UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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| ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Crown Crafts, Inc.
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The approximate aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of September 27, 2024 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was $
As of May 31, 2025,
Documents Incorporated by Reference:
Portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated into Part III hereof by reference.
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Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain of the statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Annual Report”) under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and elsewhere, including information incorporated herein by reference to other documents, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of, and subject to the protections of, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions and future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which may be beyond our control and which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Crown Crafts, Inc. (the “Company”) to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking. Such statements are based upon management’s current expectations, projections, estimates and assumptions, and may be identified as forward-looking through the Company’s use of words such as “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “projects,” “targets,” “should,” “potential,” “continue,” “aims,” “intends,” “will,” “could,” “would” and variations of such words and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks include those described in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” and elsewhere in this Annual Report and those described from time to time in our future reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) of additional factors that may impact the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.
All written or oral forward-looking statements that are made by or are attributable to the Company are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary notice. The Company’s forward-looking statements apply only as of the date of this Annual Report or the respective date of the document from which they are incorporated herein by reference. The Company has no obligation and does not undertake to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Annual Report, or after the respective dates on which such statements are otherwise made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Description of Business
The Company was incorporated as a Georgia corporation in 1957 and was reincorporated as a Delaware corporation in 2003. The Company’s executive offices are located at 916 South Burnside Avenue, Suite 300, Gonzales, Louisiana 70737, its telephone number is (225) 647-9100 and its internet address is www.crowncrafts.com.
The Company operates indirectly through three wholly-owned subsidiaries, NoJo Baby & Kids, Inc. (“NoJo”), Sassy Baby, Inc. (“Sassy”) and Manhattan Toy Europe Limited (“MTE”) in the infant, toddler and juvenile products segment within the consumer products industry. The infant, toddler and juvenile products segment consists of infant and toddler bedding, diaper bags, bibs, disposables, toys and feeding products. Most sales of the Company’s products are generally made directly to retailers, such as mass merchants, large chain stores, mid-tier retailers, juvenile specialty stores, value channel stores, grocery and drug stores, restaurants, wholesale clubs and internet-based retailers. The Company’s products are marketed under a variety of Company-owned trademarks, under trademarks licensed from others and as private label goods.
The Company's fiscal year ends on the Sunday nearest to or on March 31. References herein to “fiscal year 2025” or “2025” represent the 52-week period ended March 30, 2025, and references herein to “fiscal year 2024” or “2024” represent the 52-week period ended March 31, 2024.
On July 19, 2024 , NoJo acquired substantially all of the assets, and assumed certain specified liabilities, of Baby Boom Consumer Products, Inc. (the “Acquisition”), for a purchase price of $18.0 million in cash, subject to a dollar-for-dollar adjustment to the extent that the working capital at closing was greater or less than the target working capital of approximately $6.5 million. The Acquisition was funded by the Company using the proceeds of an $8.0 million term loan from the CIT Group/Commercial Services, Inc. (“CIT”) and additional borrowings under the Company’s revolving line of credit with CIT.
The Company makes its annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act available free of charge on its website at www.crowncrafts.com as soon as reasonably practicable after such material has been electronically filed with the SEC. These reports are also available without charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
International Sales
Sales to customers in countries other than the U.S. represented 8% of the Company’s total gross sales during fiscal years 2025 and 2024, respectively. International sales are based upon the location that predominately represents what the Company believes to be the final destination of the products delivered to the Company’s customers.
Competition
The infant, toddler and juvenile consumer products industry is highly competitive. The Company competes with a variety of distributors and manufacturers (both branded and private label), including large infant, toddler and juvenile product companies and specialty infant, toddler and juvenile product manufacturers, on the basis of quality, design, price, brand name recognition, service and packaging. The Company’s ability to compete depends principally on styling, price, service to the retailer and continued high regard for the Company’s products and trade names.
Human Capital Resources
As of May 31, 2025, the Company had 168 employees, all of whom are full-time and none of whom is represented by a labor union or is otherwise a party to a collective bargaining agreement. The Company attracts and maintains qualified personnel by paying competitive salaries and benefits and offering opportunities for advancement. The Company considers its relationship with its employees to be good.
Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents
The Company considers its intellectual property to be of material importance to its business. Sales of products marketed under the Company’s trademarks, including Sassy®, Manhattan Toy®, NoJo®, Baby Boom® and Neat Solutions® accounted for 39% and 38% of the Company’s total gross sales during fiscal years 2025 and 2024, respectively. Protection for these trademarks is obtained through domestic and foreign registrations. The Company also markets designs that are subject to copyrights and design patents owned by the Company.
