operations due to consumer programs which are expected to drive revenue beyondCOVID-19 in the period of the expense.prior year period. The investmentsinvestment by quarter may vary greatly. Advertising and marketing expenses were 14.7%12.7% of net sales in the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to 13.9%11.6% of net sales in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The majority of the increase in advertising and marketing as a percent of net sales is principally duerelated to increased ratesmedia activities and higher media costs compared to the COVID-19 related marketing environment in media coupled with increased media spending during key minor market share events.the prior year period.

 

Depreciation and amortization expenses

 

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased $0.5$0.1 million, or 34.6% in the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 20203.8%, to $1.9 million compared to $1.4$1.6 million in the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 1, 2021 as compared to $1.5 million in the thirteen weeks ended August 2, 2020. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense principally relates to capital investments for new and remodeled showrooms.

 

Interest (expense) income, net

 

Interest expense, net of $0.04which is less than $0.1 million consisting of $0.01 million of interest income, offset by $0.05 million ofprincipally relates to the interest expense related to unused line fees and amortization of deferred financing fees on the asset-based loan with a slight offset of interest earned on the Company’s line of creditcash and cash equivalents balances for the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020.2021. The decreaseincrease in net interest incomeexpense from prior year was the result of a decrease in interest rates being earned on the Company’s cash and cash equivalents during the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to the same period in the prior year.

 

Provision for income taxes

 

Income tax provision was less than 0.01%0.60% and 0.03%0.06% of sales for the thirteen weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019,August 2, 2020, respectively.

 

Thirty-nine


Twenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 Compared to the Thirty-nineTwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019August 2, 2020

 

Net sales

 

Net sales increased $49.9$69.0 million, or 35.3%59.4%, to $191.1$185.4 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $141.2$116.3 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The increase in overall net sales was driven by an increaseour Showroom sales, Other sales and partially offset by a decrease in our Internet sales.Sales. New customers increased by 45.7%9.6% in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to 15.6%52.5% in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020 driven by the successful Heroes’ campaign in the second quarter. We had 107123 and 8497 showrooms as of NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019,August 2, 2020, respectively. We opened 1815 additional showrooms and did not permanently closed 2 showrooms, and temporarily closed 91close or remodel any showrooms in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2021. Showroom sales increased $80.6 million, or 260.3%, to $111.6 million in the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2021 as compared to $31.0 million in the twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, related to COVID-19. Showrooms nethigher point of sales decreased $18.2 million, or 20.0%,transactions with lower promotional discounting. This increase was due in large part to $72.5 million in the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2020 as compared to $90.7 million in thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019 as a result of showroom closures in the first half of fiscal 2021 due to COVID-19. Ourour comparable showroom point of sales transaction decreaseincrease of $10.8$67.0 million, or 14.2%235.3%, to $65.0$95.4 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as a result of showroom closures due to COVID-19, compared to $75.8$28.5 million in thirty-ninethe twenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. Point of sales transactions represent orders placed through our showrooms which does not always reflect the point at which control transfers to the customer, which occurs upon shipment being confirmed. See Note 12 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. We believe point of sales transactions is a more accurate way to measure showroom performance and how our showroom associates are incentivized. Retail sales per selling square foot decreased $421,increased $768, or 31.8%178.5%, to $902$1,198 in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as a result of showroom closures due to COVID-19, compared to $1,323$430 in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. Total number of units sold at point of transaction decreasedincreased by approximately 31.1%179.5%. The increase in comparable point of sales transactions, retail sales per selling square foot and number of units sold for the twenty-six week ended was principally driven by the limited showroom operations due to COVID-19 showroom closures.in the prior year period. Internet sales (sales made directly to customers through our ecommerce channel) increased $72.5decreased $21.5 million, or 247.2%28.2%, to $101.8$54.7 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $29.3$76.1 million forin the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019. We believe that the increaseAugust 2, 2020. The decrease in Internet sales was due primarily to our temporarythe shift of sales into the internet channel in prior year as a result of the limited showroom closures relatedoperations due to the impact of COVID-19 and our increased advertising and marketing initiatives.COVID-19. Other sales, which include pop-up shoppop-up-shop sales and shop-in-shop sales, decreased $4.5increased $9.9 million, or 21.2%107.7%, to $16.7$19.1 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $21.2$9.2 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. This decreaseincrease was due in large part to Costco in store pop-up shopshosting 2 additional temporary online pop-up-shops on Costco.com compared to the prior year period and shop-in-shops whichsales increase from shop-in-shop locations that were closed temporarily as a result of COVID-19, partially offset byin the addition of temporary online pop-ups on Costco.com.prior year period due to COVID-19.

