Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Nature of Business Francesca’s Holdings Corporation is a holding company incorporated in 2007 under the laws of the State of Delaware whose business operations are conducted through its subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company,” refers to Francesca’s Holdings Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. The Company operates a nationwide-chain of boutiques providing its customers with a unique, fun and personalized shopping experience. The merchandise assortment the Company offers is a diverse and balanced mix of apparel, jewelry, accessories and gifts at attractive values. The Company aims to offer a differentiated shopping experience and quality, on-trend merchandise at a compelling value, across a wide variety of geographic markets and shopping venues. At May 2, 2020, the Company operated 703 boutiques, which are located in 47 states throughout the United States and the District of Columbia, and also served its customers though www.francescas.com, its ecommerce website. On July 1, 2019, the Company effected a 12-to-1 stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”), reducing the number of shares of common stock outstanding on that date from 35.4 million (which excludes 1.4 million of restricted stock awards granted to members of the Company's Board of Directors prior to the Reverse Stock Split but issued after the Reverse Stock Split) to 3.1 million shares. Additionally, the number of shares of common stock subject to outstanding stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units, the exercise price of outstanding stock options, and the number of shares reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company’s equity compensation plans were adjusted proportionately in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. The number of authorized shares of common stock under the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the par value per share of the Company’s common stock were unchanged. All historical share and per share amounts presented herein have been adjusted retrospectively to reflect these changes. Going Concern As previously disclosed, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the temporary closure of all of the Company’s 703 boutiques beginning on March 25, 2020. On April 30, 2020, the Company started to reopen its boutiques in locations where local shutdown orders have been lifted. As of July 17, 2020, a total of 674 boutiques have reopened although the majority of them are operating at reduced capacity and hours in accordance with local regulations. This reflects the re-closure of 22 boutiques in California as of the same date. In conjunction with such boutique reopenings, a significant number of furloughed corporate and boutique employees have been recalled and the base salary reductions in place for the Company’s senior leadership team were lifted. The Company plans to continue to reopen boutiques and recall furloughed employees as local mandates are lifted. All boutiques will strictly adhere to then current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) recommendations and local regulations to protect the health and safety of its sales associates and customers and all reopened boutiques have adopted a mandatory mask requirement for associates and customers, irrespective of CDC and local authority guidelines. Additionally, as of July 17, 2020, there continues to be an overall disruption in the Company’s supply chain and operations as its vendors return to normal operations and the Company’s ecommerce and distribution facility are operating at reduced capacity due to social distancing measures that have been put in place. As a result, the Company’s revenues, results of operations and cash flows continue to be materially adversely impacted which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management continues to take aggressive and prudent actions to drive sales and monetize existing inventory, reduce expenses and manage cash flows, including making limited payments of accounts payables, deferred rent payments for the Company’s leased locations for the months April, May and June 2020 and limiting new inventory purchases to preserve cash on hand. The Company made payments on its past due payables making its merchandise and non-merchandise vendor accounts payable substantially current as of July 17, 2020 and resumed payment of its lease obligations for all its locations for July 2020. Additionally, subsequent to May 2, 2020, the Company repaid $2.0 million of its outstanding borrowings under the Amended ABL Credit Agreement (defined in Note 7, Credit Facilities) bringing the combined outstanding borrowings to $12.1 million, net of $0.9 million debt issuance costs, and $0.5 million in combined borrowing base availability under its Credit Facilities as of July 17, 2020. The Company also expects to receive an income tax refund of $10.7 million related to certain provisions under the Corona Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”). This refund is required to be used to repay any then outstanding borrowings under the Company’s Amended ABL Credit Agreement in accordance with the certain letter agreement entered into between the Company and the Amended ABL Credit Agreement lenders on May 1, 2020. See Note 6, Income Taxes, Note 7, Credit Facilities, and Note 10, Subsequent Events, for additional information. The Company could experience other potential impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including, but not limited to, charges from potential adjustments to the carrying amount of its inventory and long-lived asset impairment charges. Actual results may differ materially from the Company’s current estimates as the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, depending largely, though not exclusively, on the duration of the disruption to its business. The Company’s unaudited consolidated financial statement as of May 2, 2020 were prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial statements and are in the form prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these unaudited financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, changes in equity, and cash flows at the dates and for the periods presented. The financial information as of February 1, 2020 was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of and for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2020 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 1, 2020. These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes as of and for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2020 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. Due to seasonal variations in the Company’s business, interim results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim period or for a full year. Principles of Consolidation The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Fiscal Year The Company maintains its accounts on a 52- or 53-week year ending on the Saturday closest to January 31st. Fiscal years 2020 and 2019 each include 52 weeks of operations. The fiscal quarters ended May 2, Management Estimates and Assumptions The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues, net of estimated sales returns, and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Reclassification The non-cash amortization of operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets of $11.6 million in the thirteen weeks ended May 4, 2019 has been presented separately in the statement of cash flows to conform to the current period presentation. This reclassification does not materially impact the consolidated financial statements for the prior period presented. New Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use-Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That is a Service Contract.” ASU 2018-15 aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. The Company adopted the provisions of this guidance on February 2, 2020 and such adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2019-12, “Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” The ASU intends to enhance and simplify aspects of the income tax accounting guidance in ASC 740, “Income Taxes” as part of the FASB's simplification initiative. This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” ASU 2016-13 changes the methodology for measuring credit losses on financial instruments and timing of when such losses are recorded. Since the original issuance of ASU 2016-13, the FASB has issued several amendments and updates to this guidance. This new guidance is effective for public companies, except for smaller reporting companies, for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. For smaller reporting companies, such as the Company, this new guidance will be effective for fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2022, and interim periods within those fiscal year. Early adoption is permitted. The guidance is to be adopted using the modified retrospective approach. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. |