Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) | 9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2018 |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
Basis of Presentation | Unless otherwise noted in this report, any description of the “Company,” “Crocs,” “we,” “us,” or “our” includes Crocs, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries within our reportable operating segments and corporate operations. The Company is engaged in the design, development, worldwide marketing, distribution, and sale of casual lifestyle footwear and accessories for men, women, and children. We strive to be the global leader in the sale of molded footwear characterized by functionality, comfort, color, and lightweight design. |
Segment Reporting | Our reportable operating segments include: the Americas, operating in North and South America; Asia Pacific, operating throughout Asia, Australia, and New Zealand; and Europe, operating throughout Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, Africa, and the Middle East. In the third quarter of 2018, certain revenues and expenses previously reported within the ‘Asia Pacific’ segment were shifted to the ‘Europe’ segment. See Note 13 — Operating Segments and Geographic Information for additional information. The previously reported amounts for revenues and income from operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 have been revised to conform to the current year presentation. |
Principles of Consolidation | The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include the Company’s accounts and those of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and reflect all adjustments which are necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Such unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (“Annual Report”), and have been prepared on a consistent basis with the accounting policies described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report. |
Seasonality of Business | Seasonality of Business Due to the seasonal nature of our footwear, which is more heavily focused on styles suitable for warm weather, revenues generated during our fourth quarter are typically less than revenues generated during our first three quarters, when the northern hemisphere is experiencing warmer weather. Our quarterly results of operations may also fluctuate significantly as a result of a variety of other factors, including the timing of new model introductions, general economic conditions, and consumer confidence. Accordingly, results of operations and cash flows for any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of expected results for any other quarter or for any other year. |
Transactions with Affiliates | Transactions with Affiliates The Company receives services from three subsidiaries of Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P. (“Blackstone”). Blackstone and certain of its permitted transferees currently beneficially own all the outstanding shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”), which is convertible into approximately 13.8 million shares, or 17.0% , of the Company’s common stock as of September 30, 2018 . Blackstone also has the right to nominate two representatives to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. Certain Blackstone subsidiaries provide various services to the Company, including inventory count services, cybersecurity and consulting, and workforce management services. The Company paid $0.1 million for each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, and $0.5 million and $0.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, for these services. Expenses related to these services are reported in ‘Selling, general and administrative expenses’ in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. |
Restricted Cash | Restricted Cash Restricted cash primarily consists of funds to secure certain retail store leases, certain customs requirements, and other contractual arrangements. |
Inventories | Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Effective January 1, 2018, the Company completed implementation of a new inventory costing system for approximately 95% of its inventories. In connection with the implementation, the Company changed its method of inventory costing from a moving average cost method to a first-in-first-out method. The Company believes this change in accounting principle is preferable because it results in more precision and consistency in global and regional inventory costs, more efficient analysis and better matching of inventory costs with revenues, better matches the physical flow of inventories, and improves comparability with industry peers. The change from the Company’s former inventory cost method did not have a material effect on inventory or cost of sales, and, as a result, prior comparative financial statements have not been restated. |
Marketing Expense | Marketing Expenses Total marketing expenses inclusive of advertising, production, promotion, and agency expenses were $14.5 million and $9.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively, and $55.4 million and $49.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 , respectively. Marketing expenses are reported in ‘Selling, general and administrative expenses’ in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Prepaid advertising and promotional endorsement expenses of $9.3 million and $7.0 million are included in ‘Prepaid expenses and other assets’ in the condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 , respectively. |
Recent Accounting Pronouncements | New Accounting Pronouncement Adopted Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act In March 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued authoritative guidance on the income tax accounting implications of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Job Act (“Tax Act”), addressing the application of U.S. GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act. The guidance provides a measurement period for companies to evaluate the impacts of the Tax Act on their financial statements. This measurement period begins in the reporting period that includes the enactment date and ends when an entity has obtained, prepared, and analyzed the information that was needed in order to complete the accounting requirements, and cannot exceed one year. Due to the timing of the enactment and the complexity involved in applying the provisions of the Tax Act, we made reasonable estimates of the effects and recorded provisional amounts in our financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and the year ended December 31, 2017, including provisional estimates for the Base Erosion and Anti-abuse Tax (“BEAT”), Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”), and transition tax. The U.S. Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and other standard-setting bodies may issue guidance on how the provisions of the Tax Act will be applied or otherwise administered that is different from our interpretation. As we collect and prepare necessary data, and interpret the Tax Act and any additional guidance issued by the IRS or other standard-setting bodies, we may make adjustments to the provisional amounts that could materially affect our financial position and results of operations as well as our effective tax rate in the period in which the adjustments are made. See Note 10 — Income Taxes for more information. Stock Compensation Scope of Modification Accounting In May 2017, the FASB issued authoritative guidance intended to clarify those changes to terms and conditions of stock-based compensation awards that are required to be accounted for as modifications of existing stock-based awards. The Company adopted this guidance as of January 1, 2018. The adoption did not have an impact on our condensed consolidated financial position or results of operations. Clarifying the Definition of a Business In January 2017, the FASB issued authoritative guidance intended to clarify the definition of a business, for purposes of determining whether a business has been acquired or sold, and consequently whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of a business or as acquisitions or disposals of assets. The Company adopted this guidance as of January 1, 2018. The adoption did not have an impact on our condensed consolidated financial position or results of operations. Statements of Cash Flows - Classification and Change in Restricted Cash In August 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance intended to clarify how entities should classify certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statements of cash flows. In November 2016, the