Product Sourcing
Foreign and domestic contract manufacturers produce most of the Company’s products, with the largest concentration being in China. The Company makes sourcing decisions on the basis of quality, timeliness of delivery and price, including the impact of ocean freight and duties. Although the Company maintains relationships with a limited number of suppliers, the Company believes that its products may be readily manufactured by several alternative sources in quantities sufficient to meet the Company’s requirements. The Company’s management and quality assurance personnel visit the third-party facilities regularly to monitor and audit product quality and to ensure compliance with labor requirements and social and environmental standards. In addition, the Company closely monitors the currency exchange rate. The impact of future fluctuations in the exchange rate or changes in safeguards cannot be predicted with certainty.
The Company maintains foreign representative offices located in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China, which are responsible for the coordination of production, purchases and shipments, seeking out new vendors and overseeing inspections for social compliance and quality.
The Company’s products are warehoused and distributed domestically from leased facilities located in Compton, California and Eden Valley, Minnesota and internationally from third-party logistics warehouses in Belgium and the United Kingdom.
The current U.S. administration has issued executive orders directing the United States to impose new tariffs on imports from several nations, including China. The new tariffs have increased the cost of the products the Company sources from China and has affected shipments from the Company’s Chinese-based suppliers. See “Risk Factors – The imposition of tariffs on imports from China have adversely affected the cost and sourcing of the Company’s products among other things” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Known Trends and Uncertainties”.
Licensed Products
Certain products are manufactured and sold pursuant to licensing agreements for trademarks. Also, many of the designs used by the Company are copyrighted by other parties, including trademark licensors, and are available to the Company through copyright license agreements. The licensing agreements are generally for an initial term of one to three years and may or may not be subject to renewal or extension. Sales of licensed products represented 50% of the Company’s gross sales in fiscal year 2025, which included 21% of sales under the Company’s license agreements with affiliated companies of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”), which expire as set forth below:
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Infant Bedding |
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Infant Feeding and Bath |
December 31, 2025 |
Toddler Bedding |
September 30, 2025 |
Marvel |
September 30, 2025 |
STAR WARS Toddler Bedding |
September 30, 2025 |
STAR WARS - Lego Plush |
December 31, 2025 |
Customers
The Company’s customers consist principally of mass merchants, large chain stores, mid-tier retailers, juvenile specialty stores, value channel stores, grocery and drug stores, restaurants, internet accounts and wholesale clubs. The Company does not enter into long-term or other purchase agreements with its customers. The table below sets forth those customers that represented at least 10% of the Company’s gross sales in fiscal years 2025 and 2024.
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Walmart Inc. |
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Amazon.com, Inc. |
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Products
The Company’s primary focus is on infant, toddler and juvenile products, including the following:
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developmental toys |
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dolls and plush toys |
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reusable and disposable bibs |
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infant and toddler bedding |
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diaper bags |
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blankets and swaddle blankets |
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nursery and toddler accessories |
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room décor |
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burp cloths |
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reusable and disposable placemats and floor mats |
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disposable toilet seat covers and changing mats |
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feeding and care goods |
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other infant, toddler and juvenile soft goods |
Seasonality and Inventory Management
There are no significant variations in the seasonal demand for the Company’s products from year to year. Sales are generally higher in periods when customers take initial shipments of new products, as these orders typically include enough products for initial sets for each store and additional quantities for the customer’s distribution centers. The timing of these initial shipments varies by customer and depends on when the customer finalizes store layouts for the upcoming year and whether the customer has any mid-year introductions of products. Sales may also be higher or lower, as the case may be, in periods when customers are restricting internal inventory levels. Customer returns of merchandise shipped are historically less than 1% of gross sales.
Consistent with the expected introduction of specific product offerings, the Company carries necessary levels of inventory to meet the anticipated delivery requirements of its customers. The Company will also typically increase the purchases and inventory levels of its products in the months prior to the Lunar New Year, a celebration beginning in late January to mid-February during which the Company’s contract manufacturers in China cease operations for 2-4 weeks.
Government Regulation and Environmental Control
The Company is subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, which regulate, among other things, product safety and the discharge, storage, handling and disposal of a variety of substances and wastes, and to laws and regulations relating to employee safety and health, principally the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act and regulations thereunder. The Company believes that it currently complies in all material respects with applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations and that future compliance with such existing laws or regulations will not have a material adverse effect on its capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position. However, there is no assurance that such requirements will not become more stringent in the future or that the Company will not have to incur significant costs to comply with such requirements.