 

Gross profit

 

Gross profit increased $28.1$46.8 million, or 39.3%80.2%, to $99.6$105.1 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 from $71.5$58.3 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. Gross margin increased to 52.2%56.7% of net sales in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 from 50.7%50.2% of net sales in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The 150 basis point increase in gross margin versus the prior year period reflects 321percentage of 655 basis points improvement in gross profit as a result of a reduction in promotional discounts, lower product costs related to vendor negotiated tariff mitigation initiatives and a continued shift of product sourcing from outside of China, partially offsetwas primarily driven by an increase of approximately 171457 basis points due to lower promotional discount, continuing vendor negotiations to assist with the mitigation of tariffs and continued shift of products from China to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Distribution expenses improved by 198 basis points over the prior year due to higher leverage of 945 basis points in warehousing and distribution andcosts, partially offset by the increase in inbound freight of 747 basis points due to escalating inbound container costs as well as some shift of inventory purchases back to China, which are impacted by the 25% tariff related expenses.rate to help alleviate container congestion coming from our other overseas vendors. 

 


 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $4.9$16.9 million, or 6.9%34.3%, to $75.2$66.1 million in thirty-ninethe twenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $70.3$49.2 million in the prior year period.twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily related to an increase in employment costs, of $2.4rent, overhead expenses, and selling related expenses. Employment costs increased by $9.9 million $1.1driven by an increase in new hires and variable compensation. Rent increased by $3.9 million in rent associated with our 107 showrooms, $4.3 million of infrastructure investments principally related to technology,our net addition of 26 showrooms. Overhead expenses increased $1.7 million consisting of an increase of $1.4 million in infrastructure investments and an increase of $0.3 million in equity-based compensation expense and $0.2 million of overheadcompensation. Selling related expenses relatedincreased $1.4 million due to COVID-19 related travel restrictionsan increase of $2.8 million in credit card fees, partially offset by a decrease of $1.3$1.4 million ofin due to a lower fee structure in for online pop-up-shop sales related expenses. The sales related expense decrease was related to an increase of $1.1 million of credit card fees, offset by a reduction of $2.4 million of in-store pop-up shop sales agent fees.at Costco.com.

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses were 39.3%35.7% of net sales in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to 49.8%42.3% of net sales in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses of 10.5%6.6% of net sales was primarily due to leveraging employment costs, rent,higher leverage within infrastructure investments, selling related expenses, such as credit card fees and pop-up shop fees, equity basedrent, insurance, equity-based compensation and travel expenses, partially offset by increases in insurance and computer expense related to infrastructure.travel.

 

Advertising and Marketing

 

Advertising and marketing expenses increased $7.6$8.4 million, or 40.7%54.4%, to $26.3$23.7 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to $18.7$15.4 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The majority of the increase in advertising and marketing dollars relates to increased media and directthe reinstatement of marketing spends as showroom locations are fully open in the current period versus the limited showroom operations due to consumer programs which are expected to drive revenue beyondCOVID-19 in the period of the expense.prior year period. The investmentsinvestment by quarter may vary greatly. Advertising and marketing expenses were 13.8%12.8% of net sales in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 as compared to 13.3%13.2% of net sales in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 2, 2020. The increasemajority of the decrease in advertising and marketing as a percent of net sales is primarily due to increased ratesimproved performance in our media coupled with increased media spending during key minor market share events.activities which has driven an increase in net sales, higher Sactional sales mix and higher average selling price.

 

Depreciation and amortization expenses

 

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased $1.4$0.8 million, or 37.90% in the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 202026.5%, to $5.0 million compared to $3.6$4 million in the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019.August 1, 2021 as compared to $3.2 million in the twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense principally relates to capital investments for new and remodeled showrooms.

