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UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

For the quarterly period ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172024

 

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 No. 0-26841

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1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

​DELAWAREDelaware

11-3117311

(State of incorporation)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Old Country Road, Carle Place, New York 11514Two Jericho Plaza, Suite200, Jericho, NY 11753

(516) 237-6000

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip (Zip code)

(Registrant’sRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class

Trading symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A common stock

FLWS

The Nasdaq Stock Market

 

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 and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes    No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a 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 filer

Accelerated filer

☐Non-accelerated filer

 Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller 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 in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  

Yes   No

 

The number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant’sRegistrant’s classes of common stock as of February 2, 2018:May 3, 2024:

 

Class A common stock:

35,969,913 37,141,975

Class B common stock: 27,068,221

28,567,063

 

 

   

 

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

Part I.

Financial Information

Item 1.

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets DecemberMarch 31, 20172024 (Unaudited) and July 2, 20172023

1

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited) – Three and Six Nine Months Ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172024 and January 1, 2017April 2, 2023

2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive IncomeStockholders' Equity (Unaudited) – Three and SixNine Months Ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172024 and January 1, 2017April 2, 2023

3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) SixNine Months Ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172024 and January 1, 2017April 2, 2023

4

5

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

5

6

Item 2.

Management’sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

16

19

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

31

35

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

31

35

Part II.

Other Information

36

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

32

36

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

32

36

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

33

37

Item 3.

Defaults upon Senior Securities

33

37

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

33

37

Item 5.

Other Information

33

37

Item 6.

Exhibits

38

Signatures

 

34

Signatures

35

 

 

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

PART I. – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except for share data)

 

 

December 31, 2017

  

July 2, 2017

  

March 31, 2024

  

July 2, 2023

 
 

(unaudited)

      

(unaudited)

   

Assets

            

Current assets:

         

Cash and cash equivalents

 $232,589  $149,732  $183,956  $126,807 

Trade receivables, net

  44,424   14,073  26,779  20,419 

Inventories

  60,567   75,862  159,458  191,334 

Prepaid and other

  22,007   17,735   26,437   34,583 

Total current assets

  359,587   257,402  396,630  373,143 
         

Property, plant and equipment, net

  154,606   161,381  223,939  234,569 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 114,784  124,715 

Goodwill

  62,590   62,590  153,577  153,376 

Other intangibles, net

  60,460   61,090  116,783  139,888 

Other assets

  11,520   10,007   34,269   25,739 

Total assets

 $648,763  $552,470  $1,039,982  $1,051,430 
         

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

            

Current liabilities:

         

Accounts payable

 $55,252  $27,781  $47,015  $52,588 

Accrued expenses

  123,504   90,206  138,004  141,914 

Current maturities of long-term debt

  8,625   7,188  10,000  10,000 

Current portion of long-term operating lease liabilities

  15,250   15,759 

Total current liabilities

  187,381   125,175  210,269  220,261 
         

Long-term debt

  97,545   101,377 

Deferred tax liabilities

  21,530   33,868 

Long-term debt, net

 179,432  186,391 

Long-term operating lease liabilities

 107,918  117,330 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 22,599  31,134 

Other liabilities

  11,565   9,811   34,438   24,471 

Total liabilities

  318,021   270,231   554,656   579,587 
         

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

        

Commitments and contingencies (See Note 14)

       
         

Stockholders’ equity:

        

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued

  -   - 

Class A common stock, $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 51,879,967 and 51,227,779 shares issued at December 31, 2017 and July 2, 2017, respectively

  519   513 

Class B common stock, $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 33,847,063 and 33,901,603 shares issued at December 31, 2017 and July 2, 2017, respectively

  338   339 

Additional paid-in-capital

  339,805   337,726 

Stockholders' equity:

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued

 -  - 

Class A common stock, $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 58,781,134 and 58,273,747 shares issued at March 31, 2024 and July 2, 2023, respectively

 588  583 

Class B common stock, $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 32,348,221 shares issued at March 31, 2024 and July 2, 2023

 323  323 

Additional paid-in capital

 396,109  388,215 

Retained earnings

  90,115   32,638  285,845  271,083 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  (160

)

  (187

)

 (170) (170)

Treasury stock, at cost, 15,877,054 and 14,709,731 Class A shares at December 31, 2017 and July 2, 2017, respectively, and 5,280,000 Class B shares at December 31, 2017 and July 2, 2017

  (99,875

)

  (88,790

)

Total stockholders’ equity

  330,742   282,239 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 $648,763  $552,470 

Treasury stock, at cost, 21,514,159 and 20,565,875 Class A shares at March 31, 2024 and July 2, 2023, respectively and 5,280,000 Class B shares at March 31, 2024 and July 2, 2023

  (197,369)  (188,191)

Total stockholders’ equity

  485,326   471,843 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 $1,039,982  $1,051,430 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsStatements..

 

 

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1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(in thousands, except for per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

March 31,

 

April 2,

 
 

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

  

2024

  

2023

  

2024

  

2023

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

Net revenues

 $526,093  $554,553  $683,442  $720,382  $379,405  $417,566  $1,470,509  $1,619,047 

Cost of revenues

  290,834   297,559   380,905   392,001   240,688   277,126   874,167   1,009,383 

Gross profit

  235,259   256,994   302,537   328,381  138,717  140,440  596,342  609,664 

Operating expenses:

                 

Marketing and sales

  113,771   119,876   163,493   174,954  105,828  106,472  376,903  390,077 

Technology and development

  9,175   9,849   18,845   19,337  15,291  14,837  45,417  44,529 

General and administrative

  19,170   21,551   38,575   43,484  32,295  25,922  87,938  81,075 

Depreciation and amortization

  8,677   9,167   16,761   17,164  13,232  13,267  40,578  40,276 

Goodwill and intangible impairment

  -   64,586   19,762   64,586 

Total operating expenses

  150,793   160,443   237,674   254,939   166,646   225,084   570,598   620,543 

Operating income

  84,466   96,551   64,863   73,442 

Operating income (loss)

 (27,929) (84,644) 25,744  (10,879)

Interest expense, net

  1,226   2,154   2,257   3,605  881  1,712  8,974  8,676 

Other (income) expense, net

  (86

)

  1   (346

)

  (149

)

  (3,574)  1,404   (5,836)  2,474 

Income before income taxes

  83,326   94,396   62,952   69,986 

Income tax expense

  12,627   31,467   5,475   22,828 

Net income

 $70,699  $62,929  $57,477  $47,158 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 (25,236) (87,760) 22,606  (22,029)

Income tax (benefit) expense

  (8,333)  (16,767)  7,844   126 

Net income (loss) and comprehensive net income (loss)

  (16,903)  (70,993)  14,762   (22,155)
                 

Basic net income per common share

 $1.09  $0.97  $0.89  $0.72 

Basic net income (loss) per common share

 $(0.26) $(1.10) $0.23  $(0.34)
                 

Diluted net income per common share

 $1.06  $0.93  $0.86  $0.70 

Diluted net income (loss) per common share

 $(0.26) $(1.10) $0.23  $(0.34)
                 

Weighted average shares used in the calculation of net income per common share:

                

Weighted average shares used in the calculation of net income (loss) per common share:

 

Basic

  64,601   65,172   64,778   65,112   64,489   64,767   64,703   64,660 

Diluted

  66,782   67,754   67,037   67,778   64,489   64,767   65,057   64,660 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsStatements..

 

2

1-800-FLOWERS.COM,Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

(in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

  

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023

 
                          

Accumulated

             
  

Common Stock

  

Additional

      

Other

          

Total

 
  

Class A

  

Class B

  

Paid-in

  

Retained

  

Comprehensive

  

Treasury Stock

  

Stockholders’

 
  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Earnings

  

Loss

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Equity

 
                                         

Balance at December 31, 2023

  58,743,969  $588   32,348,221  $323  $392,849  $302,748  $(170)  26,369,336  $(192,978) $503,360 

Net loss

  -   -   -   -   -   (16,903)  -   -   -   (16,903)

Stock-based compensation

  12,262   -   -   -   3,046   -   -   -   -   3,046 

Exercise of stock options

  24,903   -   -   -   214   -   -   -   -   214 

Acquisition of Class A treasury stock

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   424,823   (4,391)  (4,391)

Balance at March 31, 2024

  58,781,134  $588   32,348,221  $323  $396,109  $285,845  $(170)  26,794,159  $(197,369) $485,326 
                                         

Balance at January 1, 2023

  58,256,031  $583   32,348,221  $323  $383,335  $364,623  $(211)  25,838,644  $(188,127) $560,526 

Net loss

  -   -   -   -   -   (70,993)  -   -   -   (70,993)

Stock-based compensation

  4,166   -   -   -   2,487   -   -   -   -   2,487 

Conversion – Class B into Class A

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 

Acquisition of Class A treasury stock

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,757   (22)  (22)

Balance at April 2, 2023

  58,260,197  $583   32,348,221  $323  $385,822  $293,630  $(211)  25,840,401  $(188,149) $491,998 

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1-800-FLOWERS.COM,Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

(in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

  

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023

 
                          

Accumulated

             
  

Common Stock

  

Additional

      

Other

          

Total

 
  

Class A

  

Class B

  

Paid-in

  

Retained

  

Comprehensive

  

Treasury Stock

  

Stockholders’

 
  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Earnings

  

Loss

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Equity

 
                                         

Balance at July 2, 2023

  58,273,747  $583   32,348,221  $323  $388,215  $271,083  $(170)  25,845,875  $(188,191) $471,843 

Net income

  -   -   -   -   -   14,762   -   -   -   14,762 

Stock-based compensation

  477,374   5   -   -   7,636   -   -   -   -   7,641 

Exercise of stock options

  30,013   -   -   -   258   -   -   -   -   258 

Acquisition of Class A treasury stock

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   948,284   (9,178)  (9,178)

Balance at March 31, 2024

  58,781,134  $588   32,348,221  $323  $396,109  $285,845  $(170)  26,794,159  $(197,369) $485,326 
                                         

Balance at July 3, 2022

  57,706,389  $577   32,529,614  $325  $379,885  $315,785  $(211)  25,698,396  $(186,952) $509,409 

Net loss

  -   -   -   -   -   (22,155)  -   -   -   (22,155)

Stock-based compensation

  372,415   4   -   -   5,937   -   -   -   -   5,941 

Conversion – Class B into Class A

  181,393   2   (181,393)  (2)  -   -   -   -   -   - 

Acquisition of Class A treasury stock

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   142,005   (1,197)  (1,197)

Balance at April 2, 2023

  58,260,197  $583   32,348,221  $323  $385,822  $293,630  $(211)  25,840,401  $(188,149) $491,998 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive IncomeCash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

  

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

 

Net income

 $70,699  $62,929  $57,477  $47,158 

Other comprehensive income/(loss) (currency translation & other miscellaneous items)

  26   (14)  27   81 

Comprehensive income

 $70,725  $62,915  $57,504  $47,239 
  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

 
  

2024

  

2023

 
         

Operating activities:

        

Net income (loss)

 $14,762  $(22,155)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

        

Goodwill and intangible impairment

  19,762   64,586 

Depreciation and amortization

  40,578   40,276 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

  541   998 

Deferred income taxes

  (8,535)  (4,390)

Bad debt expense

  418   2,997 

Stock-based compensation

  7,641   5,941 

Other non-cash items

  (122)  (245)

Changes in operating items:

        

Trade receivables

  (6,778)  (15,977)

Inventories

  31,674   57,031 

Prepaid and other

  4,761   2,706 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  (6,077)  (59,806)

Other assets and liabilities

  1,426   1,102 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  100,051   73,064 
         

Investing activities:

        

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

  -   (5,000)

Capital expenditures

  (26,482)  (31,351)

Net cash used in investing activities

  (26,482)  (36,351)
         

Financing activities:

        

Acquisition of treasury stock

  (9,178)  (1,197)

Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options

  258   - 

Proceeds from bank borrowings

  82,000   195,900 

Repayment of bank borrowings

  (89,500)  (210,900)

Debt issuance cost

  -   (383)

Net cash used in financing activities

  (16,420)  (16,580)
         

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

  57,149   20,133 

Cash and cash equivalents:

        

Beginning of period

  126,807   31,465 

End of period

 $183,956  $51,598 

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsStatements..

 

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1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

  

Six months ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

 
         

Operating activities:

        

Net income

 $57,477  $47,158 

Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

        

Depreciation and amortization

  16,761   17,164 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

  480   1,050 

Deferred income taxes

  (12,338

)

  (1,380

)

Bad debt expense

  418   656 

Stock-based compensation

  2,069   3,498 

Other non-cash items

  (103

)

  (400

)

Changes in operating items:

        

Trade receivables

  (30,769

)

  (39,399

)

Inventories

  15,295   9,916 

Prepaid and other

  (4,272

)

  (3,215

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

  69,269   75,304 

Other assets

  (97

)

  (35

)

Other liabilities

  (24

)

  (324

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

  114,166   109,993 
         

Investing activities:

        

Working capital adjustment related to sale of business

  (8,500

)

  - 

Capital expenditures, net of non-cash expenditures

  (8,864

)

  (13,253

)

Net cash used in investing activities

  (17,364

)

  (13,253

)

         

Financing activities:

        

Acquisition of treasury stock

  (11,085

)

  (6,822

)

Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options

  15   267 

Proceeds from bank borrowings

  30,000   181,000 

Repayment of bank borrowings

  (32,875

)

  (183,563

)

Debt issuance costs

  -   (1,456

)

Net cash used in financing activities

  (13,945

)

  (10,574

)

         

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

  82,857   86,166 

Cash and cash equivalents:

        

Beginning of period

  149,732   27,826 

End of period

 $232,589  $113,992 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

1-800-FLOWERS.COM,Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes toCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

 

 

Note 1 Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. and subsidiariesSubsidiaries (the “Company”) in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. TheyAccordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principlesGAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals)adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and sixnine month-month periods ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 2024are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending July 1, 2018. June 30, 2024For further information, refer to the consolidated. These financial statements and footnotes thereto includedshould be read in the Company’s annual reportconjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 2, 2017.2023, which provides a more complete understanding of our accounting policies, financial position, operating results and other matters.

 

The Company’sCompany’s quarterly results may experience seasonal fluctuations. Due to the seasonal nature of the Company’s business, and its continued expansion into non-floral products, the Thanksgiving through Christmas holiday season, which falls within the Company’s second fiscal quarter, is expected to generate nearlyover 50%40% of the Company’s annual revenues, and all of its earnings. Additionally, dueDue to the number of major floral gifting occasions, including Mother's Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Administrative Professionals Week, revenues also risehave historically risen during the Company’s fiscal third and fourth quarters in comparison to its fiscal first quarter. In fiscal 2017, Easter was on April 16th, which resulted in the shift of some revenue and EBITDA from the Company’s third quarter of fiscal 2016. In fiscal 2018, Easter falls on April 1st, which will result in the shift of all Easter-related revenue and EBITDA into the Company’s third quarter of fiscal 2018.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Recent Accounting PronouncementsRevenue Recognition

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No.2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” This amended guidance will enhance the comparability ofNet revenue recognition practices and will be applied to all contracts with customers. Expanded disclosures related to the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue that is recognized are requirements under the amended guidance. As we continue to evaluate the impact of this ASU, we have determined that the new standard will impact the following areas: the costs of producing and distributing the Company’s catalogs will be expensed upon mailing, instead of being capitalized and amortized in direct proportion to the actual sales; gift card breakage will be estimatedmeasured based on the historical patternamount of gift card redemption, rather than when redemption is considered remote; the Company will defer revenueconsideration that we expect to receive, reduced by discounts and estimates for credits and returns (calculated based upon previous experience and management’s evaluation). Service and outbound shipping charged to customers are recognized at the time the Celebrations Reward loyalty pointsrelated merchandise revenues are earned using a relative fair value approach, rather than accruing a liability equal to the incrementalrecognized and are included in net revenues. Inbound and outbound shipping and delivery costs are included in cost of fulfilling its obligations. We have further identified the timing of revenue recognition for e-commerce orders (shipping point versus destination) as a potential issue in our analysis, which is not expected to change the total amount of revenue recognized, but could accelerate the timing of when revenue is recognized. We plan to adopt this guidance beginning with the first quarter in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, on a retrospective basis, with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings. We are continuing to evaluate the impact that this ASU,revenues. Net revenues exclude sales and related amendments and interpretive guidance, will have on our consolidated financial statements, including the related disclosures.other similar taxes collected from customers.

 

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No.2015-11, “Inventory (Topic 330).” The pronouncement was issued to simplify the measurementA description of inventory and changes the measurement from lower of cost or market to lower of cost and net realizable value. The Company adopted this standard effective July 3, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2015-11 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.our principal revenue generating activities is as follows:

 

E-commerce revenues - consumer products sold through our online and telephonic channels. Revenue is recognized when control of the merchandise is transferred to the customer, which generally occurs upon shipment. Payment is typically due prior to the date of shipment.

Retail revenues - consumer products sold through our retail stores. Revenue is recognized when control of the goods is transferred to the customer, at the point of sale, at which time payment is received.