The current U.S. administration has issued executive orders directing the United States to impose new tariffs on imports from several nations. The new tariffs have increased the cost of products and have affected shipments from the Company’s suppliers. The Company may not be able to pass along all increases in tariffs and freight charges to its customers. See “Risk Factors – The imposition of tariffs on imports from China have adversely affected the cost and sourcing of the Company’s products among other things” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Known Trends and Uncertainties”.
Product Design and Styling
The Company believes that its creative team is one of its key strengths. The Company’s product designs are primarily created internally and are supplemented by numerous additional sources, including independent artists, decorative fabric manufacturers and apparel designers. Ideas for product design creations are drawn from various sources and are reviewed and modified by the design staff to ensure consistency within the Company’s existing product offerings and the themes and images associated with such existing products. In order to respond effectively to changing consumer preferences, the Company’s designers and stylists attempt to stay abreast of emerging lifestyle trends in color, fashion and design. When designing products under the Company’s various licensed brands, the Company’s designers coordinate their efforts with the licensors’ design teams to provide for a more fluid design approval process and to effectively incorporate the image of the licensed brand into the product. The Company’s designs include traditional, contemporary, textured and whimsical patterns across a broad spectrum of retail price points.
Utilizing state of the art computer technology, the Company continually develops new designs throughout the year for all of its product groups. This continual development cycle affords the Company design flexibility, multiple opportunities to present new products to customers and the ability to provide timely responses to customer demands and changing market trends. The Company also creates designs for exclusive sale by certain of its customers under the Company’s brands, as well as the customers’ private label brands.
Sales and Marketing
The Company’s products are marketed through a national sales force consisting of salaried sales executives and employees located in Gonzales, Louisiana; Compton, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Bentonville, Arkansas; and by independent commissioned sales representatives located throughout the United States.
The following risk factors as well as the other information contained in this Annual Report and other filings made by the Company with the SEC should be considered in evaluating the Company’s business. Additional risks and uncertainties that are not presently known or that are not currently considered material may also impair the Company’s business operations. If any of the following risks actually occur, then operating results may be affected in future periods.
Risks Associated with the Company, Business and Industry
The loss of one or more of the Company’s key customers could result in a material loss of revenues.
The Company’s top two customers represented approximately 66% of gross sales in fiscal year 2025. Although the Company does not enter into contracts with its key customers, it expects its key customers to continue to be a significant portion of its gross sales in the future. The loss of, or a decline in orders from, one or more of these customers could result in a material decrease in the Company’s revenue and operating income.
The loss of one or more of the Company’s licenses could result in a material loss of revenues.
Sales of licensed products represented 50% of the Company’s gross sales in fiscal year 2025, which included 21% of sales associated with the Company’s license agreements with Disney. The Company could experience a material loss of revenues if it is unable to renew its major license agreements or obtain new licenses. The volume of sales of licensed products is inherently tied to the success of the characters, films and other licensed programs of the Company’s licensors. A decline in the popularity of these licensed programs or the inability of the licensors to develop new properties for licensing could also result in a material loss of revenues to the Company. Additionally, the Company’s license agreements with Disney and others require a material amount of minimum guaranteed royalty payments. The failure by the Company to achieve the sales envisioned by the license agreements could result in the payment by the Company of shortfalls in the minimum guaranteed royalty payments, which would adversely impact the Company’s operating results.
The imposition of tariffs on imports from China have adversely affected the cost and sourcing of the Company’s products, among other things.
The Company sources its products primarily from foreign contract manufacturers, with the largest concentration being in China. The current U.S. administration has issued executive orders directing the United States to impose new tariffs on imports from several nations, including China. The new tariffs have increased the cost of the products the Company sources from China and are affecting future shipments from the Company’s Chinese-based suppliers. The Company may not be able to pass along all increases in tariffs and freight charges to its customers, and any alterations the Company may make to its business strategy or operations to adapt to the foregoing, including sourcing products from suppliers in other countries, will be time consuming and expensive. The full impact of the new tariffs is uncertain because it is subject to a number of factors, including the duration of such tariffs, changes in the amount, scope and nature of the tariffs in the future, any countermeasures that China may take and any mitigating actions that may become available. The full impact of the new tariffs may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, cash flow, results of operations and financial condition.
