FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION	3 Months Ended
May 03, 2020
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION	NOTE A. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION These financial statements include Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (“we,” “us” or “our”). The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of May 3, 2020 and May 5, 2019, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the thirteen weeks then ended, have been prepared by us, without audit. In our opinion, the financial statements include all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position at the balance sheet dates and the results of operations for the thirteen weeks then ended. Intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. The balance sheet as of February 2, 2020, presented herein, has been derived from our audited Consolidated Balance Sheet included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2020. The results of operations for the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results of the full year. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been omitted. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2020. COVID-19 On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) to be a global pandemic and recommended containment and mitigation measures worldwide. In March 2020, we announced the temporary closures of all of our retail store operations to protect our employees, customers and the communities in which we operate and to help contain the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. While subsequent to quarter end we have announced the reopening of over 350 stores, we have extended such closures in locations where retail restrictions have not been lifted. The preventative or protective actions that governments and businesses around the world have taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 have resulted in a period of disruption that has materially reduced customer store traffic, and thus our retail store revenues, which comprised approximately 44% of our net revenues in fiscal 2019. Throughout the first quarter, we continued to operate our e-commerce sites and distribution centers and continued to deliver products to our customers. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting closure of all of our retail locations, we identified certain assets whose carrying value was now deemed to have been partially impaired. Given the material reductions in our retail store revenues and operating income during the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we evaluated our estimates and assumptions related to our stores’ future sales and cash flows, and performed a comprehensive review of our stores’ long-lived assets for impairment, including both property and equipment and operating lease right-of-use assets, at an individual store level. Key assumptions used in estimating fair value of our store assets in connection with our impairment analyses are sales growth, gross margin, employment costs, lease escalations, market rental rates, changes in local real estate markets in which we operate, inflation, and the overall economics of the retail industry. Our assumptions account for the estimated impact from the recent closure of all of our retail stores and reflect the re-opening of our retail stores throughout fiscal 2020 as allowed by the local governmental requirements in the states in which we operate. As a result, during the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we recorded store asset impairment charges within selling, general and administrative expenses of approximately $11,825,000 related to property and equipment and $3,795,000 related to operating lease right-of-use assets. In addition, during the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we recorded charges of approximately $11,378,000 representing write - offs for inventory with minor damage that we could not liquidate through our outlets due to store closures resulting from COVID-19. We test goodwill for impairment annually (on the first day of the fourth quarter), or between annual tests whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the fair value of a reporting unit may be below its carrying amount. As of May 3, 2020 and May 5, 2019, we had goodwill of $85,335,000 and $85,357,000, respectively, primarily related to our fiscal 2017 acquisition of Outward and to our fiscal 2011 acquisition of Rejuvenation, Inc. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting closure of all of our retail locations during the quarter, we evaluated the need to test goodwill for potential impairment. Our most recently completed qualitative goodwill impairment assessment indicated that the fair values of our reporting units significantly exceeded their carrying values. Further, we currently do not expect the impact of COVID-19 to significantly affect the long-term estimates or assumptions of revenue and operating income growth, nor the long-term strategies of our brands, considered in our most recently completed goodwill assessment. Therefore, we currently do not consider the pandemic to be a triggering event requiring the testing of goodwill between annual tests, and accordingly, we have not recorded any goodwill impairment charges during the first quarter of fiscal 2020. As of the end of the quarter, we had finalized rent concession negotiations on a limited portion of our stores and therefore any impact on our financials was immaterial for the first quarter of fiscal 2020. We expect most outstanding lease concession negotiations to be finalized during the second quarter of fiscal 2020. In response to COVID-19, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provides tax provisions and other stimulus measures to affected companies. The impact of the CARES Act was not material to our result of operations and financial position for the first quarter of fiscal 2020. We are continuing to assess the financial relief available to us under the CARES Act and expect to record any further impact during the second quarter of fiscal 2020. These events and changes in circumstances, including a more prolonged and/or severe COVID-19 pandemic, may lead to increased impairment risk in the future; therefore, we will continue to monitor events and changes in circumstances that may indicate the need to test our long-lived assets, including goodwill, for potential impairment. New Accounting Pronouncements In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This standard is intended to introduce a revised approach to the recognition and measurement of credit losses, emphasizing an updated model based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. This ASU was effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. This ASU aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. Accordingly, the amendments require an entity in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract to follow the guidance in Subtopic 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as an asset related to the service contract and which costs to expense. This ASU was effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (Topic 740). This standard simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating certain exceptions to the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740 related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The standard also simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 202 0 , and early adoption is permitted. We do not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

3 Months Ended

May 03, 2020

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

NOTE A. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

These financial statements include Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (“we,” “us” or “our”). The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of May 3, 2020 and May 5, 2019, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the thirteen weeks then ended, have been prepared by us, without audit. In our opinion, the financial statements include all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position at the balance sheet dates and the results of operations for the thirteen weeks then ended. Intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. The balance sheet as of February 2, 2020, presented herein, has been derived from our audited Consolidated Balance Sheet included in our Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2020.

