Product Warranties

6 Months Ended

Oct. 26, 2019

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

We accrue an estimated liability for product warranties when we recognize revenue on the sale of warranted products. We estimate future warranty claims on new sales based on our historical claims experience and also provide for any additional anticipated future costs on previously sold products. We incorporate repair costs into our liability estimates, including materials, labor and overhead amounts necessary to perform repairs and any costs associated with delivering repaired product to our customers. Over 90% of our warranty liability relates to our Upholstery segment as we generally warrant our products against defects for one year on fabric and leather, from one to ten years on cushions and padding, and provide a limited lifetime warranty on certain mechanisms and frames. Our Upholstery segment warranties cover labor costs relating to our parts for one year. We provide a limited lifetime warranty against defects on a majority of the products sold by Joybird, which is part of our Corporate and Other results. For all our manufacturer warranties, the warranty period begins when the consumer receives our product. We use considerable judgment in making our estimates, and we record differences between our actual and estimated costs when the differences are known.

A reconciliation of the changes in our product warranty liability is as follows:



	Quarter Ended						Six Months Ended
(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)	10/26/19			10/27/18			10/26/19			10/27/18
Balance as of the beginning of the period	$	22,836		$	21,093		$	22,736		$	21,205
Acquisitions	—			4,100			—			4,100
Accruals during the period	5,768			5,489			11,425			10,610
Settlements during the period	(5,523		)	(5,485		)	(11,080		)	(10,718		)
Balance as of the end of the period	$	23,081		$	25,197		$	23,081		$	25,197

As of October 26, 2019 and April 27, 2019, we included $14.1 million and $13.9 million, respectively, of our product warranty liability in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet, and included the remainder in other long-term liabilities. We recorded accruals during the periods presented in the table above, primarily to reflect charges that relate to warranties issued during the respective periods.