Growing geopolitical tensions could adversely affect the Company’s operations and profitability.
Mounting terrorist activity, ongoing wars and violence in the Middle East and Ukraine, the potential for the escalation of China’s aggression towards Taiwan and the increasingly erratic behavior of North Korea have resulted in growing geopolitical tensions. Nearly all nations have felt the effects of global economic uncertainty, including higher energy and food prices. These uncertainties could result in a slowdown to the global economy that may affect the Company’s business by reducing the prices that the Company’s customers may be willing or able to pay for its products or by reducing the demand for the Company’s products, which could negatively impact the Company’s revenues and result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, cash flow, results of operations and financial condition.
Climate change may negatively affect the Company’s business, results of operations, cash flow and financial condition.
The Company is exposed to risks associated with climate change. The adverse impacts of climate change include the increased frequency and severity of natural disasters and extreme weather events, including hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, extreme heat, rising sea levels and inland flooding. The occurrence of one or more of these events pose a physical risk to the Company’s facilities, as well as those of its customers, suppliers and employees, the likelihood of a loss of the Company’s inventory and an overall disruption to the Company’s operations. Climate change has the potential to result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, cash flow, results of operations and financial condition.
The Company’s inability to anticipate and respond to consumers’ tastes and preferences could adversely affect the Company’s revenues.
Sales are driven by consumer demand for the Company’s products. There can be no assurance that the demand for the Company’s products will not decline or that the Company will be able to anticipate and respond to changes in demand related to consumers’ tastes and preferences. The infant and toddler consumer products industry is characterized by the continual development of cutting-edge new products to meet the high standards of parents. Also, the development of social media has resulted in a monumental shift in the modern shopping experience. The Company’s failure to adapt to these changes, develop new products or reach consumers where they are could lead to lower sales and excess inventory, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and operating results.
The Company’s sourcing and marketing operations in foreign countries are subject to anti-corruption laws.
The Company’s foreign operations are subject to laws prohibiting improper payments and bribery, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar laws and regulations in foreign jurisdictions, which apply to the Company’s directors, officers, employees and agents acting on behalf of the Company. Failure to comply with these laws could result in damage to the Company’s reputation, a diversion of management’s attention from its business, increased legal and investigative costs, and civil and criminal penalties, any or all of which could adversely affect the Company’s operating results.
The Company’s business is impacted by general economic conditions and related uncertainties, including a declining birthrate, affecting markets in which the Company operates.
The Company’s growth is largely influenced by the birthrate, and in particular, the rate of first births. Geopolitical risks and economic conditions, including the real and perceived threat of wars, terrorism, tension among nations, rising prices or unemployment, could lead individuals to decide to forgo or delay having children. Even under optimal conditions, shifts in demographic trends and preferences could have the consequence of individuals starting to have children later in life and/or having fewer children.
In recent years, the birthrate in the United States has steadily declined. These conditions could result in reduced demand for some of the Company’s products, increased order cancellations and returns, an increased risk of excess and obsolete inventories and increased pressure on the prices of the Company’s products. Also, although the Company’s use of a commercial factor significantly reduces the risk associated with collecting accounts receivable, such factor may at any time terminate or limit its approval of shipments to a particular customer. The bankruptcy of a customer, the perceived pending threat of a bankruptcy of a customer, or an adverse change in overall economic conditions are among the events that would increase the likelihood that the factor would terminate or limit its approval of shipments to customers. Such an action by the factor could result in the loss of future sales to such affected customers.
Economic conditions could result in an increase in the amounts paid for the Company’s products.
Significant increases in freight costs and the price of raw materials that are components of the Company’s products, including cotton, oil and labor, could adversely affect the amounts that the Company must pay its suppliers for its finished goods. Additionally, U.S. government imposed tariffs on certain countries, including China, from which we source products. The actual impact of the new tariffs is uncertain because it is subject to a number of factors, including the duration of such tariffs, changes in the amount, scope and nature of the tariffs in future, any countermeasures that China may take and any mitigating actions that may become available. If the Company is unable to pass these cost increases along to its customers, its profitability could be adversely affected.
The Company could experience losses associated with its intellectual property.
