SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation —The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of BARK, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the accounting disclosure rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. Therefore, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 31, 2022. The consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022, included herein, was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures, including certain notes required by U.S. GAAP, required on an annual reporting basis. In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the interim periods. The results for the three months and nine months ended December 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent quarter, the year ending March 31, 2023, or any other period. There have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies as described in the audited consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2022 and 2021. Although the Company has incurred recurring losses in each year since inception, the Company expects its cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund operations for at least the next twelve months. Use of Estimates— The Company makes estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the amounts reported in its condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Future events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates these estimates, judgments and assumptions. The Company bases its estimates on historical and anticipated results and trends and on various other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances, including assumptions as to future events. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and any such differences may be material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. The most significant estimates relate to determination of fair value of the Company’s allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable, allowance for inventory obsolescence, stock-based compensation, fair value of right-of-use assets and the valuation of embedded derivatives. Management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, including the current economic environment, and records adjustments when facts and circumstances dictate. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ from those estimates. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic —The Company continues to monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the emergence and spread of variants of COVID-19 on the U.S. and global economies and on the Company’s operating results, financial condition and cash flows. The estimates of the impact COVID-19 may have on the Company’s business may change based on new information that may emerge concerning COVID-19, the actions to contain it or treat its impact and the economic impact on local, regional, national and international markets. The Company has not incurred any significant impairment losses in the carrying values of its assets as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and is not aware of any specific related event or circumstance that could require the Company to revise the estimates reflected in its condensed consolidated financial statements. Fair Value of Financial Instruments —The Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, and accrued expenses, are carried at historical cost. At December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the carrying amounts of these instruments approximated their fair values because of their short-term nature. The carrying amounts of the Company’s long-term debt approximate the fair value based on consideration of current borrowing rates available to the Company. Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis in the condensed consolidated balance sheets are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their fair values. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or an exit price that would be paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The authoritative guidance on fair value measurements establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements as follows: Level 1 —Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date; Level 2 —Inputs are observable, unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, unadjusted quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities; and Level 3 —Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market data for the related assets or liabilities. The categorization of a financial instrument within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The following summarizes assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, by level, within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands): As of December 31, 2022 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Assets Money market funds (1) $ 55,077 $ — $ — $ 55,077 $ 55,077 $ — $ — $ 55,077 Liabilities Public warrant liability (2) $ 1,272 $ — $ — $ 1,272 Private warrant liability (2) — 684 — 684 $ 1,272 $ 684 $ — $ 1,956 As of March 31, 2022 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Liabilities Public warrant liability (2) $ 5,516 $ — $ — $ 5,516 Private warrant liability (2) — 2,963 — 2,963 $ 5,516 $ 2,963 $ — $ 8,479 ______________ (1) As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cash equivalents held in a money market account. The Company has concluded that due to the highly liquid nature of the money market account, the carrying value approximates fair value, which represents a Level 1 input. The balance of cash equivalents held in the money market account is included in cash and cash equivalents. (2) Included in accrued and other current liabilities. The Company’s warrants include publicly-traded warrants (the “Public Warrants”) which were issued as one-third of a warrant per unit issued during the Company’s initial public offering on November 10, 2020 (the “IPO”), warrants sold in a private placement to Northern Star’s sponsor (the “Private Warrants”), and preferred share warrants issued by Legacy BARK which were assumed by the Company in connection with the Merger and exchanged into warrants for BARK common stock (the “Common Stock Warrants”). All of the Common Stock Warrants have been exercised and are no longer outstanding. The Company evaluated its warrants under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, and concluded that they do not meet the criteria to be classified in stockholders’ equity. Since the Public Warrants and Private Warrants meet the definition of a derivative under ASC 815, the warrants have been recorded as current liabilities on the balance sheet at fair value upon issuance, with subsequent changes in their respective fair values recognized in other income, net on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) at each reporting date. See further disclosure on the change in fair value of Public and Private Warrant liabilities within Note 10, “Other Income (Expense) - Net.” Restricted Cash —The Company has restricted cash to secure a letter of credit for two of its leases, restricted cash is expected to be maintained as a security deposit for the duration of each respective lease. As of both December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company has classified $2.3 million within other noncurrent assets, as restricted cash. Concentration of Credit Risk and Major Customers and Suppliers —Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company maintains cash and cash equivalents with one domestic financial institution of high credit quality. The Company’s accounts receivable are derived from sales contracts with large retail customers. The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses on customer accounts when deemed necessary. Significant customers are those that represent more than 10% of the Company’s total revenues or gross accounts receivable balance at each balance sheet date. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company did not have any customers that accounted for 10% or more of total revenues. The Company had two customers that accounted for 59% of gross accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively. The Company’s accounts receivable relates to sales to customers within the Commerce segment, which represented 10.6% and 13.0% of total revenue for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, and 16.1% and 12.7% of total revenue for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively. Significant suppliers are those that represent more than 10% of the Company’s total finished goods purchased or accounts payable at each balance sheet date. During the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had two suppliers that accounted for 30% of total finished goods purchased and two suppliers that accounted for 26% of total finished goods purchased, respectively. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had two suppliers that accounted for 30% of total finished goods purchased and two suppliers that accounted for 29% of total finished goods purchased, respectively. The Company had two suppliers that accounted for 49% of the accounts payable balance and two suppliers that accounted for 26% of the accounts payable balance as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. This update amends and simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating certain exceptions in existing guidance related to performing intraperiod tax allocation, calculating interim period taxes, and recognizing deferred taxes for investments. The update also provides new guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas. The Company adopted this guidance on April 1, 2022. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40), which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current guidance. ASU 2020-06 also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception and simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. ASU 2020-06 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this guidance on April 1, 2022. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. |