Leases
12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2023
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases
NOTE 5 | LEASES
The Company accounts for leases under Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASC 842”). This ASU is a comprehensive standard that requires lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities for most leases, including those leases previously classified as operating leases.
The Company’s right of use assets represent a right to use underlying assets for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Lease assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date (date on which the Company gains access to the property) based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term, net of landlord allowances to be received. The Company accounts for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component for all current classes of leases.
The Company leases all of its store locations and its corporate headquarters, which also includes its distribution center, under operating leases. The store leases typically have initial terms of 5 to 10 years however, most of the leases that are coming to the end of their lease lives are being renegotiated with shorter terms. The current lease term for the corporate headquarters expires in 2026, with one optional five-year extension period. The Company also leases certain equipment and other assets under operating leases, typically with initial terms of 3 to 5 years. The lease term includes the initial contractual term as well as any options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less (short-term leases) are not recorded on the balance sheet. The Company does not currently have any material short-term leases. The Company is generally obligated for the cost of property taxes, insurance and other landlord costs, including common area maintenance charges, relating to its leases. If these charges are fixed, they are combined with lease payments in determining the lease liability; however, if such charges are not fixed, they are considered variable lease costs and are expensed as incurred. The variable payments are not included in the measurement of the lease liability or asset. The Company’s finance leases are immaterial.
Certain lease agreements include rental payments based on a percentage of retail sales over contractual levels and others include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflation. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
The Company’s lease agreements do not provide an implicit rate, so the Company uses an estimated incremental borrowing rate, which is derived from third-party information available at the lease commencement date, in determining the present value of lease payments. The rate used is for a secured borrowing of a similar term as the lease.
As a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company did not initially make its store rent payments for certain stores in portions of the first and second quarter of 2020. The Company established an accrual for rent payments that were not made and has continued to recognize accrued rent expense. As a result of negotiations with certain landlords, the Company has since made rent payments for certain stores and some landlords have agreed to abate certain rent payments. The appropriate adjustments were made to accrued rent. Accrued rent is within accrued expenses on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Accrued minimum rent as of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022, was $6.2 million and $7.7 million, respectively.
Annual store rent consists of a fixed minimum amount and/or contingent rent based on a percentage of sales exceeding a stipulated amount.
The following table is a summary of the Company’s components of net lease cost, which is included in cost of goods sold, buying and occupancy costs, in the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income:
202220212020
(in thousands)
Operating lease costs$220,682 $234,911 $272,896 
Variable and short-term lease costs63,516 45,355 60,925 
Total lease costs$284,198 $280,266 $333,821 
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases is as follows:
202220212020
(in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows for operating leases
$253,197 $296,353 $197,824 
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities$45,136 $44,952 $44,433 
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:
202220212020
Operating leases:
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)3.84.45.1
Weighted average discount rate6.9 %6.5 %5.4 %
The following table reconciles the undiscounted cash flows for each of the first five years and total of the remaining years to the operating lease liabilities recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 28, 2023:
January 28, 2023
(in thousands)
2023$209,072 
2024177,265 
2025132,509 
202678,104 
202745,314 
Thereafter33,809 
Total minimum lease payments676,073 
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest80,619 
Present value of future minimum lease payments595,454 
Less: current obligations under leases189,006 
Long-term lease obligations$406,448