Wholesale revenues - products sold to our wholesale customers for subsequent resale. Revenue is recognized when control of the goods is transferred to the customer, in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement. Payment terms are typically 30 days from the date control over the product is transferred to the customer.

BloomNet Services - membership fees as well as other service offerings to florists. Membership and other subscription-based fees are recognized monthly as earned. Services revenues related to orders sent through the floral network are variable, based on either the number of orders or the value of orders, and are recognized in the period in which the orders are delivered. The contracts within BloomNet Services are typically month-to-month and, as a result, no consideration allocation is necessary across multiple reporting periods. Payment is typically due less than 30 days from the date the services were performed. 

 

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Deferred Revenues

 

Deferred revenues are recorded when the Company has received consideration (i.e. advance payment) before satisfying its performance obligations. As such, customer orders are recorded as deferred revenue prior to shipment or rendering of product or services. Deferred revenues primarily relate to e-commerce orders placed, but not shipped, prior to the end of the fiscal period, as well as for subscription programs, including our various food, wine, and plant-of-the-month clubs and our Celebrations Passport® program.

Our total deferred revenue as of July 2, 2023 was $30.8 million (included in “Accrued expenses” on our consolidated balance sheets), of which $2.8 million and $29.6 million was recognized as revenue during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024, respectively. The deferred revenue balance as of March 31, 2024 was $31.7 million.

Impairment Evaluation

The Company performs its annual assessment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible impairment during its fiscal fourth quarter, or more frequently if events occur or circumstances change such that it is more likely than not that an impairment may exist. During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, as a result of a decline in the actual and projected revenue for the Company’s PersonalizationMall tradename (indefinite-lived intangible asset), as well as a higher discount rate resulting from the higher interest rate environment, the Company determined that an impairment assessment was required for this tradename. This assessment resulted in the Company recording a non-cash impairment charge of $19.8 million to reduce the recorded carrying value of the PersonalizationMall tradename.

The Company concluded that goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets, excluding its PersonalizationMall tradename, did not require an impairment assessment. See Note 5 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net for further information.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2016,November 2023, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-07,Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. ASU No.20162023-01,07 "Financial Instruments – Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." The pronouncement requires equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that resultenhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses, includes enhanced interim disclosure requirements, clarifies circumstances in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, requires public business entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes, requires separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset, and eliminates the requirement for public business entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost. This guidance will become effective for the Company's fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. The adoption is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” Under this guidance,which an entity is required to recognize right-of-use assetscan disclose multiple segment measures of profit or loss, provides new segment disclosure requirements for entities with a single reportable segment, and lease liabilities on its balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. This guidance offers specific accounting guidance for a lessee, a lessor and sale and leaseback transactions. Lessees and lessors are required to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about leasing arrangements to enable a user of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. This guidance is effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending June 28, 2020. We are currently evaluating the impact and expect the ASU will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements, primarily to the consolidated balance sheets and related disclosures.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” ASU No.2016-09 affects all entities that issue share-based payment awards to their employees. ASU No.2016-09 simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows.contains other disclosure requirements. The Company elected to early adopt the amendments in ASU 20162023-09,07 in fiscal 2017. As a result, stock-based compensation excess tax benefits are reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Income as a component of the provision for income taxes, whereas they were previously recognized in equity. This change resulted in the recognition of excess tax benefits against income tax expenses, rather than additional paid-in capital, of $1.0 million for the year ended July 2, 2017. There was no impact on earnings per share since approximately 700,000 tax benefit shares for the year ended July 2, 2017, previously associated with the APIC pool calculation, are no longer considered in the diluted share computation. Additionally, our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows now present excess tax benefits as an operating activity. This change has been applied prospectively in accordance with the ASU and prior periods have not been adjusted. Further, the Company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur, rather than estimate expected forfeitures. The cumulative effect of this change, which was recorded as compensation expense in fiscal 2017, was not material to the financial statements. In addition, this ASU allows entities to withhold an amount up to an employees’ maximum individual statutory tax rate in the relevant jurisdiction, up from the minimum statutory requirement, without resulting in liability classification of the award. We adopted this change on a modified retrospective basis, with no impact to our consolidated financial statements. Finally, this ASU clarified that the cash paid by an employer when directly withholding shares for tax withholding purposes should be classified as a financing activity. This change does not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financials as it conforms with its current practice.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” ASU 2016-13 introduces a new forward-looking “expected loss” approach, to estimate credit losses on most financial assets and certain other instruments, including trade receivables. The estimate of expected credit losses will require entities to incorporate considerations of historical information, current information and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This ASU also expands the disclosure requirements to enable users of financial statements to understand the entity’s assumptions, models and methods for estimating expected credit losses. ASU 2016-13 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year endingyears beginning after July 4, 2021,December 15, 2023, and the guidanceinterim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. ASU 2023-07 is to be applied usingretrospectively to all prior periods presented in the modified-retrospective approach.financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidanceASU 2023-07 on ourits consolidated financial statements.statements and related disclosures.

 

In June 2016,December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 20162023-15,09, “Statement of Cash FlowsIncome Taxes (Topic 230740), a consensus: Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU 2023-09 requires the disclosure of additional information with respect to the reconciliation of the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force.”effective tax rate to the statutory rate for federal, state, and foreign income taxes and requires greater detail about significant reconciling items in the reconciliation. Additionally, the amendment requires disaggregated information pertaining to taxes paid, net of refunds received, for federal, state, and foreign income taxes. The amendments in ASU 20162023-1509 is intended to reduce diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. The ASU is effective for the Company’s fiscal year endingyears beginning after June 30, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including interim periods within those fiscal years. An entity that elects early adoption must adopt all of the amendments in the same period. The guidance requires application using a retrospective transition method. The adoption is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No.2017-01, "Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business (ASU 2017-01)," which revises the definition of a business and provides new guidance in evaluating when a set of transferred assets and activities is a business. ASU 2017-01 is effective for the Company's fiscal year ending June 30, 2019,December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted, and should be applied prospectively. We do not expect the standard to haveallows for either a material impactprospective or retrospective approach on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No.2017-04, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment," which eliminates step two from the goodwill impairment test. Under ASU 2017-04, an entity should recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value up to the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. This guidance is effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending July 4, 2021, with early adoption permitted, and should be applied prospectively. We do not expect the standard to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU No.2017-05, “Other Income - Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets.” This update clarifies the scope of accounting for the derecognition or partial sale of nonfinancial assets to exclude all businesses and nonprofit activities. ASU 2017-05 also provides a definition for in-substance nonfinancial assets and additional guidance on partial sales of nonfinancial assets. This guidance will be effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 and may be applied retrospectively.adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No20172023-09 “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting.” This ASU provides guidance on the types of changes to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting. An entity would not apply modification accounting if the fair value, vesting conditions, and classification of the awards are the same immediately before and after the modification. ASU 2017-09 is effective for the Company's fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, with early adoption permitted, and should be applied prospectively to an award modified on or after the adoption date. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on ourits consolidated financial statements.statements and related disclosures.

 

U.S. Tax Reform

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted significant changes to the U.S. tax law following the passage and signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act revises the future ongoing U.S. corporate income tax by, among other things, lowering U. S. corporate income tax rates from 35% to 21%. As the Company’s fiscal year ends on July 1, 2018, the lower corporate income tax rate will be phased in, resulting in a U.S. statutory federal rate of approximately 28% for the current fiscal year and 21% for subsequent fiscal years. The Tax Act also eliminates the domestic production activities deduction and introduces limitations on certain business expenses and executive compensation deductions. See Note 11 – Income taxes for the impact of the Tax Act on the Company’s financial statements.

On December 22, 2017, the SEC issued guidance under Staff Accounting Bulletin No.118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“SAB 118”) directing taxpayers to consider the impact of the Tax Act as “provisional” when it does not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete its accounting for the change in tax law. The changes in the Tax Act are broad and complex. The final impacts of the Tax Act may differ from the Company’s estimates due to, among other things, changes in interpretations of the Tax Act, further legislation related to the Tax Act, changes in accounting standards for income taxes or related interpretations in response to the Tax Act, or any updates to estimates the Company has utilized to calculate the impacts of the Tax Act. The Securities Exchange Commission has issued rules that would allow for a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment date of the Tax Act to finalize the related tax impacts. 

 

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Note 2 Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) during the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share reflects the potential dilution that would occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock.

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share:

 

  

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

 
  

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

Numerator:

                

Net income

 $70,699  $62,929  $57,477  $47,158 
                 

Denominator:

                

Weighted average shares outstanding

  64,601   65,172   64,778   65,112 

Effect of dilutive securities:

                

Employee stock options

  1,549   1,526   1,528   1,503 

Employee restricted stock awards

  632   1,056   731   1,163 
   2,181   2,582   2,259   2,666 
                 

Adjusted weighted-average shares and assumed conversions

  66,782   67,754   67,037   67,778 
                 

Net income per common share

                

Basic

 $1.09  $0.97  $0.89  $0.72 

Diluted

 $1.06  $0.93  $0.86  $0.70 

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

March 31,

  

April 2,

 
  

2024

  

2023

  

2024

  

2023

 
  

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

Numerator:

                

Net income (loss)

 $(16,903) $(70,993) $14,762  $(22,155)
                 

Denominator:

                

Weighted average shares outstanding

  64,489   64,767   64,703   64,660 

Effect of dilutive stock options and unvested restricted stock awards

  -   -   354   - 
                 

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding

  64,489   64,767   65,057   64,660 
                 

Net income (loss) per common share

                

Basic

 $(0.26) $(1.10) $0.23  $(0.34)

Diluted

 $(0.26) $(1.10) $0.23  $(0.34)

 

 

Note 3 Stock-Based Compensation Acquisitions

 

The Company has a Long Term Incentive and Share Award Plan, which is more fully described in Note 12 and Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 2, 2017, that provides for the grant to eligible employees, consultants and directorsAcquisition of stock options, restricted shares, and other stock-based awards.

The amounts of stock-based compensation expense recognized in the periods presented are as follows:

  

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

 
      

(in thousands)

     

Stock options

 $107  $113  $215  $227 

Restricted stock

  861   1,611   1,854   3.271 

Total

  968   1,724   2,069   3,498 

Deferred income tax (expense) benefit

  206   438   592   1,141 

Stock-based compensation expense, net

 $762  $1,286  $1,477  $2,357 

 Stock-based compensation is recorded within the following line items of operating expenses:

  

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

 
      

(in thousands)

     

Marketing and sales

 $258  $495  $556  $1,042 

Technology and development

  51   96   111   196 

General and administrative

  659   1,133   1,402   2,260 

Total

 $968  $1,724  $2,069  $3,498 

Stock based compensation expense has not been allocated between business segments, but is reflected as part of Corporate overhead. (see Note 12 - Business Segments.)

Stock OptionsThings Remembered

The following table summarizes stock option activity during thesix months ended December 31, 2017:

  

 

 

Options

  

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

  

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)

  

Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000s)

 
                 

Outstanding at July 2, 2017

  2,127,734  $2.42         

Granted

  -  $-         

Exercised

  (4,000) $3.71         

Forfeited

  (17,500

)

 $9.83         

Outstanding at December 31, 2017

  2,106,234  $2.36   3.4  $17,573 
                 

Options vested or expected to vest at December 31, 2017

  2,106,234  $2.36   3.4  $17,573 

Exercisable at December 31, 2017

  1,707,234  $2.27   3.3  $14,389 

As of December 31, 2017, the total future compensation cost related to non-vested options, not yet recognized in the statement of income, was $0.6 million and the weighted average period over which these awards are expected to be recognized was 1.5 years.

Restricted Stock

The Company grants shares of Common Stock to its employees that are subject to restrictions on transfer and risk of forfeiture until fulfillment of applicable service and performance conditions and, in certain cases, holding periods (Restricted Stock). The following table summarizes the activity of non-vested restricted stock awards during the six months ended December 31, 2017:

  

 

Shares

  

Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

 
         

Non-vested at July 2, 2017

  1,352,873  $7.44 

Granted

  881,473  $9.47 

Vested

  (593,648

)

 $7.76 

Forfeited

  (628,946

)

 $9.50 

Non-vested at December 31, 2017

  1,011,752  $7.74 

The fair value of non-vested shares is determined based on the closing stock price on the grant date. As of December 31, 2017, there was $5.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock-based compensation to be recognized over the weighted-average remaining period of 2.2 years.

Note 4– Disposition

 

On March 15, 2017,January 10, 2023, the Company and Ferrero International S.A., a Luxembourg corporation (“Ferrero”), entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which Ferrero agreed to purchase from the Company allcompleted its acquisition of certain assets of the outstanding equityThings Remembered brand, a provider of Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc., including its subsidiaries, Fannie May Confections, Inc. and Harry London Candies, Inc. (“Fannie May”) for a total consideration of $115.0 million in cash, subject to adjustment for seasonal working capital. The working capital adjustment was finalized in August 2017, resulting in an $11.4 million reduction topersonalized gifts, whose operations are integrated within the purchase price. The resulting gain on sale of $14.6 million, is included within “Other (income) expense, net”PersonalizationMall.com brand, in the Company’s consolidated statements of income inConsumer Floral & Gifts segment. The Company used cash on hand to fund the $5.0 million purchase, which included the intellectual property, customer list, certain inventory, and equipment. The acquisition did fourthnot quarter of fiscal yearinclude Things Remembered retail stores. Things Remembered’s annual revenues from its e-commerce operations, based on its most recently available unaudited financial information was $30.4 million for the 2017.twelve months ended November 30, 2022.

 

The Companytotal consideration of $5.0 million was allocated to the identifiable assets acquired and Ferrero also entered into a transition services agreement whereby liabilities assumed based on our estimates of their fair values on the acquisition date, including: goodwill of $1.9 million (deductible for income tax purposes), trademarks of $0.8 million (indefinite life), customer lists of $0.8 million (3-year life), inventory of $1.1 million, and equipment of $0.4 million. During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, the Company will provide certain post-closing services to Ferrero and Fannie May for a period of approximately 18 months, relatedfinalized its purchase price allocation, resulting in immaterial adjustments to the businesspreliminary carrying value of Fannie May, the respective recorded assets and a commercial agreement with respectthe residual amount that was allocated to the distribution of certain Ferrero and Fannie May products.goodwill.

 

Operating results of Fannie May the Things Remembered business are reflected in the Company’sCompany’s consolidated financial statements through May 30, 2017, from the date of its disposition,acquisition within its Gourmet Foodthe Consumer Floral & Gift BasketsGifts segment. During fiscal 2017, Fannie May contributed net revenuesPro forma results of $85.6 million. Operating and pre-tax income during such period wereoperations have not been presented, as the impact on the Company’s consolidated financial results was notmaterial.

 

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Note 54 Inventory

 

The Company’sCompany’s inventory, statedvalued at the lower of cost which is not in excess of market,or net realizable value, includes purchased and manufactured finished goods for sale, packaging supplies, crops, raw material ingredients for manufactured products and associated manufacturing labor, and is classified as follows:

 

 

December 31, 2017

  

July 2, 2017

  

March 31, 2024

  

July 2, 2023

 
 

(in thousands)

  

(in thousands)

 

Finished goods

 $26,853  $34,476  $86,503  $92,582 

Work-in-process

  4,559   11,933  22,299  33,818 

Raw materials

  29,155   29,453   50,656   64,934 

Total inventory

 $60,567  $75,862  $159,458  $191,334 

 

 

Note 65 Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net

 

The following table presents goodwill by segment and the related change in the net carrying amount:

 

  

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral

  

BloomNet Wire Service

  

Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets

  

Total

 
  

(in thousands)

 

Balance at December 31, 2017 and July 2, 2017

 $17,441  $-  $45,149  $62,590 

          

Gourmet

     
  

Consumer

      

Foods &

     
  

Floral &

      

Gift

     
  

Gifts

  

BloomNet

  

Baskets

  

Total

 
  

(in thousands)

 

Balance at July 2, 2023

 $153,376  $-  $-  $153,376 

Measurement period adjustment for Things Remembered Acquisition

  201   -   -   201 

Balance at March 31, 2024

 $153,577  $-  $-  $153,577 

 

The Company’sCompany’s other intangible assets consist of the following:

 

     

December 31, 2017

  

July 2, 2017

     

March 31, 2024

  

July 2, 2023

 
 

Amortization Period

  

Gross Carrying Amount

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Net

  

Gross Carrying Amount

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Net

     

Gross

       

Gross

      
 

(in years)

  

(in thousands)

  

Amortization

 

Carrying

 

Accumulated

    

Carrying

 

Accumulated

   

Intangible assets with determinable lives:

                            
 

Period

  

Amount

  

Amortization

  

Net

  

Amount

  

Amortization

  

Net

 
 

(in years)

 

(in thousands)

 

Intangible assets with determinable lives

               

Investment in licenses

  14-16  $7,420  $5,990  $1,430  $7,420  $5,937  $1,483  14 - 16  $7,420  $6,648  $772  $7,420  $6,569  $851 

Customer lists

  3-10   12,184   8,840   3,344   12,184   8,227   3,957  3 - 10  29,071  24,830  4,241  29,071  21,611  7,460 

Other

  5-14   2,946   2,102   844   2,946   2,045   901  5 - 14   2,946   2,649   297   2,946   2,604   342 

Total intangible assets with determinable lives

      22,550   16,932   5,618   22,550   16,209   6,341     39,437  34,127  5,310  39,437  30,784  8,653 
                            

Trademarks with indefinite lives

      54,842   -   54,842   54,749   -   54,749      111,473   -   111,473   131,235   -   131,235 
                            

Total identifiable intangible assets

     $77,392  $16,932  $60,460  $77,299  $16,209  $61,090     $150,910  $34,127  $116,783  $170,672  $30,784  $139,888 

 

Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. Future estimated amortization expense is as follows: remainderremainder of fiscal 20182024 - $0.6$1.1 million, fiscal 20192025 - $0.7$1.9 million, fiscal 20202026 - $0.6$1.3 million, fiscal 20212027 - $0.6$0.5 million, fiscal 20222028 - $0.5$0.2 million and thereafter - $2.6million.

