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Nature of Business
12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
NATURE OF BUSINESS
NATURE OF BUSINESS
Perfumania Holdings, Inc. (the "Company”) a Florida corporation, is an independent, national, vertically integrated wholesale distributor and specialty retailer of perfumes and fragrances that does business through six wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, Perfumania, Inc. (“Perfumania”), Quality King Fragrances, Inc. (“QFG”), Scents of Worth, Inc. (“SOW”), Perfumania.com, Inc. (“Perfumania.com”), Parlux Fragrances, LLC (“Parlux”) and Five Star Fragrances, Inc. (“Five Star”).
The Company's wholesale business includes QFG, Parlux and Five Star. QFG distributes designer fragrances to mass market retailers, drug and other chain stores, retail wholesale clubs, traditional wholesalers, and other distributors throughout the United States. It sells principally to retailers such as CVS, Kohl's, Marshalls, Nordstrom Rack, Ross Stores, Sears, Target, Wal-Mart and Walgreens. The Company's manufacturing divisions include Parlux and Five Star, and the results of operations of both divisions are included in the Company's wholesale business. Parlux and Five Star both own and license designer and other fragrance brands that are sold to national and regional department stores, including Belk, Bon Ton, Boscovs, Dillards, Macy's, Nordstrom and Stage Stores, international distributors, on military bases throughout the United States, by QFG and through the Company's retail business which is discussed below. Parlux also fulfills a selection of fragrances for several online retailers, shipping directly to their customers and billing the retailers. Five Star also manufactures, on behalf of Perfumania, the Jerome Privee product line, which includes bath and body products and which is sold exclusively in Perfumania's retail stores. All manufacturing operations of Parlux and Five Star are outsourced.
The Company’s retail business is conducted through its subsidiaries, 1) Perfumania, a specialty retailer of fragrances and related products, 2) Perfumania.com, an Internet retailer of fragrances and other specialty items and 3) SOW, which sells fragrances in retail stores on a consignment basis. Perfumania is a leading specialty retailer and distributor of a wide range of brand name and designer fragrances. As of January 28, 2017, Perfumania operated a chain of 287 retail stores, specializing in the sale of fragrances and related products at discounted prices up to 75% below the manufacturers’ suggested retail prices. Perfumania’s retail stores are located in regional malls, manufacturers’ outlet malls, lifestyle centers, airports and on a stand-alone basis in suburban strip shopping centers, throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company closed 43 retail stores. Perfumania.com offers a selection of our more popular products for sale over the Internet and serves as an alternative shopping experience to the Perfumania retail stores. SOW operates the largest national designer fragrance consignment program, with contractual relationships to sell products on a consignment basis in approximately 1,600 stores, including more than 600 Kmart locations nationwide. Its other retail customers include Bealls, Steinmart and K&G.
There were no customers which accounted for more than 10% of net sales in fiscal 2016 or 2015.