Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Aug. 03, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Table Text Block]

Recent accounting pronouncements

The Company reviews recent accounting pronouncements on a quarterly basis and has excluded discussion of those not applicable to the Company and those not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The following table provides a brief description of certain recent accounting pronouncements the Company has adopted.



Accounting Standards Update (ASU)	Description	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters
Leases (ASU 2016-02) Date of adoption: February 3, 2019	This update supersedes the leasing standard in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 840, Leases. The new standard requires an entity to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclose key leasing information that depicts the lease rights and obligations of an entity.	The Company adopted this standard using a modified retrospective transition method and elected to not restate comparative periods. In conjunction with the adoption of this standard, the Company elected: - the package of practical expedients which, among other things, allowed the Company to carry forward historical lease classification for leases existing before the date of adoption; and - to combine lease and nonlease components for leases existing before the date of adoption, as well as for any new leases. However, the Company did not elect the practical expedient to use hindsight when determining the lease term or assessing impairment. Adoption of this standard resulted in the Company’s total assets and total liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet each increasing by approximately $1.2 billion, primarily due to the recognition of operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities. The Company also recognized a cumulative adjustment decreasing the opening balance of retained earnings by $0.1 billion on the date of adoption. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the timing or classification of the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, the Company’s liquidity or the Company’s debt covenant compliance under current agreements. Additional information regarding the impact from adoption of the new lease accounting standard and updated accounting policies related to leases are provided further in this Note 2.
Derivatives and Hedging — Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities (ASU 2017-12) Date of adoption: February 3, 2019	This update amends ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The new standard simplifies certain aspects of hedge accounting for both financial and commodity risks to more accurately present the economic effects of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements.	The Company adopted this standard using a modified retrospective transition approach, while the amended presentation and disclosure standard requires a prospective approach. Upon adoption of this standard, the Company elected to include time value in its assessment of effectiveness for derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges. Updated accounting policies related to derivatives have been updated and are provided further in this Note 2. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019, and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for Fiscal 2019.
Intangibles — Goodwill and Other —Internal-Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract (ASU 2018-15) Date of adoption: February 3, 2019	This update amends ASC 350, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other —Internal-Use Software. The new standard allows companies to defer certain direct costs related to software as a service (“SaaS”) implementation costs and amortize them to operating expense over the term of the related SaaS arrangement. The criteria for determining whether costs associated with SaaS can be capitalized is now the same criteria applied to internal software development costs in order to assess eligibility for deferral.	The Company early adopted this standard on a prospective basis and comparative periods have not been restated. The Company expects to capitalize up to $10 million of SaaS implementation costs in Fiscal 2019, of which $2.2 million has been capitalized in the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019. Amortization expense related to capitalized SaaS implementation costs was immaterial for each of the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019.

The following table provides the impact from adoption of the new lease accounting standard on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet:



(in thousands)	February 2, 2019 (as reported under previous lease accounting standard)			Impact from adoption of new lease accounting standard			Upon adoption on February 3, 2019 (under new lease accounting standard) ⁽¹⁾
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	$	723,135		$	—		$	723,135
Receivables	73,112			—			73,112
Inventories	437,879			—			437,879
Other current assets ⁽²⁾	101,824			(31,310		)	70,514
Total current assets	1,335,950			(31,310		)	1,304,640
Property and equipment, net ⁽³⁾	694,855			(46,624		)	648,231
Operating lease right-of-use assets ⁽²⁾	—			1,234,515			1,234,515
Other assets^{(2) (5)}	354,788			15,553			370,341
Total assets	$	2,385,593		$	1,172,134		$	3,557,727
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	226,878		$	—		$	226,878
Accrued expenses ⁽²⁾	293,579			(13,508		)	280,071
Short-term portion of operating lease liabilities⁽⁴⁾	—			280,108			280,108
Short-term portion of deferred lease credits ⁽²⁾	19,558			(19,558		)	—
Income taxes payable	18,902			—			18,902
Total current liabilities	558,917			247,042			805,959
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term portion of operating lease liabilities ⁽⁴⁾	—			1,193,946			1,193,946
Long-term portion of borrowings, net	250,439			—			250,439
Long-term portion of deferred lease credits ⁽²⁾	76,134			(76,134		)	—
Leasehold financing obligations⁽³⁾	46,337			(46,337		)	—
Other liabilities ^{(2) (5)}	235,145			(71,218		)	163,927
Total long-term liabilities	608,055			1,000,257			1,608,312
Stockholders’ equity
Class A Common Stock	1,033			—			1,033
Paid-in capital	405,379			—			405,379
Retained earnings⁽⁶⁾	2,418,544			(75,165		)	2,343,379
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(102,452		)	—			(102,452		)
Treasury stock, at average cost	(1,513,604		)	—			(1,513,604		)
Total Abercrombie & Fitch Co. stockholders’ equity	1,208,900			(75,165		)	1,133,735
Noncontrolling interests	9,721			—			9,721
Total stockholders’ equity	1,218,621			(75,165		)	1,143,456
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	2,385,593		$	1,172,134		$	3,557,727


⁽¹⁾	Amounts under “Upon adoption on February 3, 2019 (under new lease accounting standard),” are calculated as February 2, 2019 reported balances adjusted for the impact of adoption on the first day of Fiscal 2019, February 3, 2019.

⁽²⁾

Upon adoption, the Company recognized assets for the rights to use its operating leases on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. In conjunction with this recognition, the Company reclassified amounts to operating lease right-of-use assets including: short-term prepaid rent from other current assets; key money, long-term prepaid rent and leasehold acquisition costs from other assets; short-term and long-term portions of deferred lease credits; accrued rent and accrued straight-line rent from accrued expenses and other liabilities, respectively.

⁽³⁾

Upon adoption, the Company derecognized construction project assets and related leasehold financing obligations that previously failed to qualify for sale and leaseback accounting. In certain instances, these construction project assets had shielded other assets included within their respective asset groups from impairment, as the fair value of the construction project assets had exceeded the carrying values of their respective asset groups. In such instances, the Company recognized impairment of certain leasehold improvements and store assets upon adoption.


⁽⁴⁾	Upon adoption, the Company recognized operating lease liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.


⁽⁵⁾	Upon adoption, the Company established net deferred tax assets for operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities.

⁽⁶⁾

Upon adoption, the Company recognized a cumulative adjustment decreasing the opening balance of retained earnings, primarily related to right-of-use asset impairment charges for certain of the Company’s stores where it was previously determined that the carrying value of assets was not recoverable, partially offset by benefits to retained earnings to establish net deferred tax assets and a net gain resulting from the derecognition of certain leased building assets and related leasehold financing obligations that previously failed to qualify for sale and leaseback accounting.