Note 7– Investments$0.3 million.

 

The Company has certain investments in non-marketable equity instrumentsperforms its annual assessment of private companies. The Company accounts for these investments using the equity methodgoodwill and indefinite-lived intangible impairment during its fiscal fourth quarter, or more frequently if they provide the Company the ability to exercise significant influence, butevents occur or circumstances change such that it is more likely than not control, over the investee. Significant influence is generally deemed to exist if the Company hasthat an ownership interest in the voting stock of the investee betweenimpairment 20%may  and 50%, although other factors, such as representation on the investee’s Board of Directors, are considered in determining whether the equity method is appropriate. The Company records equity method investments initially at cost, and adjusts the carrying amount to reflect the Company’s share of the earnings or losses of the investee.exist.

 

The Company’s equity method investment is comprised

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During the quarter ended December 31, 2017,2023, Flores Online entered into a share exchange agreement with Isabella Flores, whereby among other changes, the Company exchanged 5% of its interest in Flores Online for a 5% interest in Isabella Flores. This new investment of approximately $0.1 million is currently being accounted as a cost method investmentresult of a decline in the actual and is immaterial toprojected revenue for the financial statements. In conjunction with this share exchange,Company’s PersonalizationMall tradename (indefinite-lived intangible asset), as well as a higher discount rate resulting from the higher interest rate environment, the Company determined that an impairment assessment was required. The Company’s impairment test for the indefinite-lived intangible asset encompassed calculating a fair value of its investment in Flores Online was belowthe indefinite-lived intangible asset and comparing that result to its carrying value. To determine fair value and that this decline was other-than-temporary. As a result,of the indefinite-lived intangible asset, the Company recordedused an income approach, the relief-from-royalty method. This method assumes that, in lieu of ownership, a third party would be willing to pay a royalty in order to obtain the rights to use the comparable asset. Indefinite-lived intangible assets’ fair values require significant judgments in determining both the assets’ estimated cash flows as well as the appropriate discount and royalty rates applied to those cash flows to determine fair value. Based on the impairment charge of $0.2 million, which is included within the “Other (income) expense, net” line item in the Company’s consolidated statement of income duringassessment performed for the quarter ended December 31, 2017.2023, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $19.8 million to reduce the recorded carrying value of the PersonalizationMall tradename to its estimated fair value. This impairment charge was recorded in the Company’s Consumer Floral & Gifts reporting unit. The Company concluded that goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets, excluding its PersonalizationMall tradename, did not require an impairment assessment.

Note 6 Investments

Equity investments without a readily determinable fair value

 

Investments in non-marketable equity instruments of private companies, where the Company does not possess the ability to exercise significant influence, are accounted for under the cost method. Cost method investments are originally recorded at cost, andless impairment (assessed qualitatively at each reporting period), adjusted for observable price changes from orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer. These investments are included within “Other assets” in the Company’sCompany’s consolidated balance sheets. The aggregate carrying amount of the Company’s cost methodequity investments without a readily determinable fair value was $1.8$2.6 million as of DecemberMarch 31, 2017 and $1.72024 million as ofand July 2, 2017.2023, respectively. 

Equity investments with a readily determinable fair value

 

The Company also holds certain trading securities associated with its Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (“NQDC Plan”). These investments are measured using quoted market prices at the reporting date and are included within the “Other assets” line item in the consolidated balance sheets (see Note 109 - Fair Value Measurements).

   

 

Note 87 –Debt Debt, Net

 

The Company’sCompany’s current and long-term debt consists of the following:

 

  

December 31, 2017

  

July 2, 2017

 
  

(in thousands)

 
         

Revolver (1)

 $-  $- 

Term Loan (1)

  109,250   112,125 

Deferred financing costs

  (3,080

)

  (3,560

)

Total debt

  106,170   108,565 

Less: current debt

  8,625   7,188 

Long-term debt

 $97,545  $101,377 
  

March 31, 2024

  

July 2, 2023

 
  

(in thousands)

 

Revolver

 $-  $- 

Term Loans

  192,500   200,000 

Deferred financing costs

  (3,068)  (3,609)

Total debt

  189,432   196,391 

Less: current maturities of long-term debt

  10,000   10,000 

Long-term debt, net

 $179,432  $186,391 

 

(1)On December 23, 2016,June 27, 2023, the Company, certain of its U.S. subsidiaries, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent entered into ana Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “2016“Third Amended Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank as administrative agent, and a group of lenders.. The 2016Third Amended Credit Agreement amendedamends and restatedrestates the Company’s credit agreementSecond Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2014May 31, 2019 (as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of “2014August 20, 2020, Agreement”) to,the Second Amendment, dated as of November 8, 2021, and the Third Amendment, dated as of August 29, 2022). The Third Amended Credit Agreement, among other things, extendmodifications: (i) increases the maturity dateamount of its $115.0 millionthe outstanding term loan ("(“Term Loan"Loan”) andfrom approximately $150 million to $200 million, (ii) decreases the amount of the commitments in respect of the revolving credit facility (the "Revolver")from $250 million to December 23, 2021. The Term Loan is payable in 19 quarterly installments of principal and interest beginning on April 2, 2017, with escalating principal payments, at the rate of 5% in year one, 7.5% in year two, 10% in year three, 12.5% in year four, and 15% in year five, with the remaining balance of $61.8 million due upon maturity. The Revolver, in the aggregate amount of $200$225 million, subject to a seasonal reduction to an aggregate amount of $100$125 million for the period from January 1 throughto August 1, (iii) extends the maturity date of the outstanding term loan and the revolving credit facilities by approximately may 48be used months to June 27, 2028, and (iv) increases the applicable interest rate margins for working capitalSOFR and general corporate purposes, subject to certain restrictions.base rate loans by 25 basis points.

 

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For each borrowing under the 2016Third Amended Credit Agreement, the Company may elect that such borrowing bear interest at an annual rate equal to eithereither: (1) a base rate plus an applicable margin varying from0.75% to 1.5%, based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio, where the base rate is the highest of (a) the prime rate, (b) the highest of the federal funds rate and the overnight bank funding rate as published by the New York Fed,fed bank rate plus 0.5%, and (c) an adjusted LIBO rate, plus 1% or (2) an adjusted LIBOSOFR rate plus an applicable margin varying from 1.75% to 2.5%, based on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. The 2016adjusted SOFR rate includes a credit spread adjustment of 0.1% for all interest periods.

The Third Amended Credit Agreement requires that while any borrowings or commitments are outstanding the Company comply with certain financial covenants and affirmative covenants as well as certain negative covenants that, subject to certain exceptions, limit the Company'sCompany’s ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, make certain investments and make certain restricted payments. The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of DecemberMarch 31, 2017. 2024. The 2016Third Amended Credit Agreement is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company andCompany.

The principal of the Subsidiary Guarantors.Term Loan is payable at a rate of $2.5 million for the first8 quarterly installments beginning on September 29, 2023, increasing to a quarterly payment of $5.0 million, commencing on September 26, 2025, for the remaining 11 payments, with the remaining balance of $125.0 million due upon maturity on June 27, 2028.

 

Future principal term loan payments under the term loanthe Third Amended Credit Agreement are as follows: $4.4$2.5 million – remainder of fiscalFiscal 2018,2024, $10.1$10.0 million – fiscalFiscal 2019,2025, $12.9$20.0 million – fiscalFiscal 2020,2026, $15.8$20.0 million - fiscal– Fiscal 2021,2027, and $66.1$140.0 millionfiscalFiscal 2022.2028.

   

 

Note 98 - Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

 

The Company’sCompany’s property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

 

 

December 31, 2017

  

July 2, 2017

 
 

(in thousands)

  

March 31, 2024

  

July 2, 2023

 
         

(in thousands)

 

Land

 $30,789  $30,789  $33,827  $33,866 

Orchards in production and land improvements

  10,773   9,703  20,604  20,401 

Building and building improvements

  57,803   56,791  68,911  67,647 

Leasehold improvements

  12,305   11,950  30,973  29,524 

Production equipment and furniture and fixtures

  48,889   47,293 

Production equipment

 130,890  125,297 

Furniture and fixtures

 9,294  9,102 

Computer and telecommunication equipment

  46,890   45,026  42,832  41,859 

Software

  123,001   119,177  192,837  181,085 

Capital projects in progress - orchards

  9,114   9,971 

Capital projects in progress

  17,608   18,205 

Property, plant and equipment, gross

  339,564   330,700  547,776  526,986 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

  (184,958

)

  (169,319

)

  (323,837)  (292,417)

Property, plant and equipment, net

 $154,606  $161,381  $223,939  $234,569 

 

 

Note Not9e 10 - Fair Value Measurements

 

Cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables, prepaids, accounts payable and accrued expenses are reflected in the consolidated balance sheets at carrying value, which approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. Although no trading market exists, the Company believes that the carrying amount of its debt approximates fair value due to its variable nature.nature (these are level 2 investments). The Company’s investments in non-marketable equity instruments of private companies are carried at cost and are periodically assessed for other-than-temporary impairment when an event or circumstances indicate that an other-than-temporary decline in value may have occurred. The Company’s remaining financial assets and liabilities are measured and recorded at fair value (see table below). The Company’s non-financial assets, such as definite lived intangible assets and property, plant and equipment, are recorded at cost and are assessed for impairment when an event or circumstance indicates that an other-than-temporary decline in value may have occurred. Goodwill and indefinite lived intangibles are tested for impairment annually, or more frequently, if events occur or circumstances change such that it is more likely than not that an impairment may exist, as required under the accounting standards.

 

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Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability, in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The authoritative guidance for fair value measurements establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under the guidance are described below:

 

Level 1

Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access.

Level 2

Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3

Valuations based on inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are supported by littlesignificant to the fair value of the assets or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

The following table presents by level, within the fair value hierarchy, financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

 

Carrying Value

  

Fair Value Measurements

Assets (Liabilities)

  

Carrying

 

Fair Value Measurements

 
     

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  

Value

  

Assets (Liabilities)

 
 

(in thousands)

      

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

 

Assets (liabilities) as of December 31, 2017:

                
 

(in thousands)

 

As of March 31, 2024

        

Trading securities held in a “rabbi trust” (1)

 $8,693  $8,693  $-  $-  $31,160  $31,160  $-  $- 

Total assets (liabilities) at fair value

 $31,160  $31,160  $-  $- 
 $8,693  $8,693  $-  $-  
                

Assets (liabilities) as of July 2, 2017:

                

As of July 2, 2023

        

Trading securities held in a “rabbi trust” (1)

 $6,916  $6,916  $-  $-  $22,617  $22,617  $-  $- 
 $6,916  $6,916  $-  $- 

Total assets (liabilities) at fair value

 $22,617  $22,617  $-  $- 

 

(1)

The Company has established a Non-qualified Deferred CompensationNQDC Plan for certain members of senior management. Deferred compensation plan assets are invested in mutual funds held in a “rabbi trust”trust,” which is restricted for payment to participants of the NQDC Plan. Trading securities held in a rabbi trust are measured using quoted market prices at the reporting date and are included in the “Other assets” line item, with the corresponding liability included in the “Other assets”liabilities” line item with the corresponding liability included in the “Other liabilities” line item in the consolidated balance sheets. 

   

 

Note 1110 Income Taxes

 

AtThe Company computed the end of each interim reporting period, the Company estimates itstax provision using an estimated annual effective income tax rate, expected to be applicableadjusted for the full year.discrete items. This estimate is used in providing for income taxes on a year-to-date basis and may change in subsequent interim periods. The Company’sCompany’s effective tax rate from operations for the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 2024was 15.2%33.0% and 8.7%34.7%, respectively, compared to 33.3%19.1% and 32.6%-0.6% in the same periods of the prior year. The Company’s effective ratestax rate for fiscal 2018 were impacted by changes associated with the Tax Act (see Note 1 -Accounting Policies above). During the quarter ended December 31, 2017, the Company recognized a benefit of $15.9 million, or $0.24 per diluted share related to the impact of the Tax Act, consisting of a discrete tax benefit of $12.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, reflecting a revaluation of deferred tax liabilities at the lower U.S. federal statutory rate of 21%,2024 and a benefit of $3.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, reflecting the Company’s lower transitional federal tax rate in fiscal 2018 of 28.0 percent. In addition, fiscal 2018 effective rates were impacted by state income taxes, which were partially offset by various permanent differences and tax credits. The effective rates for fiscal 20172023 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to impairment charges within the respective periods, thus reducing the amount of income reflected in the Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate. Further impacting the effective tax rate for fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023 were tax deficiencies (shortfalls) from stock-based compensation, state income taxes which were more thanand non-deductible executive compensation, partially offset by various permanent differencestax credits.

On a regular basis, the Company evaluates the recoverability of deferred tax assets and tax credits, including excess tax benefits on stock based compensation asthe need for a resultvaluation allowance. Such evaluations involve the application of significant judgment. The Company considers multiple factors in its evaluation of the Company’s adoptionneed for a valuation allowance, including reversal of ASUdeferred tax liabilities, available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the deferred tax assets, and forecasted future taxable income.  A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than 2016not- that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax assets will 09.not be realized. At both March 31, 2024 and July 2, 2023, the Company had valuation allowances of approximately $3.2 million, primarily related to certain state and foreign net operating losses.

 

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various state jurisdictions, and various foreign countries. The Company completed its audit by the Internal Revenue Service for fiscal year 2014, however,Company’s fiscal years 20152020,2021, and 20162022 remain subject to U.S. federal examination. Due to ongoing state examinations and non-conformitynonconformity with the U.S. federal statute of limitations for assessment, certain states remain open from fiscal 2012. The Company commenced operations in foreign jurisdictions in 2012.2016. The Company's foreign income tax filings from fiscal 2017 are open for examination by its respective foreign tax authorities.authorities, mainly Canada and Brazil.

 

The Company���sCompany’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. At DecemberMarch 31, 2017, 2024, the Company has an unrecognized tax benefit, including an immaterial amount of accrued interest and penalties, of approximately $0.4$3.2 million. The Company believes that no significant$0.4 million of unrecognized tax positions will be resolved over the next twelve months.

 

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Note 1211 Business Segments

 

The Company’sCompany’s management reviews the results of the Company’sits operations by the following three business segments:

 

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral,

     BloomNet Wire Service, and

     Gourmet Food and Gift Baskets

Consumer Floral & Gifts,

BloomNet, and

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

 

Segment performance is measured based on contribution margin, which includes only the direct controllable revenue and operating expenses of the segments. As such, management’smanagement’s measure of profitability for these segments does not include the effect of corporate overhead (see (a) below), nor does it include depreciation and amortization, other (income) expense, net and income taxes, or stock-based compensation, both of which are included within corporate overhead. Assets and liabilities are reviewed at the consolidated level by management and not accounted for by segment.

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

March 31,

  

April 2,

 
  

2024

  

2023

  

2024

  

2023

 
  

(in thousands)

 

Net Revenues:

                

Segment Net Revenues:

                

Consumer Floral & Gifts

 $221,207  $233,019  $618,236  $672,248 

BloomNet

  27,314   36,968   83,420   103,187 

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  130,989   147,863   769,061   844,522 

Corporate

  167   36   716   152 

Intercompany eliminations

  (272)  (320)  (924)  (1,062)

Total net revenues

 $379,405  $417,566  $1,470,509  $1,619,047 
                 

Operating Income:

                

Segment Contribution Margin:

                

Consumer Floral & Gifts

 $22,190  $26,136  $41,609  $64,832 

BloomNet

  7,506   10,982   25,981   29,847 

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  (8,172)  (78,480)  98,953   26,313 

Segment Contribution Margin Subtotal

  21,524   (41,362)  166,543   120,992 

Corporate (a)

  (36,221)  (30,015)  (100,221)  (91,595)

Depreciation and amortization

  (13,232)  (13,267)  (40,578)  (40,276)

Operating income

 $(27,929) $(84,644) $25,744  $(10,879)

(a) Corporate expenses consist of the Company’s enterprise shared service cost centers, and include, among other items, Information Technology, Human Resources, Accounting and Finance, Legal, Executive and Customer Service Center functions, as well as Stock-based compensation. In order to leverage the Company’s infrastructure, these functions are operated under a centralized management platform, providing support services throughout the organization. The costs of these functions, other than those of the Customer Service Center, which are allocated directly to the above categories based upon usage, are included within corporate expenses as they are not directly allocable to a specific segment.