 

Interest income (expense) income,, net

 

Interest expense, net of $0.02which is less than $0.1 million consisting of $0.11 million of interest income, partially offset by $0.13 million ofprincipally relates to the interest expense related to unused line fees and amortization of deferred financing fees on the asset-based loan with a slight offset of interest earned on the Company’s line of creditcash and cash equivalents balances for the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020.2021. The decreaseincrease in net interest incomeexpense from prior year was the result of a decrease in interest rates being earned on the Company’s cash and cash equivalents during the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020.2021 as compared to the same period in the prior year.

 

Provision for income taxes

 

Income tax provision was less than 0.04%0.40% and 0.02%0.06% of sales for the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 and November 3, 2019,August 2, 2020, respectively.

 


 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

General

 

Our business relies on cash flows from operations, our revolving line of credit (see “Revolving Line of Credit” below) and securities issuances as our primary sources of liquidity. Our primary cash needs are for advertising and marketing, inventory, payroll, showroom rent, capital expenditures associated with opening new showrooms and updating existing showrooms, as well as infrastructure and information technology. The most significant components of our working capital are cash and cash equivalents, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities and customer deposits. Borrowings generally increase in our third fiscal quarter as we prepare for the holiday selling season, which is in our fourth fiscal quarter. We believe that cash expected to be generated from operations, the availability under our revolving line of credit and our existing cash balances are sufficient to meet working capital requirements and anticipated capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months.

 

Cash Flow Analysis

 

A summary of operating, investing, and financing activities during the periods indicated are shown in the following table:

 

  Thirty-nine weeks ended 
  November 1,
2020
  November 3,
2019
 
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash flow Data:        
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $6,930  $(36,438)
Net cash used in investing activities  (7,168)  (6,984)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (614)  22,247 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents  (852)  (21,175)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period  47,686   27,896 

  Twenty-six weeks ended 
  August 1,
2021
  August 2,
2020
 
       
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash flow Data:      
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities $769  $12,073 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  (7,357)  (5,271)
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities  (3,265)  (505)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents  (9,853)  6,297 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period  68,488   54,835 

 

Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities

 

Cash from operating activities consists primarily of net lossincome(loss) adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization, loss on disposal of property and equipment, equity basedequity-based compensation, deferred rent, and non-cash interest expense and the effect of changes in working capital and other activities.

 

In the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020,2021, net cash provided by operating activities was $6.9$0.8 million and consisted of changes in operating assets and liabilities of ($25.1) million, net income of $10.5 million, and adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities of $15.4 million. Working capital and other activities consisted primarily of increases in inventory of $24.6 million, trade accounts receivable of $2.9 million, and customer deposits of $7.4 million, and accounts payable and accrued expenses of $2.8 million, partially offset by decreases in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $0.5 million and operating lease liabilities of $8.4 million.

In the twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020, net cash provided by operating activities was $12.1 million and consisted of changes in operating assets and liabilities of $14.4 million, a net loss of $7.0$9.5 million, and adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities of $11.0$7.2 million. Working capital and other activities consisted primarily of increasedecreases in inventory of $21.4 million and prepaid expenses of $2.8$2.4 million and accounts receivable of $1.0 million and increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $8.2 million and customer deposits of $7.4 million, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $17.1 million, and customer deposits of $10.0 million.

In the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2019, net cash used by operating activities was $36.4 million and consisted of changes in operating assets and liabilities of $24.3 million, a net loss of $20.6 million, and adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities of $8.5 million. Working capital and other activities consisted primarily of increases in inventory of $24.1 million, prepaid expenses of $2.8 million and accounts receivable of $4.6 million, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $4.8 million, and customer deposits of $2.4 million.

 


 

Net Cash Used In Investing Activities

 

Investing activities consist primarily of investment in supply chain and systems infrastructure and capital expenditures related to new showroom openings and the remodeling of existing showrooms.

 

For the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020,2021, capital expenditures were $7.2$7.4 million as a result of investments in new and remodeled showrooms and intangibles such as patents and trademarks.

 

For the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019,August 2, 2020, capital expenditures were $7.0$5.3 million as a result of investments in new and remodeled showrooms and intangibles such as patents and trademarks offset by proceeds from disposal of property and equipment.

