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Termination of Burberry License
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Termination of Burberry License [Abstract]  
Status of Burberry License
3. Termination of Burberry License:

 

Burberry exercised its option to buy-out the license rights effective December 31, 2012. On October 11, 2012, the Company and Burberry entered into a transition agreement that provided for certain license rights and obligations to continue through March 31, 2013. The Company continued to operate certain aspects of the business for the brand including product development, testing, and distribution. The transition agreement provided for non-exclusivity for manufacturing, a cap on sales of Burberry products, a reduced advertising requirement and no minimum royalty amounts.

 

The transition agreement provided that Burberry inventories at March 31, 2013 should be less than $20.0 million in the aggregate. Actual Burberry inventory as of March 31, 2013 aggregated approximately $18 million. During the second quarter of 2013, the Company and Burberry reached an agreement regarding inventory. Burberry agreed to purchase $7.8 million of inventory at cost. Remaining inventories were sold off in the ordinary course of business pursuant to our sell-off rights, destroyed or given to Burberry at no charge.

 

As of June 30, 2013, the $10 million inventory reserve, recorded in December upon recognition of the license termination gain of $198.8 million, was fully consumed by the costs incurred for inventories given to Burberry at no charge, sold below cost and destroyed, together with commercial rebates and free merchandise given to customers over the sell-off period.

 

Accounts receivables and accounts payables were collected and paid in the ordinary course of business. In addition, Burberry purchased fixed assets for $2.8 million as agreed in the transition agreement.