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The following tables represent a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers, by channel: 

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

Consumer Floral &

          

Gourmet Foods &

  

Corporate and

         
  

Gifts

  

BloomNet

  

Gift Baskets

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

 
  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

 
  (in thousands) 

Net revenues

                                        

E-commerce

 $218,590  $230,403  $-  $-  $121,651  $127,398  $-  $-  $340,241  $357,801 

Other

  2,617   2,616   27,314   36,968   9,338   20,465   (105)  (284)  39,164   59,765 

Total net revenues

 $221,207  $233,019  $27,314  $36,968  $130,989  $147,863  $(105) $(284) $379,405  $417,566 
                                         

Other revenues detail

                                        

Retail and other

  2,617   2,616   -   -   1,629   1,686   -   -   4,246   4,302 

Wholesale

  -   -   12,364   14,695   7,709   18,779   -   -   20,073   33,474 

BloomNet services

  -   -   14,950   22,273   -   -   -   -   14,950   22,273 

Corporate

  -   -   -   -   -   -   167   36   167   36 

Eliminations

  -   -   -   -   -   -   (272)  (320)  (272)  (320)

Total other revenues

 $2,617  $2,616  $27,314  $36,968  $9,338  $20,465  $(105) $(284) $39,164  $59,765 

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Nine Months Ended

 
  

Consumer Floral &

          

Gourmet Foods &

  

Corporate and

         
  

Gifts

  

BloomNet

  

Gift Baskets

  

Eliminations

  

Consolidated

 
  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

 
  (in thousands) 

Net revenues

                                        

E-commerce

 $611,770  $665,866  $-  $-  $676,788  $721,267  $-  $-  $1,288,558  $1,387,133 

Other

  6,466   6,382   83,420   103,187   92,273   123,255   (208)  (910)  181,951   231,914 

Total net revenues

 $618,236  $672,248  $83,420  $103,187  $769,061  $844,522  $(208) $(910) $1,470,509  $1,619,047 
                                         

Other revenues detail

                                        

Retail and other

  6,466   6,382   -   -   7,859   7,907   -   -   14,325   14,289 

Wholesale

  -   -   32,867   40,370   84,414   115,348   -   -   117,281   155,718 

BloomNet services

  -   -   50,553   62,817   -   -   -   -   50,553   62,817 

Corporate

  -   -   -   -   -   -   716   152   716   152 

Eliminations

  -   -   -   -   -   -   (924)  (1,062)  (924)  (1,062)

Total other revenues

 $6,466  $6,382  $83,420  $103,187  $92,273  $123,255  $(208) $(910) $181,951  $231,914 

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Note 12 Leases 

 

The Company currently leases plants, warehouses, offices, store facilities, and equipment under various leases through fiscal 2036. Most lease agreements are of a long-term nature (over a year), although the Company does also enter into short-term leases, primarily for seasonal needs. Lease agreements may contain renewal options and rent escalation clauses and require the Company to pay real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance and operating expenses applicable to the leased properties. The Company accounts for its leases in accordance with ASC 842.

  

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

 

Net Revenues:

 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

 
      

(in thousands)

     

Segment Net Revenues:

                

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral

 $100,064  $97,808  $176,674  $173,023 

BloomNet Wire Service

  20,375   20,502   40,139   41,466 

Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets

  405,964   436,870   466,950   506,684 

Corporate

  317   316   587   579 

Intercompany eliminations

  (627

)

  (943

)

  (908

)

  (1,370

)

Total net revenues

 $526,093  $554,553  $683,442  $720,382 

 

At contract inception, the Company determines whether a contract is, or contains, a lease by determining whether it conveys the right to control the use of the identified asset for a period of time, by assessing whether the Company has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from use of the identified asset and the right to direct the use of the identified asset.

At the lease commencement date, the Company determines if a lease should be classified as an operating or a finance lease (the Company currently has no finance leases) and recognizes a corresponding lease liability and a right-of-use asset on its Balance Sheet. The lease liability is initially and subsequently measured as the present value of the remaining fixed minimum rental payments (including base rent and fixed common area maintenance) using discount rates as of the commencement date. Variable payments (including most utilities, real estate taxes, insurance and variable common area maintenance) are expensed as incurred. Further, the Company elected a short-term lease exception policy, permitting it to not apply the recognition requirements of this standard to short-term leases (i.e. leases with terms of 12 months or less) and an accounting policy to account for lease and non-lease components as a single component for certain classes of assets. The right-of-use asset is initially and subsequently measured at the carrying amount of the lease liability adjusted for any prepaid or accrued lease payments, remaining balance of lease incentives received, unamortized initial direct costs, or impairment charges relating to the right-of-use asset. Right-of-use assets are assessed for impairment using the long-lived assets impairment guidance. The discount rate used to determine the present value of lease payments is the Company’s estimated collateralized incremental borrowing rate, based on the yield curve for the respective lease terms, as the Company generally cannot determine the interest rate implicit in the lease.

The Company recognizes expense for its operating leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. As these leases expire, it can be expected that in the normal course of business they will be renewed or replaced. Renewal option periods are included in the measurement of lease liability, where the exercise is reasonably certain to occur. Key estimates and judgments in accounting for leases include how the Company determines: (1) lease payments, (2) lease term, and (3) the discount rate used in calculating the lease liability.

 

  

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

 

Operating Income:

 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

 
      

(in thousands)

     

Segment Contribution Margin:

                

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral

 $10,791  $13,128  $17,762  $21,309 

BloomNet Wire Service

  7,692   8,189   14,393   15,468 

Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets

  93,496   104,624   88,509   95,320 

Segment Contribution Margin Subtotal

  111,979   125,941   120,664   132,097 

Corporate (a)

  (18,836

)

  (20,223

)

  (39,040

)

  (41,491

)

Depreciation and amortization

  (8,677

)

  (9,167

)

  (16,761

)

  (17,164

)

Operating income

 $84,466  $96,551  $64,863  $73,442 
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Additional information related to our leases is as follows:

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

March 31,

  

April 2,

 
  

2024

  

2023

  

2024

  

2023

 
  

(in thousands)

 

Lease costs:

                

Operating lease costs

 $5,693  $5,627  $16,966  $16,580 

Variable lease costs

  6,399   6,499   20,481   18,953 

Short-term lease cost

  282   474   3,700   4,928 

Sublease income

  (238)  (253)  (735)  (737)

Total lease costs

 $12,136  $12,347  $40,412  $39,724 
                 

Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of operating lease liabilities

         $16,957  $15,431 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

         $3,153  $11,790 

 

March 31,

2024

(in thousands)

(a) Corporate expenses consist of the Company’s enterprise shared service cost centers, and include, among other items, Information Technology, Human Resources, Accounting and Finance, Legal, Executive and Customer Service Center functions, as well as Stock-Based Compensation. In order to leverage the Company’s infrastructure, these functions are operated under a centralized management platform, providing support services throughout the organization. The costs of these functions, other than those of the Customer Service Center, which are allocated directly to the above categories based upon usage, are included within corporate expenses as they are not directly allocable to a specific segment.Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years)

8.2

Weighted-discount rate - operating leases

4.1%

 

Maturities of lease liabilities in accordance with ASC 842 as of March 31, 2024 and reconciliation to balance sheet are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year:

    

Remainder of 2024

 $3,838 

2025

  20,998 

2026

  19,076 

2027

  17,447 

2028

  16,514 

Thereafter

  68,722 

Total Future Minimum Lease Payments

  146,595 

Less: Imputed Remaining Interest

  23,427 

Total Operating Lease Liabilities

  123,168 

Less: Current portion of long-term operating lease liabilities

  15,250 

Long-term operating lease liabilities

 $107,918 

 

Note 13 Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consisted of the following:

  

March 31, 2024

  

July 2, 2023

 
  

(in thousands)

 

Payroll and employee benefits

 $25,786  $33,927 

Deferred revenue

  31,661   30,811 

Accrued marketing expenses

  15,190   13,679 

Accrued florist payout

  12,733   13,437 

Accrued purchases

  16,578   18,351 

Other

  36,056   31,709 

Accrued Expenses

 $138,004  $141,914 

17

Note 14 Commitments and Contingencies

 

Litigation

 

There are various claims, lawsuits, and pending actions against the Company and its subsidiaries incident to the operations of its businesses. It is the opinion of management, after consultation with counsel, that the ultimatefinal resolution of such claims, lawsuits and pending actions will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidityliquidity.

Note 15 Subsequent Events

Acquisition of Card Isle

On April 3, 2024, the Company completed its acquisition of Card Isle, an e-commerce greeting card company, expanding the Company’s presence in the greeting card category across all brands.

The Company used cash on its balance sheet to fund the approximate $3.5 million purchase. Card Isle annual revenue, based on its most recently available financial information, is deemed immaterial to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

  

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ITEM 2.2. MANAGEMENT’SS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.OPERATIONS

Forward Looking Statements

 

This “Management’sManagements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (MD&A)Operations ("MD&A") is intended to provide an understanding of our financial condition, change in financial condition, cash flow, liquidity, and results of operations. The following MD&A discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes to those statements that appear elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and in the Company’s Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K.10-K, for the year ended July 2, 2023. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’sCompanys plans, estimates and beliefs. The Company’sCompanys actual results could differ materially from those discussed or referred to in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to any differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the caption “Forward-LookingForward-Looking Information and Factors That May Affect Future Results” andResults, under Part I, Item 1A, of the Company’s Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended July 2, 2023under the heading “Risk Factors.Risk Factors and Part II-Other Information, Item 1A in this Form 10-Q.

 

Business Overview

 

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. and its subsidiariessubsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) is a leading provider of gifts for all celebratory occasions. Fordesigned to help inspire customers to give more, connect more, and build more and better relationships. The Company’s e-commerce business platform features an all-star family of brands, including: 1-800-Flowers.com®, 1-800-Baskets.com®, Cheryl’s Cookies®, Harry & David®, PersonalizationMall.com®, Shari’s Berries®, FruitBouquets.com®, Things Remembered®, Moose Munch®, The Popcorn Factory®, Wolferman’s Bakery®, Vital Choice®, Simply Chocolate®, and Card Isle®. Through the past 40 years, 1-800-Flowers.com® has been helping deliver smilesCelebrations Passport® loyalty program, which provides members with free standard shipping and no service charge on eligible products across our portfolio of brands, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. strives to customersdeepen relationships with a 100% Smile Guarantee® backing every gift. In addition to the 1-800-Flowers.com brand, which offers fresh flowers, plants, fruitcustomers. The Company also operates BloomNet®, an international floral and gift baskets, as well as balloons, plush and keepsake gifts, the Company’s BloomNet® international floral wireindustry service (www.mybloomnet.net) and Napco brands provideprovider offering a broad rangebroad-range of quality products and value-added services designed to help professional floristsmembers grow their businesses profitably. The 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. familyprofitably; Napco℠, a resource for floral gifts and seasonal décor; DesignPac Gifts, LLC, a manufacturer of brands also offers everyday gifting and entertaining products such as premium, gift-quality fruits and other gourmet items from Harry & David® (1-877-322-1200 or www.harryanddavid.com), popcorn and specialty treats from The Popcorn Factory® (1-800-541-2676 or www.thepopcornfactory.com); cookies and baked gifts from Cheryl’s® (1-800-443-8124 or www.cheryls.com); gift baskets and towers from 1-800-Baskets.com® (www.1800baskets.com)towers; and DesignPac; premium English muffinsAlice’s Table®, a lifestyle business offering fully digital floral, culinary and other breakfast treats from Wolferman’s (1-800-999-1910 or www.wolfermans.com); artisanal and specialty chocolates from Simply ChocolateSM (www.simplychocolate.com), carved fresh fruit arrangements from FruitBouquets.com (www.fruitbouquets.com); top quality steaks and chops from Stock Yards® (www.stockyards.com), and personalized gifts from Personalization Universe�� (www.personalizationuniverse.com).experiences to guests across the country.

 

Service offerings suchFor additional information, see Item 7 of Part II, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Overview” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended July 2, 2023

Macro-economic Conditions

Overall, broader macro-economic conditions continue to impact our consumers as Celebrations Passport®, Celebrations Rewards®they continue to moderate their discretionary income. Consumers remain pressured by persistent inflation, higher interest rates, and Celebrations Reminders® are designedthe resumption of student loan repayments. Throughout the past several years, we have seen that customer spending on “Everyday” gifting occasions has slowed, whereas spending for the major holidays has held up better. However, customers did remain more conservative regarding their Christmas and Valentine's Day holiday spending than originally anticipated. In line with this, total consolidated revenues decreased 9.1% to deepen relationships$379.4 million and 9.2% to $1.47 billion during the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024, respectively, compared with customers across all brands. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. was namedthe same periods of the prior year. As we look ahead to the Stores® 2017 Hot 100 Retailers List byend of fiscal 2024, we continue to expect our e-commerce sales trends to improve albeit at a slower pace than initially anticipated.

The challenging macro-economic conditions that have affected our customers have also impacted our operating costs. During the National Retail Federationsecond quarter of fiscal 2022, in-bound and receivedout-bound shipping, commodity, labor and fuel costs began to surge, and escalated throughout the Gold awardbalance of the year and into fiscal 2023. During our second quarter and third quarter of fiscal 2023, while certain commodity prices remained near historical highs, we began to see a more stable labor market, and significant year-over-year reductions in ocean freight costs. As a result of these trends, combined with our strategic pricing initiatives, automation efforts, and other internal management initiatives, we started to see year-over-year improvement in gross margin commencing in the “Best Artificial Intelligence” category atsecond quarter of fiscal 2023. These trends and initiatives continued into fiscal 2024 and we saw a significant improvement in year-over-year gross margin in the Data & Marketing Association’s 2017 International ECHO Awardsthird quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2024. This improvement and a reduction of expenses helped to offset the aforementioned year-over-year decline in sales.

Intangible Impairment

During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, as a result of a decline in the actual and projected revenue for the Company’s groundbreaking implementation of an artificial intelligence-powered online gift concierge, GWYN.

Shares in 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. are traded onPersonalizationMall tradename, as well as a higher discount rate resulting from the NASDAQ Global Select Market, ticker symbol: FLWS.  

On May 30, 2017,higher interest rate environment, the Company completeddetermined that an impairment assessment was required for this tradename. This assessment resulted in the saleCompany recording a non-cash impairment charge of $19.8 million to reduce the recorded carrying value of the outstanding equity of Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc., including its subsidiaries, Fannie May Confections, Inc.PersonalizationMall tradename. See Note 5 – Goodwill and Harry London Candies, Inc. (“Fannie May”) to Ferrero International S.A., a Luxembourg corporation (“Ferrero”),Intangible Assets, Net for a total consideration of $115.0 million in cash, subject to adjustment for seasonal working capital. The working capital adjustment was finalized in August 2017, resulting in an $11.4 million reduction to the purchase price. The resulting gain on sale of $14.6 million, is included within “Other (income) expense, net” in the Company’s consolidated statements of income in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017.

The Company and Ferrero also entered into a transition services agreement whereby the Company will provide certain post-closing services to Ferrero and Fannie May for a period of approximately 18 months, related to the business of Fannie May, and a commercial agreement with respect to the distribution of certain Ferrero and Fannie May products.

Operating results of Fannie May are reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements through May 30, 2017, the date of its disposition, within its Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets segment. See Segment Information and Results of Operations below for a comparison of fiscal 2018 results to fiscal 2017, adjusted to exclude the operations of Fannie May.

further information.

 

 

 

Acquisition of Things Remembered

 

On January 10, 2023, the Company completed its acquisition of certain assets of the Things Remembered brand, a provider of personalized gifts, whose operations have been integrated within the PersonalizationMall.com brand, in the Consumer Floral & Gifts segment. The Company used cash on hand to fund the $5.0 million purchase, which included intellectual property, customer list, certain inventory, and equipment - see Note 3 –Acquisitions in Item 1

Acquisition of Card Isle

On April 3, 2024, the Company completed its acquisition of Card Isle, an e-commerce greeting card company, expanding the Company’s presence in the greeting card category across all brands.  The Company used cash on its balance sheet to fund the approximate $3.5 million purchase. – See Note 15 – Subsequent Events in Item 1

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

On June 27, 2023, the Company entered into a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to, among other modifications, (i) increase the amount of the outstanding term loan from approximately $150 million to $200 million, (ii) decrease the amount of the commitments in respect of the revolving credit facility from $250 million to $225 million, subject to a seasonal reduction to an aggregate amount of $125 million for the period from January 1 to August 1, (iii) extend the maturity date of the outstanding term loan and the revolving credit facilities by approximately 48 months to June 27, 2028, and (iv) increase the applicable interest rate margins for SOFR and base rate loans by 25 basis points (See Note 7 - Debt, Net in Item 1, for details).