FASB issued additional guidance requiring that restricted cash be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period amounts reported in the statements of cash flows. The guidance is applied retrospectively to all periods presented and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company adopted this guidance as of January 1, 2018. As a result of the adoption, the Company changed the presentation in its statements of cash flows for all periods presented. Prepaid Stored-Value Products In March 2016, the FASB issued guidance related to the recognition of breakage for certain prepaid stored-value products. The standard is effective for annual periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this guidance as of January 1, 2018. The adoption did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. Revenue Recognition In May 2014, the FASB issued authoritative guidance related to revenue recognition from contracts with customers. On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted the guidance using the modified retrospective method. The comparative information presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements was not restated and is reported under the accounting standards in effect for the periods presented. The adoption of this guidance did not have, and is not expected to have, a significant impact on our reported revenues, gross margins or income from operations. Substantially all of the Company’s revenues are recognized when control of product passes to customers when the products are shipped or delivered. Effective January 1, 2018, the Company changed its balance sheet presentation for expected product returns by reporting a product return asset for the right to receive returned products and a returns liability for amounts expected to be refunded to customers as a result of product returns. The product return asset is reported within ‘Prepaid expenses and other assets’ in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The returns liability and payments received from customers for future delivery of products are reported within ‘Accrued liabilities and other expenses’ in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company elected to account for shipping and handling costs associated with outbound freight after control of product passes to customers as fulfillment costs, which are expensed as incurred and included in ‘Cost of sales’ in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. There is no change to the Company’s comparative reporting of shipping and handling costs as a result of adoption. The Company elected to expense incremental costs to obtain customer contracts, consisting primarily of commission incentives, when incurred and reports these costs within ‘Selling, general and administrative expenses’ in its condensed consolidated statements of operations. There is no change to the Company’s comparative reporting of incremental costs to obtain customer contracts as a result of adoption. The impact of adoption on the January 1, 2018 condensed consolidated balance sheet was: December 31, 2017 Impact of Adoption (1) January 1, 2018 (in thousands) Assets: Accounts receivable, net $ 83,518 $ 1,801 $ 85,319 Prepaid expenses and other assets 22,596 1,555 24,151 Liabilities: Accrued expenses and other liabilities 84,446 3,356 87,802 (1) Prior to adoption, product return assets and return liabilities were reported within ‘Accounts receivable, net’, within the allowance for doubtful accounts. As of the adoption date, the product return assets were reclassified and reported as a component of ‘Prepaid expenses and other assets’, and return liabilities were reclassified to ‘Accrued expenses and other liabilities’ in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. The impact of the new revenue recognition guidance on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2018 was: September 30, 2018 Balances Without Adoption Effects of New Guidance (1) As Reported (in thousands) Assets: Accounts receivable, net $ 106,091 $ 4,387 $ 110,478 Prepaid expenses and other assets 22,982 2,874 25,856 Liabilities: Accrued expenses and other liabilities 92,532 7,261 99,793 (1) The new revenue recognition guidance requires comparative disclosures of the effects of the new guidance on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for all interim periods during the year of adoption. The new guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended September 30, 2018 . See Note 8 — Revenues for additional disclosures. New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income In February 2018, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that permits reclassification of the income tax effects of the Tax Act on accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) to retained earnings. This guidance may be adopted retrospectively to each period (or periods) in which the income tax effects of the Tax Act related to items remaining in AOCI are recognized, or at the beginning of the period of adoption. The guidance becomes effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect adoption of this standard will have a significant impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. Leases In February 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance intended to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, measured on a discounted basis, at the commencement date for all leases with terms greater than twelve months. Additionally, this guidance will require disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users to better understand the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases, including qualitative and quantitative requirements. The guidance will be applied under a modified retrospective transition approach. The guidance and related amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. In July 2017, the Company established an implementation team and engaged external advisers and solution providers to develop a multi-phase plan to assess the Company’s leasing arrangements, as well as any changes to accounting policies, processes, or necessary systems. The Company has procured the necessary software and services to facilitate adoption of the guidance. The Company is continuing its detailed review of its leases and other contractual arrangements, assessments of its systems and related accounting procedures and controls requirements. The Company has begun implementation of the software selected. The Company has elected all of the available transition practical expedients, including the ‘package of practical expedients’, which permits us not to reassess under the new standard our prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs, has elected not to apply ‘hindsight’ when adopting the standard, and has elected the short-term lease exemption. Further, the Company has elected to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of its leases. Substantially all of the Company’s leases are operating leases under the new standard. The Company will adopt this guidance on January 1, 2019, which will also be the effective date for implementation of the standard. Consequently, financial information will not be updated and the disclosures required under the new standard will not be provided for dates and periods before January 1, 2019. We expect that this standard will have a material effect on our financial statements. While we continue to assess all of the effects of the new standard, upon adoption we expect adoption to result in recognition of significant new lease-related assets and lease liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, and significant new disclosures in the footnotes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company does not expect that adoption of the standard will have a significant effect on the consolidated operating income or the cash flows of the Company. Other Pronouncements Other new pronouncements issued but not effective until after September 30, 2018 are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. |
Derivatives Financial Instruments | The Company’s derivative instruments are recorded at fair value as a derivative asset or liability in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company reports derivative instruments with the same counterparty on a net basis when a master netting arrangement is in place. Changes in fair value are recognized within ‘Foreign currency gains (losses), net’ in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, the Company classifies cash flows from derivative instruments at settlement in the same category as the cash flows from the related hedged items within ‘Cash provided by operating activities. |