The Company relies upon the fair interpretation and enforcement of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws in the U.S., similar laws in other countries, and agreements with employees, customers, suppliers, licensors and other parties. Such reliance serves to establish and maintain the intellectual property rights associated with the products that the Company develops and sells. However, the laws and courts of certain countries at times do not protect intellectual property rights or respect contractual agreements to the same extent as the laws of the U.S. Therefore, in certain jurisdictions the Company may not be able to protect its intellectual property rights against counterfeiting or enforce its contractual agreements with other parties. Finally, a party could claim that the Company is infringing upon such party’s intellectual property rights, and claims of this type could lead to a civil complaint. An unfavorable outcome in litigation involving intellectual property could result in any or all of the following: (i) civil judgments against the Company, which could require the payment of royalties on both past and future sales of certain products, as well as plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees and other litigation costs; (ii) impairment charges of up to the carrying value of the Company’s intellectual property rights; (iii) restrictions on the ability of the Company to sell certain of its products; (iv) legal and other costs associated with investigations and litigation; and (v) adverse effects on the Company’s competitive position.
The strength of the Company’s competitors may impact the Company’s ability to maintain and grow its sales, which could decrease the Company’s revenues.
The infant and toddler consumer products industry is highly competitive. The Company competes with a variety of distributors and manufacturers, both branded and private label. The Company’s ability to compete successfully depends principally on styling, price, service to the retailer and continued high regard for the Company’s products and trade names. Several of these competitors are larger than the Company and have greater financial resources than the Company, and some have experienced financial challenges from time to time, including servicing significant levels of debt. Those facing financial pressures could choose to make particularly aggressive pricing decisions in an attempt to increase revenue. Competitors based in China have begun to sell and ship directly to customers without having to rely on distributors in the destination country, making their products more affordable. The effects of increased competition could result in a material decrease in the Company’s revenues.
The Company’s success is dependent upon retaining key management personnel.
Certain of the Company’s executive management and other key personnel have been integral to the Company’s operations and the execution of its growth strategy. The departure from the Company of one or more of these individuals, along with the inability of the Company to attract qualified and suitable individuals to fill the Company’s open positions, could adversely impact the Company’s growth and operating results.
The Company may need to write down or write off inventory.
If product programs end before the inventory is completely sold, then the remaining inventory may have to be sold at less than carrying value. The market value of certain inventory items could drop to below carrying value after a decline in sales, at the end of programs, or when management makes the decision to exit a product group. Such inventory would then need to be written down to the lower of carrying or market value, or possibly completely written off, which would adversely affect the Company’s operating results.
Recalls or product liability claims could increase costs or reduce sales.
The Company must comply with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which imposes strict standards to protect children from potentially harmful products and which requires that the Company’s products be tested to ensure that they are within acceptable levels for lead and phthalates. The Company must also comply with related regulations developed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and similar state regulatory authorities. The Company’s products could be subject to involuntary recalls and other actions by these authorities, and concerns about product safety may lead the Company to voluntarily recall, accept returns or discontinue the sale of select products. Product liability claims could exceed or fall outside the scope of the Company’s insurance coverage. Recalls or product liability claims could result in decreased consumer demand for the Company’s products, damage to the Company’s reputation, a diversion of management’s attention from its business and increased customer service and support costs, any or all of which could adversely affect the Company’s operating results.
The Company could experience adjustments to its effective tax rate or its prior tax obligations, either of which could adversely affect its results of operations.
The Company is subject to income taxes in the many jurisdictions in which it operates, including the U.S., several U.S. states and China. At any particular point in time, several tax years are subject to general examination or other adjustment by these various jurisdictions. Although the Company believes that the calculations and positions taken on its filed income tax returns are reasonable and justifiable, administrative or legal proceedings leading to the outcome of any examination could result in an adjustment to the position that the Company has taken. Such adjustment could result in further adjustment to one or more income tax returns for other jurisdictions, or to income tax returns for prior or subsequent tax years, or both. To the extent that the Company’s reserve for unrecognized tax liabilities is not adequate to support the cumulative effect of such adjustments, the Company could experience a material adverse impact on operating results.
The Company’s provision for income taxes is based on its effective tax rate, which in any given financial statement period could fluctuate based on changes in tax laws or regulations, changes in the mix and level of earnings by taxing jurisdiction, changes in the amount of certain expenses within the consolidated statements of operations that will never be deductible on the Company’s income tax returns and certain charges deducted on the Company’s income tax returns that are not included within the consolidated statements of operations. These changes could cause fluctuations in the Company’s effective tax rate either on an absolute basis, or in relation to varying levels of the Company’s pre-tax income. Such fluctuations in the Company’s effective tax rate could adversely affect its results of operations.