Company Guidance

For Fiscal 2024, the Company continues to expect revenue to remain pressured by a challenging consumer environment, but certain year-over-year trends continue to improve. The Company also expects continued improvement in gross margin.

As a result, the Company is reiterating its Fiscal 2024 guidance as follows:

total revenues on a percentage basis to decline in a range of 7% to 9%, as compared with the prior year;

Adjusted EBITDA to be in a range of $95 million to $100 million; and

Free Cash Flow to be in a range of $60 million to $65 million.

Refer to "Definitions of non-GAAP Financial Measures" for reconciliation of non-GAAP results to applicable GAAP results.

Definitions of non-GAAP Financial Measures:

 

We sometimes use financial measures derived from consolidated financial information, but not presented in our financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Certain of these are considered "non-GAAP financial measures" under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules. See below for definitions and the reasons why we use these non-GAAP financial measures. Where applicable, see the Segment Information and Results of Operationssections below for reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are referred to as “adjusted"“non-GAAP” or “on a comparable basis”“adjusted” below, as these terms are used interchangeably. Reconciliations for forward-looking figures would require unreasonable efforts at this time because of the uncertainty and variability of the nature and amount of certain components of various necessary GAAP components, including, for example, those related to compensation, tax items, amortization or others that may arise during the year, and the Company's management believes such reconciliations would be confusing or misleading to investors. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information. The lack of such reconciling information should be considered when assessing the impact of such disclosures.

 

Adjusted revenues

Adjusted revenues measure GAAP revenues adjusted for the effects of acquisitions, dispositions, and other items affecting period to period comparability. See Segment Information for details on how adjusted revenues were calculated for each period presented.

We believe that this measure provides management and investors with a more complete understanding of underlying revenue trends of established, ongoing operations by excluding the effect of activities which are subject to volatility and can obscure underlying trends.

Management recognizes that the term "adjusted revenues" may be interpreted differently by other companies and under different circumstances. Although this may influence comparability of absolute percentage growth from company to company, we believe that these measures are useful in assessing trends of the Company and its segments, and may therefore be a useful tool in assessing period-to-period performance trends.

Adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross profit percentage

Adjusted gross profit measures GAAP revenues less cost of revenues, adjusted for the effects of acquisitions, dispositions, and other items affecting period to period comparability. Adjusted gross profit percentage measures adjusted gross profit divided by adjusted revenues. See Segment Information for details on how adjusted gross profit and adjusted gross profit percentage were calculated for each period presented.

We believe that this measure provides management and investors with a more complete understanding of underlying gross profit trends of established, ongoing operations by excluding the effect of activities which are subject to volatility and can obscure underlying trends.

Management recognizes that the term "adjusted gross profit" or “adjusted gross profit percentage” may be interpreted differently by other companies and under different circumstances. Although this interpretation may vary from company to company, we believe that these consistently applied measures are useful in assessing trends of the Company and its segments, and may therefore be a useful tool in assessing period-to-period performance trends.

EBITDA and adjustedAdjusted EBITDA

We define EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA adjusted for the impact of stock basedstock-based compensation, Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (“NQDC Plan”) Investment appreciation/appreciation/depreciation, and certain items affecting period to periodperiod-to-period comparability. See Segment Information orfor details on how EBITDA and adjustedAdjusted EBITDA were calculated for each period presented.

 

The Company presents EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because it considers such information meaningful supplemental measures of its performance and believes such information is frequently used by the investment community in the evaluation of similarly situated companies. The Company uses EBITDA and adjustedAdjusted EBITDA as factors used to determine the total amount of incentive compensation available to be awarded to executive officers and other employees. The Company's credit agreement uses EBITDA and adjustedAdjusted EBITDA to determine its interest rate and to measure compliance with covenants such as interest coverage and debt incurrence.certain covenants. EBITDA and adjustedAdjusted EBITDA are also used by the Company to evaluate and price potential acquisition candidates.

 

EBITDA and adjustedAdjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's results as reported under GAAP. Some of the limitations are: (a) EBITDA and adjustedAdjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, the Company's working capital needs; (b) EBITDA and adjustedAdjusted EBITDA do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on the Company's debts; and (c) although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future and EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such capital expenditures. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should only be used on a supplemental basis combined with GAAP results when evaluating the Company's performance.

 

Segment contribution margincontribution margin and adjusted segment contribution margin

We define segment contribution margin as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, before the allocation of corporate overhead expenses. Adjusted segment contribution margin is defined as segment contribution margin adjusted for certain items affecting period to periodperiod-to-period comparability. See Segment Information for details on how segment contribution margin and comparable segment contribution margin werewas calculated for each period presented.

 

When viewed together with our GAAPGAAP results, we believe segment contribution margin and comparableadjusted segment contribution margin provide management and users of the financial statements meaningful information about the performance of our business segments.

 

Segment contribution margin and comparableadjusted segment contribution margin are used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be relied upon to the exclusion of GAAP financial measures. The material limitation associated with the use of the segment contribution margin and adjusted segment contribution margin is that it isthey are an incomplete measure of profitability as it doesthey do not include all operating expenses or non-operating income and expenses. Management compensates for these limitationsthis limitation when using this measure by looking at other GAAP measures, such as operating income and net income.

 

Adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per common share

We define adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per common share as net income (loss) and net income (loss) per common share adjusted for certain items affecting period to periodperiod-to-period comparability. See Segment Information below below for details on how adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per common share were calculated for each period presented.

 

We believe that adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per common share are meaningful measures because they increase the comparability of period to periodperiod-to-period results.

 

Since these are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, GAAP net income (loss) and net income (loss) per common share, as indicators of operating performance and they may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.

 

Free Cash Flow

We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities, less capital expenditures. The Company considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business after the purchases of fixed assets, which can then be used to, among other things, invest in the Company’s business, make strategic acquisitions, strengthen the balance sheet, and repurchase stock or retire debt. Free cash flow is a liquidity measure that is frequently used by the investment community in the evaluation of similarly situated companies.

Since free cash flow is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, it should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's results as reported under GAAP. A limitation of the utility of free cash flow as a measure of financial performance is that it does not represent the total increase or decrease in the company's cash balance for the period.

The following table reconciles net cash provided by operating activities, a GAAP measure, to free cash flow, a non-GAAP Measure.

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

 
  

2024

  

2023

 
  (in thousands) 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 $100,051  $73,064 

Capital expenditures

  (26,482)  (31,351)

Free Cash Flow

 $73,569  $41,713 

 

 

SegmentInformation

 

The following table presents the net revenues,revenues, gross profit and segment contribution margin from each of the Company’s business segments, as well as consolidated EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net income.EBITDA.

 

  

Three Months Ended

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

Exclude Operating Results of

Fannie May

  

Severance

Costs

  

Adjusted

(non-GAAP)

December 31, 2017

  

Adjusted

(non-GAAP)

% Change

  
  (dollars in thousands) 

Net revenues:

                         

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral

 $100,064  $97,808  $-  $-  $97,808   2.3% 

BloomNet Wire Service

  20,375   20,502           20,502   -0.6% 

Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets

  405,964   436,870   (41,199)  -   395,671   2.6% 

Corporate

  317   316           316   0.3% 

Intercompany eliminations

  (627)  (943)  344   -   (599)  -4.7% 

Total net revenues

 $526,093  $554,553  $(40,855) $-  $513,698   2.4% 
                          

Gross profit:

                         

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral

 $38,844  $40,300   -   -  $40,300   -3.6% 
   38.8%  41.2%          41.2%     
           -   -          

BloomNet Wire Service

  11,693   12,310           12,310   -5.0% 
   57.4%  60.0%  -   -   60.0%     
                          

Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets

  184,468   204,185   (15,939)  -   188,246   -2.0% 
   45.4%  46.7%          47.6%     
                          

Corporate (a)

  254   199   -   -   199   27.6% 
   80.1%  63.0%          63.0%     
                          

Total gross profit

 $235,259  $256,994  $(15,939) $-  $241,055   -2.4% 
   44.7%  46.3%          46.9%     
                          

EBITDA (non-GAAP):

                         
                          

Segment Contribution Margin (non-GAAP):

                         

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral

 $10,791  $13,128   $-   $-  $13,128   -17.8% 

BloomNet Wire Service

  7,692   8,189   -   -   8,189   -6.1% 

Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets

  93,496   104,624   (6,219)  79   98,484   -5.1% 

Segment Contribution Margin Subtotal

  111,979   125,941   (6,219)  79   119,801   -6.5% 

Corporate (a)

  (18,836)  (20,223)  356      (19,867)  5.2% 

EBITDA (non-GAAP)

  93,143   105,718   (5,863)  79   99,934   -6.8% 

Add: Stock-based compensation

  968   1,724         1,724   -43.9% 

Add: Comp charge related to NQ Plan Investment Appreciation

  364   20         20   1720.0% 

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)

 $94,475  $107,462  $(5,863) $79  $101,678   -7.1% 
  

Three Months Ended

 
                      

Things

         
          

As Adjusted

      

Goodwill and

  

Remembered

  

As Adjusted

     
       Restructuring cost/   (non-GAAP)       Intangible   Transaction   (non-GAAP)  %
  

March 31, 2024

  

Severance

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

Impairment

  

Costs

  

April 2, 2023

  

Change

 
  (dollars in thousands) 

Net revenues:

                                

Consumer Floral & Gifts

 $221,207  $-  $221,207  $233,019  $-  $-  $233,019   -5.1%

BloomNet

  27,314       27,314   36,968           36,968   -26.1%

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  130,989       130,989   147,863           147,863   -11.4%

Corporate

  167       167   36           36   363.9%

Intercompany eliminations

  (272)      (272)  (320)          (320)  15.0%

Total net revenues

 $379,405  $-  $379,405  $417,566  $-  $-  $417,566   -9.1%
                                 

Gross profit:

                                

Consumer Floral & Gifts

 $87,005  $-  $87,005  $88,317  $-  $-  $88,317   -1.5%
   39.3%      39.3%  37.9%          37.9%    
                                 

BloomNet

  12,411       12,411   15,720           15,720   -21.0%
   45.4%      45.4%  42.5%          42.5%    
                                 

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  39,169       39,169   36,371           36,371   7.7%
   29.9%      29.9%  24.6%          24.6%    
                                 

Corporate

  132       132   32           32   312.5%
   79.0%      79.0%  88.9%          88.9%    
                                 

Total gross profit

 $138,717  $-  $138,717  $140,440  $-  $-  $140,440   -1.2%
   36.6%  -   36.6%  33.6%  -   -   33.6%    
                                 

EBITDA (non-GAAP):

                                

Segment Contribution Margin (non-GAAP) (a):

                                

Consumer Floral & Gifts

 $22,190  $630  $22,820  $26,136  $-  $-  $26,136   -12.7%

BloomNet

  7,506   69   7,575   10,982           10,982   -31.0%

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  (8,172)  538   (7,634)  (78,480)  64,586       (13,894)  45.1%

Segment Contribution Margin Subtotal

  21,524   1,237   22,761   (41,362)  64,586   -   23,224   -2.0%

Corporate (b)

  (36,221)  1,180   (35,041)  (30,015)      201   (29,814)  -17.5%

EBITDA (non-GAAP)

  (14,697)  2,417   (12,280)  (71,377)  64,586   201   (6,590)  -86.3%

Add: Stock-based compensation

  3,046       3,046   2,487           2,487   22.5%

Add: Compensation charge related to NQDC Plan Investment Appreciation (Depreciation)

  3,534       3,534   (1,446)          (1,446)  344.4%

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)

 $(8,117) $2,417  $(5,700) $(70,336) $64,586  $201  $(5,549)  -2.7%

 

 

  

Six Months Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

Exclude Operating

Results of

Fannie May

  

Severance Costs

  

Adjusted

(non-GAAP)

December 31, 2017

  

Adjusted

(non-GAAP)

% Change

 
  (dollars in thousands)

Net revenues:

                        

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral

 $176,674  $173,023  $-  $-  $173,023   2.1%

BloomNet Wire Service

  40,139   41,466   -   -   41,466   -3.2%

Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets

  466,950   506,684   (52,573)  -   454,111   2.8%

Corporate

  587   579   -   -   579   1.4%

Intercompany eliminations

  (908)  (1,370)  514      (856)  -6.0%

Total net revenues

 $683,442  $720,382  $(52,059) $-  $668,323   2.3%
                         
                         

Gross profit:

                        

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral

 $69,578  $70,799  $-  $-  $70,799   -1.7%
   39.4%  40.9%          40.9%    
                         

BloomNet Wire Service

  22,751   24,104   -   -   24,104   -5.6%
   56.7%  58.1%          58.1%    
                         

Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets

  209,620   232,936   (20,425)  -   212,511   -1.4%
   44.9%  46.0%          46.8%    
                         

Corporate (a)

  588   542   -   -   542   8.5%
   100.2%  93.6%          93.6%    
                         

Total gross profit

 $302,537  $328,381  $(20,425) $-  $307,956   -1.8%
   44.3%  45.6%          46.1%    
                         

EBITDA (non-GAAP):

                        
                         

Segment Contribution Margin (non-GAAP):

                        

1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral

 $17,762  $21,309  $-  $-  $21,309   -16.6%

BloomNet Wire Service

  14,393   15,468   -   -   15,468   -6.9%

Gourmet Food & Gift Baskets

  88,509   95,320   (3,018)  103   92,405   -4.2%

Segment Contribution Margin Subtotal

  120,664   132,097   (3,018)  103   129,182   -6.6%

Corporate (a)

  (39,040)  (41,491)  763      (40,728)  4.1%

EBITDA (non-GAAP)

  81,624   90,606   (2,255)  103   88,454   -7.7%

Add: Stock-based compensation

  2,069   3,498   -   -   3,498   -40.9%

Add: Comp charge related to NQ Plan Investment Appreciation

  639   282   -   -   282   -126.6%

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)

 $84,332  $94,386  $(2,255) $103  $92,234   -8.6%

  

Nine Months Ended

 
                          

Things

         
              

As Adjusted

      

Goodwill and

  

Remembered

  

As Adjusted

     
       Intangible   Restructuring cost/   (non-GAAP)       Intangible   Transaction   (non-GAAP)  %
  

March 31, 2024

  

Impairment

  

Severance

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

Impairment

  

Costs

  

April 2, 2023

  

Change

 
  (dollars in thousands) 

Net revenues:

                                    

Consumer Floral & Gifts

 $618,236  $-  $-  $618,236  $672,248  $-  $-  $672,248   -8.0%

BloomNet

  83,420           83,420   103,187           103,187   -19.2%

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  769,061           769,061   844,522           844,522   -8.9%

Corporate

  716           716   152           152   371.1%

Intercompany eliminations

  (924)          (924)  (1,062)          (1,062)  13.0%

Total net revenues

 $1,470,509  $-  $-  $1,470,509  $1,619,047  $-  $-  $1,619,047   -9.2%
                                     

Gross profit:

                                    

Consumer Floral & Gifts

 $252,503  $-  $-  $252,503  $262,510  $-  $-  $262,510   -3.8%
   40.8%          40.8%  39.0%          39.0%    
                                     

BloomNet

  39,883           39,883   44,086           44,086   -9.5%
   47.8%          47.8%  42.7%          42.7%    
                                     

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  303,276           303,276   302,902           302,902   0.1%
   39.4%          39.4%  35.9%          35.9%    
                                     

Corporate

  680           680   166           166   309.6%
   95.0%          95.0%  109.2%          109.2%    
                                     

Total gross profit

 $596,342  $-  $-  $596,342  $609,664  $-  $-  $609,664   -2.2%
   40.6%  -   -   40.6%  37.7%  -   -   37.7%    
                                     

EBITDA (non-GAAP):

                                    

Segment Contribution Margin (non-GAAP) (a):

                                    

Consumer Floral & Gifts

 $41,609  $19,762  $630  $62,001  $64,832  $-  $-  $64,832   -4.4%

BloomNet

  25,981       69   26,050   29,847           29,847   -12.7%

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  98,953       538   99,491   26,313   64,586       90,899   9.5%

Segment Contribution Margin Subtotal

  166,543   19,762   1,237   187,542   120,992   64,586   -   185,578   1.1%

Corporate (b)

  (100,221)      1,180   (99,041)  (91,595)      444   (91,151)  -8.7%

EBITDA (non-GAAP)

  66,322   19,762   2,417   88,501   29,397   64,586   444   94,427   -6.3%

Add: Stock-based compensation

  7,641           7,641   5,941           5,941   28.6%

Add: Compensation charge related to NQDC Plan Investment Appreciation (Depreciation)

  5,712           5,712   (2,548)          (2,548)  324.2%

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)

 $79,675  $19,762  $2,417  $101,854  $32,790  $64,586  $444  $97,820   4.1%

 

 

 Reconciliation of net income to adjusted net income (non-GAAP):

  

Three Months Ended

  

Years Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

 
  (in thousands, except per share data)
                 

Net income

 $70,699  $62,929  $57,477  $47,158 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to adjusted net income (non-GAAP)

