LEASES

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

LEASES

LEASES

4. LEASES:

The Company’s wholesale segment leases certain warehouse facilities, office space, vehicles and office equipment. The Company’s retail segment leases store space in various shopping center complexes. Certain of the warehouse and retail store leases include one or more options to renew or terminate the applicable lease agreement, with the exercise of such options at the Company’s discretion. The Company’s leases do not contain any significant residual value guarantees nor do they impose any significant restrictions or covenants other than those customarily found in similar types of leases.

The operating ROU lease assets and liabilities recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets consist of fixed lease payments. Leases with an initial term of twelve months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets and are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Additionally, certain leases contain variable payments such as vehicle leases with per-mile charges or retail leases with an additional rent payment based on store performance. These variable payments are expensed as incurred. The Company combines lease components and non-lease components for all asset classes for purposes of recognizing lease assets and liabilities. The Company determines its incremental borrowing rates based on information available at the lease commencement date in calculating the present value of lease payments. The Company reviews its ROU lease assets for indicators of impairment in the same manner as its other property and equipment as described in Note 1. The Company recorded impairment charges of approximately $0.5 million during fiscal 2020 related to a non-performing store in our retail reporting unit, of which $0.3 million was related to a ROU asset.

Leases consist of the following:

Assets	Classification	September 2021		September 2020
Operating	Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	17,846,529	$	18,936,126
Liabilities
Current:
Operating	Operating lease liabilities	$	5,513,390	$	5,607,098
Non-current:
Operating	Long-term operating lease liabilities		12,669,157		14,028,606
Total lease liabilities		$	18,182,547	$	19,635,704

The components of lease costs were as follows:

	Fiscal Year 2021		Fiscal Year 2020
Operating lease cost	$	6,152,332	$	6,757,206
Short-term lease cost		64,054		261,708
Variable lease cost		472,097		350,313
Net lease cost	$	6,688,483	$	7,369,227

Maturities of lease liabilities as of September 2021 were as follows:

	Operating Leases
2022	$	6,095,915
2023		5,121,599
2024		3,623,968
2025		2,365,515
2026		1,407,790
2027 and thereafter		966,600
Total lease payments		19,581,387
Less: interest		(1,398,840)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	18,182,547

Weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rate information regarding the Company’s leases were as follows:

Lease Term	September 2021		September 2020
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
Operating	4.0		4.2
Discount Rate
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating	3.82	%	4.04	%

Other information regarding the Company’s leases were as follows:

	Fiscal Year 2021		Fiscal Year 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows used by operating leases	$	6,490,457	$	6,661,365
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining new ROU assets:
Operating leases	$	1,873,972	$	3,116,737