 

Net Cash (Used In) Provided ByUsed In Financing Activities

 

Financing activities consist primarily of the proceeds from stock offerings and taxes paid for the net settlement of equity awards.

 

For the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020,2021, net cash used in financing activities was $0.6$3.3 million, due mostly to taxes paid for net share settlementssettlement of $0.6$3.4 million offset by proceeds from the exercise of warrants of $0.1 million.

For the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended November 3, 2019,August 2, 2020, net cash provided byused in financing activities was $22.2$0.5 million, primarily due mostly to $25.6 million of net proceeds from a primary share offering in May 2019 offset by $3.3 million of taxes paid for net share settlements.settlement of $0.5 million.

 

Revolving Line of Credit

 

On February 6, 2018, we entered into a five-year, secured revolving credit facility with Wells.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells”). The credit facility permits borrowings of up to $25.0 million, subject to borrowing base and availability restrictions. For additional information regarding our line of credit with Wells, see Note 7 to our condensed consolidated financial statements. As of NovemberAugust 1, 2020,2021, the Company’s borrowing availability under the line of credit with Wells was $19.2$22.5 million. As of NovemberAugust 1, 2020,2021, there were no$115 borrowings outstanding on this line of credit.credit related to line of credit fees.

 

Contractual ObligationsSeverance Contingency

 

We generally enter into long term contractual obligations and commitmentsThe Company has various employment agreements with its senior level executives. A number of these agreements have severance provisions, ranging from 12 to 18 months of salary, in the normal courseevent those associates are terminated without cause. The total amount of business, primarily debt obligationsexposure to the Company under these agreements was $4.7 million at August 1, 2021 if all executives with employment agreements were terminated without cause and non-cancelable operating leases. Asthe full amount of November 1, 2020, our contractual cash obligations over the next several periods were as follows:

  Payments due by period 
  Total  Less than
1 year
  1 - 3 years  3 - 5 Years  More than
5 years
 
Employment agreements $3,165,978  $3,165,978  $-  $-  $- 
Operating leases  89,774,697   2,300,868   25,950,524   23,902,511   37,620,794 
                     
Total $92,940,675  $5,466,846  $25,950,524  $23,902,511  $37,620,794 

severance was payable.

 


 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no material off balance sheet arrangements as of NovemberAugust 1, 2020,2021, except for operating leases and employment agreements entered in the ordinary course of business.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in conformity with GAAP. Certain accounting policies and estimates are particularly important to the understanding of our financial position and results of operations and require the application of significant judgment by our management or can be materially affected by changes from period to period in economic factors or conditions that are outside of our control. As a result, they are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. In applying these policies, management uses their judgment to determine the appropriate assumptions to be used in the determination of certain estimates. Those estimates are based on our historical operations, our future business plans and projected financial results, the terms of existing contracts, observance of trends in the industry, information provided by our customers and information available from other outside sources, as appropriate. Please see Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 29, 202014, 2021 for a complete description of our significant accounting policies. There have been no material changes to the significant accounting policies during the thirty-ninetwenty-six weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 2020.2021.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Except as described below,Refer to Note 2, Recent Accounting Pronouncements, contained in the Company has considered all other recently issuedCondensed Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a full description of the recent accounting pronouncements and does not believe the adoptionour expectation of such pronouncements will have a materialtheir impact, on its financial statements. The Company, as an emerging growth company, has elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards.

In February 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) amending lease guidance to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. ASU No. 2019-10 extended the effective date to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted. The Company will adopt this standard in fiscal 2022. Management has evaluated the impact ASU No. 2016-02 will have on these condensed consolidated financial statements. Based on the initial evaluation, we have determined that adopting this standard will have a material impactif any, on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as we have a significant numberresults of operating leases.  