                

Deduct: Fannie May operating results

  -   5,047   -   629 

Deduct: U.S. tax reform impact on deferred taxes (b)

  12,158   -   12,158   - 

Add back: Severance costs

  -   79   -   103 

Add back: Income tax expense impact on Fannie May operating results and severance adjustments

  -   1,656   -   171 

Adjusted net income (non-GAAP)

 $58,541  $59,617  $45,319  $46,803 
                 

Basic and diluted net income per common share

                

Basic

 $1.09  $0.97  $0.89  $0.72 

Diluted

 $1.06  $0.93  $0.86  $0.70 
                 

Basic and diluted adjusted net income per common share (non-GAAP)

                

Basic

 $0.91  $0.91  $0.70  $0.72 

Diluted

 $0.88  $0.88  $0.68  $0.69 
                 

Weighted average shares used in the calculation of net income and adjusted net income (non-GAAP) per common share

                

Basic

  64,601   65,172   64,778   65,112 

Diluted

  66,782   67,754   67,037   67,778 

Reconciliation of net income to adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) (c):

  

Three Months Ended

  

Years Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  January 1, 2017  

December 31, 2017

  January 1, 2017 
  (in thousands)
                 

Net income

 $70,699  $62,929  $57,477  $47,158 

Add:

                

Interest expense, net

  1,140   2,155   1,911   3,456 

Depreciation and amortization

  8,677   9,167   16,761   17,164 

Income tax expense

  12,627   31,467   5,475   22,828 

EBITDA (non-GAAP)

  93,143   105,718   81,624   90,606 

Add:

                

Severance costs

  -   79   -   103 

Compensation charge related to NQ plan investment appreciation

  364   20   639   282 

Stock-based compensation

  968   1,724   2,069   3,498 

Less:

                

Fannie May EBITDA

  -   5,863   -   2,255 

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)

 $94,475  $101,678  $84,332  $92,234 

a)

Corporate expenses consist of the Company’s enterprise shared service cost centers, and include, among other items, Information Technology, Human Resources, Accounting and Finance, Legal, Executive and Customer Service Center functions, as well as Stock-Based Compensation. In order to leverage the Company’s infrastructure, these functions are operated under a centralized management platform, providing support services throughout the organization. The costs of these functions, other than those of the Customer Service Center, which are allocated directly to the above categories based upon usage, are included within corporate expenses as they are not directly allocable to a specific segment.

b)

The adjustment to deduct the impact of U.S. tax reform from Net Income includes the impact of the re-valuation of the Company’s deferred tax liability of $12.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, and does not include the ongoing impact of the lower federal corporate tax rate of $3.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share.

c)

Segment performance is measured based on segment contribution margin or segment adjusted EBITDA, reflecting only the direct controllable revenue and operating expenses of the segments, both of which are non-GAAP measurements. As such, management’s measure of profitability for these segments does not include the effect of corporate overhead, described above, depreciation and amortization, other income (net), and other items that we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance.

Reconciliation of net income (loss) to adjusted net income (loss) (non-GAAP):

 

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

March 31,

  

April 2,

 
  

2024

  

2023

  

2024

  

2023

 
   (in thousands, except for share data) 

Net income (loss)

 $(16,903) $(70,993) $14,762  $(22,155)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to adjusted net income (loss) (non-GAAP)

                

Add: Transaction costs

  -   201   -   444 

Add: Restructuring cost/Severance

  2,417   -   2,417   - 

Add: Goodwill and intangible impairment

  -   64,586   19,762   64,586 

Deduct: Income tax effect on adjustments

  (3,538)  (11,546)  (3,538)  (11,609)

Adjusted net income (loss) (non-GAAP)

 $(18,024) $(17,752) $33,403  $31,266 
                 

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share

                

Basic

 $(0.26) $(1.10) $0.23  $(0.34)

Diluted

 $(0.26) $(1.10) $0.23  $(0.34)
                 
                 

Basic and diluted adjusted net income (loss) per common share (non-GAAP)

                

Basic

 $(0.28) $(0.27) $0.52  $0.48 

Diluted

 $(0.28) $(0.27) $0.51  $0.48 
                 

Weighted average shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) and adjusted net income (loss) per common share

                

Basic

  64,489   64,767   64,703   64,660 

Diluted

  64,489   64,767   65,057   64,660 

 

 

Reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP):

 

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

March 31,

  

April 2,

 
  

2024

  

2023

  

2024

  

2023

 
   (in thousands) 

Net income (loss)

 $(16,903) $(70,993) $14,762  $(22,155)

Add: Interest expense and other, net

  (2,693)  3,116   3,138   11,150 

Add: Depreciation and amortization

  13,232   13,267   40,578   40,276 

Add: Income tax (benefit) expense

  (8,333)  (16,767)  7,844   126 

EBITDA

  (14,697)  (71,377)  66,322   29,397 

Add: Stock-based compensation

  3,046   2,487   7,641   5,941 

Add: Compensation charge related to NQDC plan investment Appreciation (Depreciation)

  3,534   (1,446)  5,712   (2,548)

Add: Transaction costs

  -   201   -   444 

Add: Restructuring cost/Severance

  2,417   -   2,417   - 

Add: Goodwill and intangible impairment

  -   64,586   19,762   64,586 

Adjusted EBITDA

 $(5,700) $(5,549) $101,854  $97,820 

(a) Segment performance is measured based on segment contribution margin or segment Adjusted EBITDA, reflecting only the direct controllable revenue and operating expenses of the segments, both of which are non-GAAP measurements. As such, management’s measure of profitability for these segments does not include the effect of corporate overhead, described above, depreciation and amortization, other income (net), and other items that we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance.

(b) Corporate expenses consist of the Company’s enterprise shared service cost centers, and include, among other items, Information Technology, Human Resources, Accounting and Finance, Legal, Executive and Customer Service Center functions, as well as Stock-based compensation. In order to leverage the Company’s infrastructure, these functions are operated under a centralized management platform, providing support services throughout the organization. The costs of these functions, other than those of the Customer Service Center, which are allocated directly to the above categories based upon usage, are included within corporate expenses as they are not directly allocable to a specific segment.

Results of Operations

 

Results of OperationsNet revenues

 

Net Revenues

 

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

  

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

 
 

(dollars in thousands)

      

(dollars in thousands)

   

Net revenues:

                         

E-Commerce

 $424,132  $420,594   0.8

%

 $532,903  $527,678   1.0

%

 $340,241  $357,801  -4.9% $1,288,558  $1,387,133  -7.1%

Other

  101,961   133,959   -23.9

%

  150,539   192,704   -21.9

%

  39,164   59,765  -34.5%  181,951   231,914  -21.5%

Total net revenues

 $526,093  $554,553   -5.1

%

 $683,442  $720,382   -5.1

%

 $379,405  $417,566  -9.1% $1,470,509  $1,619,047  -9.2%

 

Net revenues consist primarily of the selling price of the merchandise, service or outbound shipping charges, less discounts, returns and credits.

 

Net revenues decreased 5.1%9.1% and 9.2% duringboth the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year, due to lower order volume across all segments, reflecting a continuation of the dispositiontrends that the Company had experienced throughout the prior fiscal year, as consumer discretionary income remains pressured, and consumers continue to moderate spending. Contributing to this decline was the prudent use of Fannie Maypromotional offerings and advertising campaigns, which balance the long-term goals of the Company with strategies to improve gross margins and tightly control operating expenses during this challenging economic environment.

The Company acquired Things Remembered on May 30, 2017. On a comparable basis, adjusting fiscal 2017 netJanuary 10, 2023 and launched the brand on its e-commerce platform in April 2023. Things Remembered revenues to exclude the revenues of Fannie May, net revenues increased 2.4% and 2.3%were not significant during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017, respectively, compared to the same periods2024.

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

Consumer Floral & Gifts

  

BloomNet

  

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  

Corporate and Eliminations

  

Consolidated

 
  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

% Change

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

% Change

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

% Change

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

% Change

 
  (dollars in thousands) 

Net revenues

                                                        

E-commerce

 $218,590  $230,403   -5.1% $-  $-   -% $121,651  $127,398   -4.5% $-  $-  $340,241  $357,801   -4.9%

Other

  2,617   2,616   0.0%  27,314   36,968   -26.1%  9,338   20,465   -54.4%  (105)  (284)  39,164   59,765   -34.5%

Total net revenues

 $221,207  $233,019   -5.1% $27,314  $36,968   -26.1% $130,989  $147,863   -11.4% $(105) $(284) $379,405  $417,566   -9.1%
                                                         

Other revenues detail

                                                        

Retail and other

  2,617   2,616   0.0%  -   -   -   1,629   1,686   -3.4%  -   -   4,246   4,302   -1.3%

Wholesale

  -   -   -   12,364   14,695   -15.9%  7,709   18,779   -58.9%  -   -   20,073   33,474   -40.0%

BloomNet services

  -   -   -   14,950   22,273   -32.9%  -   -   -   -   -   14,950   22,273   -32.9%

Corporate

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   167   36   167   36   363.9%

Eliminations

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (272)  (320)  (272)  (320)  15.0%

Total other revenues

 $2,617  $2,616   0.0% $27,314  $36,968   -26.1% $9,338  $20,465   -54.4% $(105) $(284) $39,164  $59,765   -34.5%

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

Consumer Floral & Gifts

  

BloomNet

  

Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets

  

Corporate and Eliminations

  

Consolidated

 
  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

% Change

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

% Change

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

% Change

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

March 31, 2024

  

April 2, 2023

  

% Change

 
  (dollars in thousands) 

Net revenues

                                                        

E-commerce

 $611,770  $665,866   -8.1% $-  $-   -% $676,788  $721,267   -6.2% $-  $-  $1,288,558  $1,387,133   -7.1%

Other

  6,466   6,382   1.3%  83,420   103,187   -19.2%  92,273   123,255   -25.1%  (208)  (910)  181,951   231,914   -21.5%

Total net revenues

 $618,236  $672,248   -8.0% $83,420  $103,187   -19.2% $769,061  $844,522   -8.9% $(208) $(910) $1,470,509  $1,619,047   -9.2%
                                                         

Other revenues detail

                                                        

Retail and other

  6,466   6,382   1.3%  -   -   -   7,859   7,907   -0.6%  -   -   14,325   14,289   0.3%

Wholesale

  -   -   -   32,867   40,370   -18.6%  84,414   115,348   -26.8%  -   -   117,281   155,718   -24.7%

BloomNet services

  -   -   -   50,553   62,817   -19.5%  -   -   -   -   -   50,553   62,817   -19.5%

Corporate

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   716   152   716   152   371.1%

Eliminations

  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (924)  (1,062)  (924)  (1,062)  13.0%

Total other revenues

 $6,466  $6,382   1.3% $83,420  $103,187   -19.2% $92,273  $123,255   -25.1% $(208) $(910) $181,951  $231,914   -21.5%

Revenue by slightly lower revenues in the Company’s BloomNet segment. Comparable revenue growth was negatively impacted by a temporary disruption in operations at our Cheryl’s brand, related to the recent implementation of a new production and warehouse management system, which, in turn, led to the brand’s decision to stop taking orders eight days prior to the Christmas holiday. As a result, the Company estimates that it had to forego approximately $4.0 million in holiday revenues during the three and six months ended December 31, 2017. In addition, revenues during the six months ended December 31, 2017 were negatively impacted, by approximately $1.1 million, due to hurricanes Harvey and Irma.sales channel:

 

E-commerce revenues (combined online and telephonic) increased by 0.8% decreased 4.9% and 1.0%7.1% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017, 2024, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year, primarily due to the decline in demand across all our segments as a result of growth within the Consumer Floral and Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets segments. On a comparable basis, adjusting fiscal 2017 e-commerce revenues to exclude the revenues of Fannie May, e-commerce revenues increased 3.1% and 2.9% duringmacro-economic conditions noted above. These external influences have negatively impacted consumer discretionary spending.

During the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, the Company fulfilled approximately 4.3 million and 14.8 million orders through its e-commerce sales channel (online and telephonic sales), a decrease of 6.2% and 9.5%, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year. During the three and nine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017, the Company fulfilled approximately 5.205,000 orders through its e-commerce sales channels (online and telephonic sales), compared to approximately 5,263,000 (5,020,000 adjusted to exclude Fannie May orders in fiscal 2017) during the same period of the prior year, while2024, average order value increased 1.4% and 2.7%, to $81.44 during$79.36 and $87.29, respectively, as a result of product mix trending into higher price point items, including bundles, and customer mix with more affluent consumers buying at a higher rate than less affluent. During the three monthsquarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017, from $79.92 ($81.92 adjusted2024, the Company has introduced a wider selection of more modestly priced items to exclude Fannie Mayattract broader segments of our customer base to purchase. This did have some negative impact on our average order value in fiscal 2017) during the same period of the prior year. During the six months ended December 31, 2017, the Company fulfilled approximately 6,725,000 orders through its e-commerce sales channels (online and telephonic sales), compared to approximately 6,780,000 (6,526,000 adjusted to exclude Fannie May orders in fiscal 2017) during the same period of the prior year, while average order value increased to $79.20 during the six months ended December 31, 2017, from $77.83 ($79.36 adjusted to exclude Fannie May average order value in fiscal 2017) during the same period of the prior year.value.

 

Other revenues are comprised of the Company’sCompany’s BloomNet Wire Service segment, as well as the wholesale and retail channels of its 1-800-Flowers.com Consumer Floral & Gifts and Gourmet Food andFoods & Gift Baskets segments.

Other revenues decreased by 23.9% and 21.9% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017, respectively,2024, decreased 34.5% and 21.5%, respectively. compared to the same periods of the prior year, due to lower volumes in both wholesale and BloomNet services. The decrease in wholesale revenue was primarily as a resultdue to certain retailers reducing their Easter orders in light of the Fannie May disposition during May 2017. On a comparable basis, adjusting fiscal 2017 otherconsumer environment. The lower service revenues were due to exclude the revenues of Fannie May, other revenues decreased 0.5% during the three months ended December 31, 2017, and increased 0.1% during the six months ended December 31, 2017, compared to the respective prior year periods.lower shop-to-shop volumes.

 

The 1-800-Flowers.com Revenue by segment:

Consumer Floral & Gifts – this segment, which includes the operations of the 1-800-Flowers.com, PersonalizationMall, and Alice’s Table brands, and the Things Remembered brand, whichsubsequent to its acquisition on January 10, 2023, derives revenue from the sale of consumer floral products and gifts through its e-commerce sales channels (telephonic and online sales), retail stores, and royalties from its franchise operations. 

Net revenues increased 2.3%within this segment decreased 5.1% and 2.1%,8.0% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017, in comparison2024, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year, due to increased demand driven by merchandising and marketing efforts, as well asyear. The Consumer Floral & Gifts segment experienced an increase in promotional activityvolume trend driven by the Valentine's Day holiday, but due to continued economic pressure, the brands focused their efforts on improving gross margin and operating spend efficiency, in order to expand market share. Revenues during the sixface of softening demand.

During the three and nine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 were negatively impacted,2024, Consumer Floral & Gifts orders through its e-commerce sales channel (online and telephonic sales) decreased 5.6% and 10.2%, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year. This was partially offset by approximately $0.8 million, duean increase in average order value of 0.5% and 2.3%, respectively, as a result of product mix into higher price point items, including bundles, and customer mix with more affluent consumers buying at a higher rate than less affluent. During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company has introduced a wider selection of more modestly priced items to hurricanes Harvey and Irma.attract broader segments of our customer base to purchase. This did have some negative impact on our average order value in the quarter.

 

The BloomNet Wire Service- revenues in this segment includes revenuesare derived from membership fees, as well as other product and service offerings to florists. offerings.

Net revenues decreased 0.6%26.1% and 3.2%19.2% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, compared to thethe same periods of the prior year, primarilyyear. The net revenue decline was due to soft wholesale product revenues, as well as, lower membership, transaction fees and ancillaryservices revenues, resulting fromattributable to a decline in network shop count, partially offset by higher wholesale product revenues. Duringorder volume processed through the six months ended December 31, 2017, these decreases were exacerbated by the impact of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, as BloomNet provided financial aid to florists in the affected areas, and waived approximately $0.2 million of membership fees.network.

 

The Gourmet FoodFoods & Gift Baskets – this segment includes the operations of Harry & David, Wolferman’s, Stockyards,Wolferman’s, Cheryl’s Fannie May (through the date of its disposition on May 30, 2017),Cookies, The Popcorn Factory, 1-800-Baskets/DesignPac, Shari’s Berries, and 1-800-Baskets/DesignPac.Vital Choice. Revenue is derived from the sale of gourmet fruits, cookies, baked gifts, premium chocolates and confections, gourmet popcorn, gift baskets, anddipped berries, prime steaks, chops, and chopsfish, through the Company’s e-commerce sales channels (telephonic and online sales) and company-owned and operated retail stores under the Harry & David Cheryl’s and Fannie May (through the date of its disposition)Cheryl’s brand names, as well as wholesale operations.