The results of operations for the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results of the full year.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been omitted. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2020.

COVID-19

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a novel strain of the coronavirus

(COVID-19)

to be a global pandemic and recommended containment and mitigation measures worldwide. In March 2020, we announced the temporary closures of all of our retail store operations to protect our employees, customers and the communities in which we operate and to help contain the

COVID-19

coronavirus pandemic. While subsequent to quarter end we have announced the reopening of over 350 stores, we have extended such closures in locations where retail restrictions have not been lifted. The preventative or protective actions that governments and businesses around the world have taken to contain the spread of

COVID-19

have resulted in a period of disruption that has materially reduced customer store traffic, and thus our retail store revenues, which comprised approximately 44% of our net revenues in fiscal 2019. Throughout the first quarter, we continued to operate our

e-commerce

sites and distribution centers and continued to deliver products to our customers.

As a result of the

COVID-19

pandemic and the resulting closure of all of our retail locations, we identified certain assets whose carrying value was now deemed to have been partially impaired. Given the material reductions in our retail store revenues and operating income during the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we evaluated our estimates and assumptions related to our stores’ future sales and cash flows, and performed a comprehensive review of our stores’ long-lived assets for impairment, including both property and equipment and operating lease

right-of-use

assets, at an individual store level. Key assumptions used in estimating fair value of our store assets in connection with our impairment analyses are sales growth, gross margin, employment costs, lease escalations, market rental rates, changes in local real estate markets in which we operate, inflation, and the overall economics of the retail industry. Our assumptions account for the estimated impact from the recent closure of all of our retail stores and reflect the

re-opening

of our retail stores throughout fiscal 2020 as allowed by the local governmental requirements in the states in which we operate. As a result, during the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we recorded store asset impairment charges within selling, general and administrative expenses of approximately $11,825,000 related to property and equipment and $3,795,000 related to operating lease

right-of-use

assets.

In addition, during the first quarter of fiscal 2020, we recorded charges of approximately $11,378,000 representing write

offs for inventory with minor damage that we could not liquidate through our outlets due to store closures resulting from

COVID-19.

We test goodwill for impairment annually (on the first day of the fourth quarter), or between annual tests whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the fair value of a reporting unit may be below its carrying amount. As of May 3, 2020 and May 5, 2019, we had goodwill of $85,335,000 and $85,357,000, respectively, primarily related to our fiscal 2017 acquisition of Outward and to our fiscal 2011 acquisition of Rejuvenation, Inc. As a result of the

COVID-19

pandemic and the resulting closure of all of our retail locations during the quarter, we evaluated the need to test goodwill for potential impairment. Our most recently completed qualitative goodwill impairment assessment indicated that the fair values of our reporting units significantly exceeded their carrying values. Further, we currently do not expect the impact of

COVID-19

to significantly affect the long-term estimates or assumptions of revenue and operating income growth, nor the long-term strategies of our brands, considered in our most recently completed goodwill assessment. Therefore, we currently do not consider the pandemic to be a triggering event requiring the testing of goodwill between annual tests, and accordingly, we have not recorded any goodwill impairment charges during the first quarter of fiscal 2020.

As of the end of the quarter, we had finalized rent concession negotiations on a limited portion of our stores and therefore any impact on our financials was immaterial for the first quarter of fiscal 2020. We expect most outstanding lease concession negotiations to be finalized during the second quarter of fiscal 2020.

In response to COVID-19, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provides tax provisions and other stimulus measures to affected companies. The impact of the CARES Act was not material to our result of operations and financial position for the first quarter of fiscal 2020. We are continuing to assess the financial relief available to us under the CARES Act and expect to record any further impact during the second quarter of fiscal 2020.

These events and changes in circumstances, including a more prolonged and/or severe

COVID-19

pandemic, may lead to increased impairment risk in the future; therefore, we will continue to monitor events and changes in circumstances that may indicate the need to test our long-lived assets, including goodwill, for potential impairment.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU

2016-13,

Financial Instruments—Credit Losses

(Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This standard is intended to introduce a revised approach to the recognition and measurement of credit losses, emphasizing an updated model based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. This ASU was effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU

2018-15,

Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software

(Subtopic

350-40):

Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. This ASU aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain

internal-use

software. Accordingly, the amendments require an entity in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract to follow the guidance in Subtopic

350-40

to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as an asset related to the service contract and which costs to expense. This ASU was effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU

2019-12,

Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes

(Topic 740). This standard simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating certain exceptions to the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740 related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The standard also simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a

step-up

in the tax basis of goodwill. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 202

, and early adoption is permitted. We do not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.