Exhibit 99.1
Lifetime Brands, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results
Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
GARDEN CITY, NY, August 8, 2019 –Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NasdaqGS: LCUT), a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019.
Robert Kay, Lifetime’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “For the six months of 2019, we continued to make progress on our long-term growth initiatives, and I am pleased that we remain on track to achieve our strategic priorities of integrating all of our operations and product categories into a unified business platform which is more cost efficient and better positioned to grow in the second half of 2019 and beyond. In the second quarter, we made significant progress on our portfolio realignment with the conclusion of a comprehensive SKU rationalization, began to see the benefits of our reorganization efforts in the UK, and strengthened our global position in the food services category. Despite this progress, our business was impacted by temporary down cycles in the retail industry that drove softness in our end markets, leading to mixed results. This trend was driven by fundamental retail transformation and the impact of continuing geopolitical conditions, including tariffs and Brexit uncertainty in Europe. We will continue to take action to offset the tariff impact on margins and sales.”
Second Quarter Financial Highlights:
Consolidated net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2019 were $142.5 million, a decrease of $6.2 million, or 4.2%, as compared to net sales of $148.7 million for the corresponding period in 2018. In constant currency, which excludes the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations, consolidated net sales decreased $5.0 million, or 3.4%, as compared to consolidated net sales in the corresponding period in 2018.
Gross margin was $44.0 million, or 30.9%, as compared to $52.1 million, or 35.0%, for the corresponding period in 2018. Excluding an $8.5 millionnon-recurring, non-cash charge for the SKU rationalization initiative, gross margin would have been $52.5 million, or 36.8%, in the 2019 period.
Loss from operations, including the impact of SKU rationalization, was $12.5 million, as compared to a loss from operations of $3.3 million for the corresponding period in 2018.
Net loss was $11.5 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, as compared to a net loss of $6.1 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, in the corresponding period in 2018.
Adjusted net loss, excluding the impact of SKU rationalization, was $4.5 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, as compared to adjusted net loss of $5.7 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, in the corresponding period in 2018.
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