Net revenues within this segment decreased 7.1%11.4% and 7.8%8.9% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year, as a result of lower e-commerce and wholesale revenues, primarily due to macro-economic weakness. As such, the dispositionbrands focused their efforts on improving gross margin and operating spend efficiency in the face of Fannie May on May 30, 2017. On a comparable basis, adjusting fiscal year 2017 revenues to exclude Fannie May, net revenues increased 2.6% and 2.8% duringsoftening demand. 

During the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets orders through its e-commerce sales channel (online and telephonic sales) decreased 7.3% and 8.7%, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year due to growthyear. This was partially offset by the Harry & Davidan increase in average order value of 3.0% and 1-800-Baskets.com consumer and wholesale channel brands. Comparable segment growth was attributable to several initiatives implemented during the second half of fiscal 2017, including: (i) the Company’s successful efforts to grow the “everyday” volume of its Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets brands through expanded birthday and sympathy merchandise, (ii) the modernization of the Harry & David brand, which focused on developing merchandising assortments and digital marketing programs that helped to broaden the demographic reach of the brand, and, (ii) the launch of the Simply Chocolates product line, which is managed by 1-800-Baskets. As noted above, Cheryl’s revenue decrease, in comparison to the prior year, was due to the Company’s decision to suspend order taking2.8%, respectively, as a result of operational issues experienced during the weeks leading up to the Christmas holiday. Asproduct mix trending into higher price point items, including bundles, and customer mix with more affluent consumers buying at a result, the Company estimates that it had to forego approximately $4.0 million in holiday revenues during the three and six months ended December 31, 2017. In addition, revenues during the six months ended December 31, 2017 were negatively impacted, by approximately $0.2 million, due to hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The operational issues at Cheryl’s have been addressed, and business has returned to its normal pace.

higher rate than less affluent.

 

 

Gross profit

Gross Profit

 

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

  

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

 
 

(dollars in thousands)

  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

Gross profit

 $235,259  $256,994   -8.5

%

 $302,537  $328,381   -7.9

%

 $138,717  $140,440  -1.2% $596,342  $609,664  -2.2%

Gross profit %

  44.7

%

  46.3

%

      44.3

%

  45.6

%

     36.6% 33.6%    40.6% 37.7%   

 

Gross profit consists of net revenues less cost of revenues, which is comprised primarily of florist fulfillment costs (fees paid directly to florists), the cost of floral and non-floral merchandise sold from inventory or through third parties, and associated costs, including inbound and outbound shipping charges. Additionally, cost of revenues includeincludes labor and facility costs related to direct-to-consumer and wholesale production operations.operations, as well as payments made to sending florists related to order volume referred through the Company’s BloomNet network. 

 

Gross profit decreased 8.5%1.2% and 7.9%2.2% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, in comparisoncompared to the same periods of the prior year, whiledue to lower revenues as noted above, principally offset by a favorable gross profit percentage.

Gross profit percentage decreased 160increased 300 and 130290 basis points during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, in comparison to the same periods of the prior year. On a comparable basis, adjusting prior year gross profit to exclude Fannie May, which was disposed of on May 30, 2017, gross profit decreased 2.4% and 1.8% during the three and six months ended December 31, 2017, respectively, in comparisoncompared to the same periods of the prior year, while gross profit percentage decreased 220driven by lower florist fulfillment and 180 basis points, during the same periods. The lower comparable gross profit, and gross profit percentage, primarily reflects the impact of the operational issue at the Company’s Cheryl’s Cookies brand,rebate costs, as well as increased transportationlower freight costs, a decline in certain commodity costs, reduced labor costs in theour Gourmet Food andFoods & Gift Baskets segment, and increased promotional activity within the Consumer Floral segment in order to increase market share.better inventory management.

 

The 1-800-Flowers.com Gross profit by segment follows:

Consumer Floral & Gifts segment gross - Gross profit decreased by 3.6%1.5% and 1.7%3.8% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, in comparisoncompared to the same periodperiods of the prior year, due to a decrease inthe impact of the lower revenues noted above, partially offset by favorable gross profit percentage of 240attributable to lower florist fulfillment costs and 150 basis points to 38.8%lower freight costs in both the three and 39.4%, respectively, partially offset bynine months ended March 31, 2024, and labor efficiencies for the aforementioned revenue growth. The lower gross profit percentages reflect an increase in promotional activity initiated to extend the market share of the 1-800-Flowers brand, as well as an increase in Passport free shipping participation, which has improved customer loyalty and purchase frequency.nine months ended March 31, 2024.

 

BloomNet Wire Service segment’s gross - Gross profit decreased by 5.0%21.0% and 5.6%9.5% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, in comparisoncompared to the same periodperiods of the prior year, due to the decrease in revenues noted above, as well as decreases inpartially offset by improved gross profit percentage. Gross profit percentage of 260 and 140 basis points,increased in comparison to 57.4% and 56.7%, respectively, The lower gross profit percentages arethe prior year primarily due to sales mix, with a declineimprovements in higher margin membershipwholesale margins, lower freight costs and related services, offset by an increase in lower margin wholesale product sales.florist rebates due to lower volume.

 

The Gourmet FoodFoods & Gift Baskets segment gross – Gross profit decreasedincreased by 9.7%7.7% and 10.0%0.1% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, in comparisoncompared to the same periods of the prior year whiledespite the revenue decrease noted above, as the brands delivered improved gross profit percentage. Gross profit percentage decreased 130increased 530 and 110350 basis points to 45.4% and 44.9%, over the same respective periods. On a comparable basis, adjusting prior year gross profit to exclude Fannie May, which was disposed of on May 30, 2017, gross profit decreased 2.0% and 1.4% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, in comparisoncompared to the same periods of the prior year, whileyear. The increased gross profit percentage decreased 220was attributable to lower freight costs, a decline in certain commodity prices, labor efficiencies, and 190 basis points to 45.4% and 44.9%, over the same respective periods. The lower comparable gross profit and gross profit percentage primarily reflects the impact of the operational issue at the Company’s Cheryl’s Cookies brand, which negatively impacted gross profit by approximately $4.0 million as a result of increased labor, expedited shipping, expiring product and higher customer credits. In addition, although revenue growth provided for improved gross profit at Harry & David, higher transportation costs at Harry & David and our wholesale baskets brands negatively impacted gross profit percentage.better inventory management.

 

Marketing and Sales Expensesales expense

 

 

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

  

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

 
 

(dollars in thousands)

  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

Marketing and sales

 $113,771  $119,876   -5.1

%

 $163,493  $174,954   -6.6

%

 $105,828  $106,472  -0.6% $376,903  $390,077  -3.4%

Percentage of net revenues

  21.6

%

  21.6

%

      23.9

%

  24.3

%

     27.9% 25.5%    25.6% 24.1%   

 

Marketing and sales expense consists primarily of advertising and promotional expenditures, catalog costs, online portal and search costs, retail store and fulfillment operations (other than costs included in cost of revenues) and customer service center expenses, as well as the operating expenses of the Company’sCompany’s departments engaged in marketing, selling and merchandising activities.

 

Marketing and sales expense decreased 5.1%0.6% and 6.6%3.4% during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, compared to the same periods of the prior year, due to the disposition of Fannie May on May 30, 2017. On a comparable basis, adjusting prior year marketing and sales expense to exclude Fannie May’s expenditures, marketing and sales expense increased 1.8% during both the three and six months ended December 31, 2017, in comparison to the same periods of the prior year, due to increased marketingvariable components associated with lower revenues, combined with planned reductions in advertising spend within the Consumer Floral and Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets segments, commensurate with revenue growth, including the Company’s efforts to test digital marketing strategiesfocused on driving profitable volume during the holiday season for applications throughout the remainder of the fiscal year. These increases were partially offset by a reduction in performance based bonuses.period when consumer discretionary purchases are under pressure.

 

Technology and Development Expensedevelopment expense

 

 

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

  

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

January 1, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

 
 

(dollars in thousands)

  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

Technology and development

 $9,175  $9,849   -6.8

%

 $18,845  $19,337   -2.5

%

 $15,291  $14,837  3.1% $45,417  $44,529  2.0%

Percentage of net revenues

  1.7

%

  1.8

%

      2.8

%

  2.7

%

     4.0% 3.6%    3.1% 2.8%   

 

Technology and development expense consists primarily of payroll and operating expenses of the Company’sCompany’s information technology group, costs associated with its websites, including hosting, design, content development and maintenance and support costs related to the Company’s order entry, customer service, fulfillment, and database systems.

 

Technology and development expenses decreased 6.8%expense increased by 3.1% and 2.5%2.0% during the three and six monthsnine-month periods ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, compared to the same periodperiods of the prior year, primarily due to favorable hosting costshigher maintenance and labor expenses resulting from a reduction in performance based bonuses,support for the Company's technology platform enhancements, partially offset by increased licenselower web hosting costs in the quarter ended March 31, 2024, and maintenancereduced labor and consulting costs related to security and order processing platforms.for the nine months ended March 31, 2024.

 

General and Administrative Expenseadministrative expense

 

 

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

  

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

 
 

(dollars in thousands)

  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

General and administrative

 $19,170  $21,551   -11.0

%

 $38,575  $43,484   -11.3

%

 $32,295  $25,922  24.6% $87,938  $81,075  8.5%

Percentage of net revenues

  3.6%  3.9

%

      5.6

%

  6.0

%

     8.5% 6.2%    6.0% 5.0%   

 

General and administrative expense consists of payroll and other expenses in support of the Company’sCompany’s executive, finance and accounting, legal, human resources and other administrative functions, as well as professional fees and other general corporate expenses.

 

General and administrative expense decreased 11.0%expenses increased 24.6% and 11.3%8.5% during the three and six monthsnine-month periods ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively, compared to the same period of the prior year, primarily due to the disposition of Fannie May on May 30, 2017. On a comparable basis, adjusting prior year general and administrative expense to exclude Fannie May’s expenditures, general and administrative expense decreased 3.9% and 3.7% during the respective three and six months ended December 31, 2017,increases in comparison to the same periods of the prior year, due to reductions in travel, and labor resulting from a reduction in performance based bonuses, partially offsetcosts driven by an increasechanges in the value of Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Planthe Company’s NQDC plan investments (increase(offset in Other Income below), as well as a severance charge taken during the quarter ended March 31, 2024, related to an enterprise reduction in workforce, partially offset in Other (income)by favorable bad debt expense net line item on the financials statement – see below),and higher healthlower insurance costs.and professional fees.

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expenseamortization expense

 

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
 

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

  

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 

March 31,

 

April 2,

 

%

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

 
 

(dollars in thousands)

  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

Depreciation and amortization

 $8,677  $9,167   -5.3

%

 $16,761  $17,164   -2.3

%

 $13,232  $13,267  -0.3% $40,578  $40,276  0.7%

Percentage of net revenues

  1.6

%

  1.7

%

      2.5

%

  2.4

%

     3.5% 3.2%    2.8% 2.5%   

 

Depreciation and amortization expense fordecreased 0.3% during the three months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 decreased 5.3% and 2.3%2024 , in comparisoncompared to the same period of the prior year, due to the dispositiontiming of Fannie May. On a comparable basis, adjusting prior year depreciationcertain assets becoming fully depreciated, offset in part by distribution facility automation projects and amortization expense to exclude Fannie May, depreciationIT-related ecommerce/platform enhancements. Depreciation and amortization expense increased 3.9% and 7.9%0.7% during the respective three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017, in comparison2024 compared to the same periodsperiod of the prior year, as a result of recent shorter-lived IT capital expenditures.due to distribution facility automation projects and IT-related ecommerce/platform enhancements.

 

Goodwill and Intangible impairment

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

%

  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

%

 
  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

Goodwill and Intangible impairment

 $-  $64,586   -100.0% $19,762  $64,586   -69.4%

During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $19.8 million related to its PersonalizationMall trademark, due to a decline in the actual and projected revenue, combined with a higher discount rate resulting from the higher interest rate environment. See Note 5 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net, in Item 1 for further information.

During the quarter ended April 2, 2023, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $64.6 million related to its Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets reporting unit. The Company fully impaired the related goodwill and partially impaired certain tradenames within the reporting unit.

Interest Expense,expense, net

  

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

Interest expense, net

 $1,226  $2,154   -43.1

%

 $2,257  $3,605   -37.4

%

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

%

  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

%

 
  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

Interest expense, net

 $881  $1,712   -48.5% $8,974  $8,676   3.4%

 

Interest expense, net consists primarily of interest expense and amortization of deferred financing costs attributable to the Company’sCompany’s credit facility (See Note 87 - Debt,, Net in Item 1.1 for details regarding the 2016 Amended Credit Facility)details), net of income earned on the Company’s available cash balances.

 

Interest expense, net decreased 43.1% and 37.4%48.5% during the three and six months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 in comparison2024 compared to the same periodsperiod of the prior year, as a result primarily due to interest earned on available cash balances, partially offset by higher interest rates on the Company's credit facility. Interest expense, net increased 3.4% during the nine months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period of scheduled repaymentthe prior year, due to higher interest rates on the Company's credit facility, partially offset by favorable interest earned on available cash balances.

Other expense (income), net

  

Three Months Ended

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

%

  

March 31,

  

April 2,

  

%

 
  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

  

2024

  

2023

  

Change

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

Other (income) expense, net

 $(3,574) $1,404   354.6% $(5,836) $2,474   335.9%

Other (income) expense consists primarily of term loan borrowings and funding fiscal 2018 working capital requirements primarily throughinvestment losses (gains) on the use of cash on hand from the sale of Fannie May, in comparison to fiscal 2017, when the Company funded working capital requirements through its revolving credit facility.Company’s NQDC Plan investments.

 

 

Other (income) expense, net

  

Three Months Ended

  

Six Months Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

% Change

 
  

(dollars in thousands)

 
                         

Other (income) expense, net

 $(86

)

 $1   8,700

%

 $(346

)

 $(149

)

  132.2

%

Other income, net for the three and six months ended December 31, 2017 consists primarily of investment earnings of the Company’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan assets, partially offset by a $0.2 million impairment related to the Company’s equity method investment in Flores Online (see Note 7 - Investmentsabove).

Other (income) expense, net for the three and six months ended January 1, 2017 primarily consists of investment earnings of the Company’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan assets for both the three and six months ended January 1, 2017, partially offset by a decrease in the Company’s equity interest in Flores Online of $0.1 million for both the three and six months ended January 1, 2017.

Income Taxes

 

The Company recorded an income tax expensebenefit of $12.6$8.3 million and $5.5 million, respectively, during the three and six months ended December 31, 2017 and income tax expense of $31.5$7.8 million and $22.8 million, respectively, during the three and sixnine months ended January 1, 2017.March 31, 2024, respectively, compared to an income tax benefit of $16.8 million and income tax expense of $0.1 million, during the three and nine months ended April 2, 2023, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20172024, was 15.2%33.0% and 8.7%34.7%, respectively, compared to 33.3%19.1% and 32.6%-0.6% in the same periods of the prior year. The Company’s effective ratestax rate for fiscal 2018 were impacted by changes associated with the Tax Act (see Note 1 -Accounting Policies in Item 1. above). During the quarter ended December 31, 2017, the Company recognized a benefit of $15.9 million, or $0.24 per diluted share related to the impact of the Tax Act, consisting of a discrete tax benefit of $12.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, reflecting a revaluation of deferred tax liabilities at the lower U.S. federal statutory rate of 21%,2024 and a benefit of $3.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, reflecting the Company’s lower transitional federal tax rate in fiscal 2018 of 28.0 percent. In addition, fiscal 2018 effective rates were impacted by state income taxes, which were partially offset by various permanent differences and tax credits. The effective rates for fiscal 20172023 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to impairment charges within the respective periods, thus reducing the amount of income reflected in the Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate. Further impacting the effective tax rate for fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023 were tax deficiencies (shortfalls) from stock-based compensation, state income taxes which were more thanand non-deductible executive compensation, partially offset by various permanent differences and tax credits, including excess tax benefits on stock based compensation as a result of the Company’s adoption of ASU 2016-09. At December 31, 2017, the Company has an unrecognized tax benefit, including an immaterial amount of accrued interest and penalties, of approximately $0.4 million. The Company believes that no significant unrecognized tax positions will be resolved over the next twelve months.credits.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Liquidity and borrowings

 

The Company's principal sources of liquidity are cash on hand, cash flows generated from operations, and the borrowings available under the 2016 Credit FacilityCompany’s credit agreement (see Note 87 - Debt, Net in Item 1 for details). At DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, the Company had working capital of $172.2$186.4 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $232.6$184.0 million, compared to working capital of $132.2$152.9 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $149.7$126.8 million, at July 2, 2017. Borrowings under the Revolver (working capital needs), which were significantly lower than prior year as a result of cash generated from the sale of Fannie May, peaked in November, when cash generated from operations during the Christmas holiday shopping season enabled the Company to repay the Revolver prior to the end of December 2017. 2023. 

Due to the seasonal nature of the Company’s business, and its continued expansion into non-floral products, the Thanksgiving through Christmas holiday season, which falls within the Company’s second fiscal quarter, is expected to generate nearly 50%over 40% of the Company’s annual revenues, and all of its earnings. As a result,Due to the number of major floral gifting occasions, including Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Administrative Professionals Week, revenues also have historically risen during the Company’s fiscal third and fourth quarters in comparison to its fiscal first quarter.

