Leases (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2021

Leases of Lessee Disclosure [Text Block]

The Company is a party to leases related to its Company-operated retail stores as well as for certain of its distribution centers, office space, information technology and equipment.

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s operating lease costs for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended July 31, 2021 and August 1, 2020:


	Thirteen Weeks Ended				Twenty-six Weeks Ended
(in thousands)	July 31, 2021		August 1, 2020		July 31, 2021		August 1, 2020
Single lease cost (1)	$	70,325	$	87,698	$	140,077	$	181,189
Variable lease cost (2)	19,300		19,433		42,466		47,335
Operating lease right-of-use asset impairment (3)	240		5,410		2,704		40,418
Sublease income (4)	(1,095)		—		(2,188)		—
Total operating lease cost	$	88,770	$	112,541	$	183,059	$	268,942

(1)Included amortization and interest expense associated with operating lease right-of-use assets and the impact from remeasurement of operating lease liabilities.

(2)Included variable payments related to both lease and nonlease components, such as contingent rent payments made by the Company based on performance, and payments related to taxes, insurance, and maintenance costs, as well as the benefit of $5.2 million and $13.0 million of rent abatements during the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended July 31, 2021 related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in the total payments required by the modified contract being substantially the same as or less than total payments required by the original contract. Rent abatements obtained during the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 were not significant.

(3)Refer to Note 9, “ASSET IMPAIRMENT,” for details related to operating lease right-of-use asset impairment charges.

(4)The terms of the sublease agreement entered into by the Company with a third party during Fiscal 2020 related to one of its previous flagship store locations have not changed materially from that disclosed in Note 8, “LEASES,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained in “ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA” of A&F’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2020. Sublease income is recognized in other operating income (loss), net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

During the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended July 31, 2021 and August 1, 2020, the Company suspended rent payments for a number of stores that were closed as a result of COVID-19, and has been successful in obtaining certain rent abatements and landlord concessions of rent payable. Refer to Note 3. “IMPACT OF COVID-19”, for additional details.

As of July 31, 2021, the Company had minimum commitments related to additional operating lease contracts the terms of which have not yet commenced, primarily for its Company-operated retail stores, of approximately $2.5 million.