While we continue to assess all of the effects of adoption, we currently believe the most significant effects relate to the recognition of new Right of Use “ROU” assetsoperations and lease liabilities on our balance sheet for our showroom and office real estate leases. We do not expect a significant change in our leasing activities between now and adoption. On adoption, we currently expect to recognize additional liabilities of approximately $91 million, of which $14 million will be short-term and $77 million will be long-term with corresponding ROU assets of the same amount based on the present value of the remaining minimum rental payments under current leasing standards for existing operating leases. The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity’s ongoing accounting. We currently expect to elect the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. This means, for those leases that qualify, we will not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities, and this includes not recognizing ROU assets or lease liabilities for existing short-term leases of those assets in transition. We also currently expect to elect the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting (Topic 718). ASU 2018-07 eliminates the separate accounting model for nonemployee share-based payment awards and generally requires companies to account for share-based payment transactions with nonemployees in the same way as share-based payment transactions with employees. The accounting remains different for attribution, which represents how the equity-based payment cost is recognized over the vesting period, and a contractual term election for valuing nonemployee equity share options. ASU 2018-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than an entity’s adoption of Topic 606. Management does not expect there to be a material impact on these condensed consolidated financial statements.condition.

 


 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

Not Applicable.In the normal course of business, we are exposed to a variety of risks, including fluctuations in interest rates that could affect our financial position and results of operations.

Interest Rate Risk

Debt

Interest rate risk exists primarily through our borrowing activities. We use U.S. dollar denominated borrowings to fund our working capital and investment needs. It is anticipated that the fair market value of any future debt under the line of credit will continue to be immaterially affected by fluctuations in interest rates and we do not believe that the value of such debt would be significantly impacted by current market events. Under the line of credit, the Company may elect that revolving loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the base rate plus the applicable margin or the LIBOR rate plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin is based on tier’s relating to the quarterly average excess availability. The tiers range from 2.00% to 2.25%. We currently do not engage in any interest rate hedging activity and we have no intention of doing so in the foreseeable future. A hypothetical 100 basis point change (up or down) in the one-month LIBOR rate would not have a material effect on our condensed consolidated results of operations.

LIBOR Transition

Borrowings under our revolving line of credit have an interest rate tied to LIBOR, which is the subject of recent national, international, and other regulatory guidance and proposals for reform. These reforms and other pressure may cause LIBOR to disappear entirely or to perform differently than in the past. It is expected that certain banks will stop reporting information used to set LIBOR at the end of 2021 when their reporting obligations cease. This will effectively end the usefulness of LIBOR and end its publication. If LIBOR is no longer available, or otherwise at our option, we will pursue alternative interest rate calculations in our Credit Agreement, including the use of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). A number of other alternatives to LIBOR have been proposed or are being developed, but it is not clear which, if any, will be adopted. Any of these alternative methods may result in interest payments that are higher than expected or that do not otherwise correlate over time with the payments that would have been made on such indebtedness for the interest periods if the applicable LIBOR rate was available in its current form.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive officerofficer) and Chief Financial Officer (our principal financial officer,officer), has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on such evaluation, our principal executive officerChief Executive Officer and principal financial officerChief Financial Officer have concluded that as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended NovemberAugust 1, 20202021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 


 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time we may become involved in legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not presently a party to any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition or cash flows. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

ThereOther than as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2020 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended May 3, 2020 and August 2, 2020January 31, 2021.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

In fiscalthe thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2021, 246,6224,500 warrants with an exercise price of $16 per share were exercised on a cashless basis, resulting in the issuance of 136,8343,600 common shares.shares, and 5,250 warrants with an exercise price of $16 per share were exercised upon cash payment of the exercise price to the Company. We received no proceeds from the cashless exercise of the warrants. In issuing these shares, we relied on an exemption from the registration requirements provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities.

 

Not Applicable.applicable.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information.

 

None.

 


 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.
Number
 Description of ExhibitFiled / Incorporated
by Reference
from Form **
Incorporated by
Reference from
Exhibit Number
Dated Filed
31.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.**amended
Filed herewith.   
31.2 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.**amended
Filed herewith.   
32.132.1* Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.***amended
Filed herewith.   
32.232.2* Certification of the Chief FinancialExecutive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.***amended
Filed herewith.   
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**Filed herewith.
***Furnished herewith.This certification is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act.

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

  

 The Lovesac Company
  
 By:/s/ Shawn Nelson
  Shawn Nelson
Date: DecemberSeptember 9, 20202021 Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
   
 By:/s/ Donna Dellomo
  Donna Dellomo

Date: DecemberSeptember 9, 2020

2021
 Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

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