During the first two quarters of fiscal 2024, the Company borrowed under its revolving credit agreement to fund pre-holiday manufacturing and inventory procurement requirements, with borrowings peaking at $82.0 million in November 2023. Cash generated significant cash from operations during its second quarter, which, after re-paying allthe Christmas holiday shopping season enabled the Company to repay the borrowings outstanding under itsthe Revolver is expected toin December 2023. Based on current projected cash flows, the Company believes that available cash balances will be sufficient to provide for the Company’s operating needs untilthrough the second quarterremainder of fiscal 2019, when2024, at which time the Company expectswould again expect to borrow against its Revolver to fund pre-holiday manufacturing and inventory purchases. The Company had no amounts outstanding under its Revolver as of March 31, 2024.

 

WeWhile we believe that our sources of funding will be sufficient to meet our anticipated operating cash needs for at leastleast the next 12 months. However,twelve months, any projections of future cash needs and cash flows are subject to substantial uncertainty. We continually evaluate, opportunities to repurchase common stock and we will, from time to time, consider the acquisition of, or investment in, complementary businesses, products, services, capital infrastructure, and technologies, which might affect our liquidity requirements or cause us to require additional financing.

 

Cash Flows

 

Net cash provided by operating activities of $114.2$100.1 million, for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, was primarily attributable to the Company’s net income during the period, adjusted by non-cash charges for depreciation/related to the intangible impairment, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation and changes in deferred income taxes, (including the impact of the Tax Act – see Note 1 -Accounting Policies and Note 11 – Income taxes in Item 1 above) and stock based compensation, as well ascombined with seasonal changes in net working capital, including holiday related increasesdriven by a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses, and reductions in inventory, partially offset by increases in receivables related to holiday season sales.inventories.

 

Net cash used in investing activities of $17.4$26.5 million, for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, was primarily attributable to the working capital adjustment related to the sale of Fannie May, of which $8.5 million was still due to Ferrero at July 2, 2017 and to capital expenditures primarily related to the Company's technology initiatives and Gourmet Foods & Gift Basket segment manufacturing production and orchard planting equipment.automation initiatives.

 

Net cash used in financing activities of $13.9$16.4 million, for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017 was2024, related primarily due to Term Loan repaymentsnet repayment of $2.9 million and the acquisition of $11.1 million of treasury stock. Allbank borrowings under the Company's revolvingCompany’s working capital line of credit facility were repaid byand the endrepurchase of the fiscal second quarter. common stock.

 

Stock Repurchase ProgramFree Cash Flow

 

The Company has a stock repurchase plan through which purchases can be made from time to time inFree cash flow was $73.6 million for the open market and through privately negotiated transactions, subject to general market conditions. The repurchase program is financed utilizing available cash. On August 30, 2017,nine months ended March 31, 2024, compared with free cash flow of $41.7 million for the Company’s Board of Directors authorizednine months ended April 2, 2023, an increase of $31.9 million primarily driven by an increase in cash flows from operations. Refer to its stock repurchase plan"Definitions of upnon-GAAP Financial Measures" for reconciliation of non-GAAP results to $30.0 million. As of December 31, 2017, $21.1 million remained authorized under the plan.applicable GAAP results.

 

Contractual Obligations

There have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of business related to the Company’s contractual obligations as discussed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 2, 2017.

 

 

Stock Repurchase Program

 

See Item 2 in Part II below for details.

Contractual Obligations

At March 31, 2024, the Company’s contractual obligations consist of:

Long-term debt obligations - payments due under the Company's credit agreement (see Note 7 - Debt, Net in Item 1 for details and payments due by period).

Operating lease obligations – payments due under the Company’s operating leases (see Note 12 - Leases in Item 1 for details and payments due by period for the long-term operating leases).

Purchase commitments - consisting primarily of inventory and IT-related equipment purchase orders and license agreements made in the ordinary course of business – see below for the contractual payments due by period.

  

Payments due by period

 
  

(in thousands)

 
  

Remaining

                         
  

Fiscal

  

Fiscal

  

Fiscal

  

Fiscal

  

Fiscal

         
  

2024

  

2025

  

2026

  

2027

  

2028

  

Thereafter

  

Total

 

Purchase commitments

 $54,971  $42,956  $5,039  $805  $-  $-  $103,771 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

As disclosed in the Company’s Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the fiscal year ended July 2, 2017,2023, the discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations are based upon the consolidated financial statements, of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., which have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Management bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, and management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company’s most critical accounting policies relate to revenue recognition, accounts receivable, inventory, goodwill, other intangible assets and long-lived assets and income taxes. There have been no significant changes to the assumptions and estimates related to the Company’s critical accounting policies since July 2, 2017, except for the enactment of the Tax Act (see2023.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 -Accounting Policies and Note 11 – Income taxes in Item 1 above for details).

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” This amended guidance will enhance the comparability of revenue recognition practices and will be applied to all contracts with customers. Expanded disclosures related to the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue that is recognized are requirements under the amended guidance. As we continue to evaluatedetails regarding the impact of this ASU, we have determinedaccounting standards that the new standard will impact the following areas: the costs of producing and distributing the Company’s catalogs will be expensed upon shipment, instead of being capitalized and amortized in direct proportion to the actual sales; gift card breakage will be estimated based on the historical pattern of gift card redemption, rather than when redemption is considered remote; the Company will defer revenue at the time the Celebrations Reward loyalty points are earned using a relative fair value approach, rather than accruing a liability equal to the incremental cost of fulfilling its obligations. We have further identified the timing of revenue recognition for e-commerce orders (shipping point versus destination) as a potential issue in our analysis, which is not expected to change the total amount of revenue recognized, but could accelerate the timing of when revenue is recognized. We plan to adopt this guidance beginning with the first quarter in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 on a retrospective basis with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings. We are continuing to evaluate the impact that this ASU, and related amendments and interpretive guidance, will have on our consolidated financial statements, including the related disclosures.

In July 2015, the FASBwere recently issued ASU No. 2015-11, “Inventory (Topic 330).” The pronouncement was issued to simplify the measurement of inventory and changes the measurement from lower of cost or market to lower of cost and net realizable value. The Company adopted this standard effective July 3, 2017. The adoption of ASU 2015-11 did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, "Financial Instruments – Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." The pronouncement requires equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, requires public business entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes, requires separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset, and eliminates the requirement for public business entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost. This guidance will become effective for the Company's fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. The adoption is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” Under this guidance, an entity is required to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on its balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. This guidance offers specific accounting guidance for a lessee, a lessor and sale and leaseback transactions. Lessees and lessors are required to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about leasing arrangements to enable a user of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. This guidance is effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending June 28, 2020. We are currently evaluating the impact and expect the ASU will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements, primarily to the consolidated balance sheets and related disclosures.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” ASU No. 2016-09 affects all entities that issue share-based payment awards to their employees. ASU No. 2016-09 simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. The Company elected to early adopt the amendments in ASU 2016-09, in fiscal 2017. As a result, stock-based compensation excess tax benefits are reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Income as a component of the provision for income taxes, whereas they were previously recognized in equity. This change resulted in the recognition of excess tax benefits against income tax expenses, rather than additional paid-in capital, of $1.0 million for the year ended July 2, 2017. There was no impact on earnings per share since approximately 700,000 tax benefit shares for the year ended July 2, 2017, previously associated with the APIC pool calculation, are no longer considered in the diluted share computation. Additionally, our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows now present excess tax benefits as an operating activity. This change has been applied prospectively in accordance with the ASU and prior periods have not been adjusted. Further, the Company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur, rather than estimate expected forfeitures. The cumulative effect of this change, which was recorded as compensation expense in fiscal 2017, was not material to the financial statements. In addition, this ASU allows entities to withhold an amount up to an employees’ maximum individual statutory tax rate in the relevant jurisdiction, up from the minimum statutory requirement, without resulting in liability classification of the award. We adopted this change on a modified retrospective basis, with no impact to our consolidated financial statements. Finally, this ASU clarified that the cash paid by an employer when directly withholding shares for tax withholding purposes should be classified as a financing activity. This change does not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financials as it conforms with its current practice.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” ASU 2016-13 introduces a new forward-looking “expected loss” approach, to estimate credit losses on most financial assets and certain other instruments, including trade receivables. The estimate of expected credit losses will require entities to incorporate considerations of historical information, current information and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This ASU also expands the disclosure requirements to enable users of financial statements to understand the entity’s assumptions, models and methods for estimating expected credit losses. ASU 2016-13 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending July 4, 2021, and the guidance is to be applied using the modified-retrospective approach. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), a consensus of the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force.” ASU 2016-15 is intended to reduce diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. The ASU is effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including interim periods within those fiscal years. An entity that elects early adoption must adopt all of the amendments in the same period. The guidance requires application using a retrospective transition method. The adoption is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, "Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business (ASU 2017-01)," which revises the definition of a business and provides new guidance in evaluating when a set of transferred assets and activities is a business. ASU 2017-01 is effective for the Company's fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, with early adoption permitted, and should be applied prospectively. We do not expect the standard to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment," which eliminates step two from the goodwill impairment test. Under ASU 2017-04, an entity should recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value up to the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. This guidance is effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending July 4, 2021, with early adoption permitted, and should be applied prospectively. We do not expect the standard to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-05, “Other Income - Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets.” This update clarifies the scope of accounting for the derecognition or partial sale of nonfinancial assets to exclude all businesses and nonprofit activities. ASU 2017-05 also provides a definition for in-substance nonfinancial assets and additional guidance on partial sales of nonfinancial assets. This guidance will be effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 and may be applied retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

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In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No 2017-09, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting.” This ASU provides guidance on the types of changes to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting. An entity would not apply modification accounting if the fair value, vesting conditions, and classification of the awards are the same immediately before and after the modification. ASU 2017-09 is effective for the Company's fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, with early adoption permitted, and should be applied prospectively to an award modified on or after the adoption date. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Forward Looking Information and Factors that May Affect Future Results

 

Our disclosure and analysis in this report contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements represent the Company’sCompany’s current expectations or beliefs concerning future events and can generally be identified by the use of statements that include words such as “estimate,” “expects,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “foresee,” “forecast,” “likely,” “will,” “goal,” “target” or similar words or phrases. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of the Company’s control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including:

 

the Company’sCompany’s ability:

 

o

to achieve revenue and profitability;

o

to leverage its operating platform and reduce operating expenses;

o

to manage the increased seasonality of its business;

o

to cost effectively acquire and retain customers;

o

to effectivelysuccessfully integrate acquired businesses and grow acquired companies;assets;

o

to reduce working capital requirements and capital expenditures;

o 

to mitigate the impact of supply chain cost and capacity constraints;

o

to compete against existing and new competitors;

o

to manage expenses associated with sales and marketing and necessary general and administrative and technology investments; and

o

to cost efficiently manage inventories;address the effects of changes in accounting policies, practices, or assumptions, including changes that could potentially require future impairment charges;

 

the outcome of contingencies, including legal proceedings in the normal course of business; and

general consumer sentiment and economic conditions that may affect, among other things, the levels of discretionary customer purchases of the Company’s products.Company’s products and the costs of shipping and labor.

 

We cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized, although we believe we have been prudent in our plans and assumptions. Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties, and inaccurate assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from past results and those anticipated, estimated, or projected. Investors should bear this in mind as they consider forward-looking statements.

 

We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our Forms 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K filing for the fiscal year ended July 2, 20172023 listed various important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected and historic results. We note these factors for investors as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers can find them in Part I, Item 1A, of that filing under the heading “Cautionary Statements Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995”. We incorporate that section of that Form 10-K in this filing and investors should refer to it. In addition, please refer to any additional risk factors in Part II, Item 1A in this Form 10-Q.

 

 

ITEM 3.3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The Company is exposed to market risk from the effect of interest rate changes.

 

Interest Rate Risk

The Company’sCompany’s exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to the Company’s investment of available cash balances and its long-term debt. The Company generally invests its cash and cash equivalents in investment grade corporate and U.S. government securities. Due to the currently low rates of return the Company is receiving on its cash equivalents, the potential for a significant decrease in short-term interest rates is low and, therefore, a further decrease would not have a material impact on the Company’s interest income. Borrowings under the Company’s credit facility bear interest at a variable rate, plus an applicable margin, and therefore expose the Company to market risk for changes in interest rates. The effect of a 50 basis point increase in current interest rates on the Company’s interest expense would be approximately $0.2 and $0.3$0.8 million during the three and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, respectively.

 

ITEM 4.4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

The Company’sCompany’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of DecemberMarch 31, 2017.2024. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have each concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of DecemberMarch 31, 2017.2024.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the Company’sCompany’s evaluation required by Rules 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 2017,2024, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures

Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, as specified above. Our management recognizes that any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, is based upon certain judgments and assumptions and cannot provide absolute assurance that its objectives will be met.

 

 

PART II. II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

Litigation

 

There are various claims, lawsuits, and pending actions against the Company and its subsidiaries incident to the operations of its businesses. It is the opinion of management, after consultation with counsel, that the ultimatefinal resolution of such claims, lawsuits and pending actions will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

 

ITEM 1A.1A.RISK FACTORS.FACTORS

 

There were no material changes to the Company’sCompany’s risk factors as discussed in Part 1, Item 1A-Risk Factors in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 2, 2017.

2023.

 

 

ITEM 2.2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

The Company has a stock repurchase plan through which purchases can be made from time to time in the open market and through privately negotiated transactions, subject to general market conditions. The repurchase program is financed utilizing available cash. On August 30, 2017,April 22, 2021, the Company’sCompany’s Board of Directors authorized an increase to its stock repurchase plan of up to $30.0$40.0 million. In addition, on February 3, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an increase to its stock repurchase plan of up to $40.0 million. As of DecemberMarch 31, 2017, $21.12024, $22.8 million remained authorized under the plan.

 

The following table sets forth, for the months indicated, the Company’sCompany’s purchase of common stock during the first sixnine months of fiscal 2018,2024, which includes the period July 3, 20172023 through DecemberMarch 31, 2017:2024:

 

Period

 

Total Number of

Shares Purchased

  

Average Price

Paid Per Share (1)

  

Total Number of Shares

Purchased as Part of

Publicly Announced

Plans or Programs

  

Dollar Value of Shares

that May Yet Be Purchased

Under the Plans or Programs

 
  

(in thousands, except average price paid per share)

     
                 

07/03/17 - 07/30/17

  89.3  $9.66   89.3  $16,363 

07/31/16 - 08/27/17

  99.6  $9.08   99.6  $15,456 

08/28/17 - 10/01/17

  268.7  $9.43   268.7  $27,859 

10/02/17 - 10/29/17

  233.5  $9.62   233.5  $25,606 

10/30/17 - 12/03/17

  414.3  $9.36   414.3  $21,719 

12/04/17 - 12/31/17

  61.9  $10.16   61.9  $21,089 
                 

Total

  1,167.3  $9.47   1,167.3     
          

Total

  

Dollar

 
          

Number of

  

Value of

 
          

Shares

  

Shares

 
          

Purchased

  

that May

 
          

as Part of

  

Yet Be

 
  

Total

  

Average

  

Publicly

  

Purchased

 
  

Number of

  

Price

  

Announced

  

Under the

 
  

Shares

  

Paid Per

  

Plans or

  

Plans or

 

Period

 

Purchased

  

Share (1)

  

Programs

  

Programs

 
  

(in thousands, except average price paid per share)

     
                 

07/03/23 – 07/30/23

  -  $-   -  $31,965 

07/31/23 – 08/27/23

  -  $-   -  $31,965 

08/28/23 – 10/01/23

  10,483  $7.08   10,483  $31,890 

10/02/23 – 10/29/23

  -  $-   -  $31,890 

10/30/23 – 11/26/23

  272,978  $8.56   272,978  $29,549 

11/27/23 – 12/31/23

  240,000  $9.85   240,000  $27,178 

01/01/24 – 01/28/24

  180,000  $10.38   180,000  $25,305 

01/29/24 – 02/25/24

  124,823  $10.10   124,823  $24,040 

02/26/24 – 03/31/24

  120,000  $10.42   120,000  $22,787 

Total

  948,284  $9.65   948,284     

 

(1)

(1) Average price per share excludes commissions and other transaction fees.

 

ITEM 3.3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable. 

 

ITEM 5.5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

None.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

31.1

Certification of the principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *

31.2

Certification of the principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *

32.1

Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *

101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Document

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Definition Presentation Document

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

* Filed herewith.

 

 

 

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.

 

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

(Registrant)


 

Date:      February 9, 2017  May 8, 2024

/s/ Christopher G.James F. McCann

Christopher G.James F. McCann

Executive Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Director and President

(Principal Executive Officer)  

Date:      February 9, 2017 May 8, 2024

/s/ William E. Shea
     
William E. Shea

Senior Vice President, Treasurer and

Chief Financial Officer (Principal

Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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