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Organization and Description of Business
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and Description of Business

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ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Mohawk Group Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Mohawk” or the “Company”) is a rapidly growing technology-enabled consumer products company that uses machine learning and data analytics to design, develop, market and sell products. Mohawk predominately operates through online retail channels such as Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”) and Walmart, Inc.

Headquartered in New York, Mohawk’s offices can be found in China, Philippines, Israel, and Poland.

Liquidity and Going Concern—The Company is an early-stage growth company. Accordingly, the Company endeavors to continuously invest in the launch of new products, the development of its software, and the expansion of its sales and distribution infrastructure in order to accelerate revenue growth and scale operations to support such growth. To fund these investments, the Company has historically obtained financing and raised capital since its inception with the expectation that the Company will generate profits in the future. The Company intends to continue to its strategy of investing in growth by launching new products, developing its software and expanding its sales and distribution operations for the foreseeable future.

As a result of its historical investments, the Company has incurred operating losses since its inception, which includes operating losses of $54.3 million and $13.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the three months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, had an accumulated deficit of $129.8 million and $144.8 million at December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020, respectively, cash on hand of $30.4 million and $14.1 million at December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020, respectively, total outstanding borrowings from lenders of $35.1 million and $37.4 million at December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020, respectively, and no available capacity on borrowings as of December 31, 2019 and less than $0.1 million available capacity on borrowings at March 31, 2020. The Company has raised $102.0 million in equity financing to fund its operations since inception, including the net proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering of common stock (“IPO”), through March 31, 2020.

During the Company’s review of the March 31, 2020 condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company’s financial forecast for the next 12 months following the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, included revenue growth, margin expansion, a reduction of certain fixed costs, an improvement in inventory management, and a reduction in operating cash deficit. In addition, management anticipated that the Company would not breach its financial covenants associated with its existing credit facility or term loan for the next twelve months. However, there is no assurance that management’s forecast would be attained or that the Company will be able to maintain its liquidity to fund operations and/or maintain compliance with its covenants without future equity investments or issuance of debt from outside sources. In the event of a breach of the Company’s financial covenants under the credit facility and/or its term loan, outstanding borrowings would become due on demand absent a waiver from the lenders.

 

In addition, while the Company anticipates it will remain in compliance with the covenants prescribed by its existing financing arrangements (See Note 6 – Credit Facility and Term Loans), there can be no assurance that the Company’s operating forecast and cash flows for the twelve months following the issuance of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, will be attained such that the Company will be able to maintain compliance with these covenants or generate sufficient liquidity to fund its ongoing operations.  These negative financial conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as of March 31, 2020. 

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company will continue to operate as a going concern and as such, include no adjustments that might be necessary in the event that the Company was unable to operate on this basis. 

 

Management plans to continue to closely monitor its operating forecast and cash flows, and may pursue additional sources of financing and/or capital to fund its operations.  If the Company is unable to improve its operating results, increase its operating cash inflows, and/or obtain additional sources of financing and capital on acceptable terms (if at all), the Company may have to make significant changes to its operating plan, such as delay expenditures, reduce investments in new products, delay the development of its software, reduce its sale and distribution infrastructure, or otherwise significantly reduce the scope of its business. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.  

 

Coronavirus Pandemic

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (the “WHO”) announced a global health emergency because of a new strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) originating in Wuhan, China and the risks to the international community as the virus spreads globally beyond its point of origin. In March 2020, the WHO classified COVID-19 as a pandemic, based on the rapid increase in exposure globally. The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the impact associated with preventative and precautionary measures that the Company, other businesses and governments are taking, continues to evolve as of the date of this report. As such, it is uncertain as to the full magnitude that the pandemic will have on the Company, but the pandemic may materially affect the Company's financial condition, liquidity and future results of operations.

The COVID-19 pandemic began to have an unfavorable impact on the Company, including its key manufacturing partners, in January 2020.  Substantially all of the Company’s products are sourced and manufactured in China, including new products that it expects to launch during 2020. In addition, the Company relies upon its team in Shenzhen for a number of functions relating to product sourcing and development, among other things. The Company has a key manufacturing partner in China that re-opened its facilities as of February 10, 2020 and reached over 90% capacity early in March 2020. This key manufacturer is expected to manufacture over 30% of the Company’s inventory in 2020. 

 

Although the Company has seen an increase in its net revenue since March 2020 and through the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the future impact on the Company’s personnel, business and global operations, and on the Company’s suppliers, logistics providers, marketplaces and other business partners is uncertain and cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. Given the nature of the pandemic, it is possible that any and every aspect of the Company’s value chain could be disrupted, and such impact could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, operating results and prospects. For example, the Company may be unable to launch new products, to replenish inventory for existing products, to ship into or receive inventory in its third-party warehouses, or to ship or sell products to customers, in each case on a timely basis or at all. The Company also may be unable to forecast demand for its products during the pendency of this pandemic and the Company may experience a substantial decrease in the demand for its products, most of which are considered not essential.

 

In addition, the majority of the Company’s personnel are currently working remotely, which creates challenges in the way the Company operates its business, including, but not limited to, the manner in which the Company tests products and its ability to meet its reporting obligations. If any of the Company’s key personnel contracts COVID-19, the Company could experience impacts to its ability to execute its operations.

 

Further, the Company is currently seeking to preserve its liquidity and capital resources through various actions, which include delaying and negotiating the delay of payments to certain vendors, the effect of which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business, including its relationships with these vendors. The Company’s operations rely on third-parties to manufacture its products, to provide logistics and warehousing services and to facilitate sales of its products, and accordingly the Company relies on the business continuity plans of these third parties to operate during the pandemic and have limited ability to influence their plans.

 

In light of the uncertainty as to the severity and duration of the pandemic, the Company may be unable to remain in compliance with the terms of its existing loan agreements and may be unable to secure a waiver, which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business, prospects and financial condition and the Company intends to seek additional financing options. The Company expects that any financing, if successful, will be expensive and/or dilutive. Furthermore, the spread of COVID-19, which has caused a broad impact globally, may materially affect the Company economically. While the potential economic impact brought by, and the duration of, COVID-19 may be difficult to assess or predict, a widespread pandemic could result in significant disruption of global financial markets, reducing the Company’s ability to access capital, which could in the future negatively affect its liquidity.

 

Due to the uncertainty as to the severity and duration of the pandemic, the impact on the Company’s future revenues, profitability, financial position and business is uncertain at this time.