Changes in international trade regulations and other risks associated with foreign trade could adversely affect the Company’s sourcing.
The Company sources its products primarily from foreign contract manufacturers, with the largest concentration being in China. Difficulties encountered by these suppliers, such as fires, accidents, natural disasters and the instability inherent in operating within an authoritarian political structure, could halt or disrupt production and shipment of the Company’s products. The Chinese government could make allegations against the Company of corruption or antitrust violations, or could adopt regulations related to the manufacture of products within China, including quotas, duties, taxes and other charges or restrictions on the exportation of goods produced in China. The Company could also be affected by the United States imposition or increase of import duties, tariffs and other import regulations and deteriorating diplomatic relations with China, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, cash flow, results of operations and financial condition. See “Risk Factors – The imposition of tariffs on imports from China could adversely affect the cost and sourcing of the Company’s products, among other things.”
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government and other allied countries across the world have levied coordinated and wide-ranging economic sanctions against Russia. If China were to escalate its aggression towards Taiwan, similar sanctions could be levied against China, up to and including increased tariffs or a complete ban on the importation of goods manufactured in China, then the Company could be forced to source its products from suppliers in other countries.
The Company’s products are primarily shipped by merchant vessels across the world’s oceans. The intrinsic nature of such shipping includes the risk of intentional or unintentional impediments at the world’s global marine chokepoints, including various straits and the Panama and Suez canals. The recent firing on merchant vessels in the Red Sea by militants of Yemen’s Houthi movement has resulted in the shipment of the Company’s products from China to Europe to be routed around Africa, just as the Company has been benefitting from increased sales in Europe. These and any other events causing a disruption of the flow of the Company’s products, whether within the Chinese interior, at the port of embarkation, on global waters, or at the destination port, could result in delays in shipping.
Most of the Company’s products are imported from China into the Port of Long Beach in Southern California and the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia. There are many links in the distribution chain, including the availability of ocean freight, cranes, dockworkers, containers, tractors, chassis and drivers. The timely receipt of the Company’s products is dependent upon efficient operations at these ports. Any shortages in the availability of any of these links or disruptions in port operations, including strikes, lockouts or other work stoppages or slowdowns, could cause bottlenecks and other congestion in the distribution network, which could adversely impact the Company’s ability to obtain adequate inventory on a timely basis and result in lost sales, increased transportation costs and an overall decrease of the Company’s profits.
Any of these actions could result in lost sales, increased transportation costs and ultimately the inability of the Company to maintain the current sourcing of its products. Also, an arbitrary strengthening of the Chinese currency versus the U.S. Dollar could increase the prices at which the Company purchases finished goods. In addition, changes in U.S. customs procedures or delays in the clearance of goods through customs could result in the Company being unable to deliver goods to customers in a timely manner or the potential loss of sales altogether. The occurrence of any of these events could adversely affect the Company’s profitability.
Disruptions to the Company’s information technology systems could negatively affect the Company’s results of operations.
The Company’s operations are highly dependent upon computer hardware and software systems, including customized information technology systems and cloud-based applications. The Company also employs third-party systems and software that are integral to its operations. These systems are vulnerable to cybersecurity incidents, including disruptions and security breaches, which can result from unintentional events or deliberate attacks by insiders or third parties, such as cybercriminals, competitors, nation-states, computer hackers and other cyber terrorists. The Company faces an evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats in which evildoers use a complex array of means to perpetrate attacks, including the use of stolen access credentials, malware, ransomware, phishing, structured query language injection attacks and distributed denial-of-service attacks. The use of AI technologies are in the early stages of wide spread adoption and continue to evolve rapidly. The risks to AI include operational risks and the rapidly evolving and uncertain legal and regulatory environment relating to AI.
The Company has implemented both passive and active cybersecurity measures to securely maintain confidential and proprietary information stored on the Company’s information systems and continually invests in maintaining and upgrading the systems and applications to mitigate these risks. In addition to firewalls, antivirus software and intrusion detection, the Company’s passive cybersecurity measures include multifactor authentication for external access to the Company’s cyber networks. The Company’s active cybersecurity measures are designed to detect and prevent live ransomware attacks, insider threats and data breaches. There is no assurance that these measures and technology will adequately prevent an intrusion or that a third party that is relied upon by the Company will not suffer an intrusion, that unauthorized individuals will not gain access to confidential or proprietary information or that any such incident will be timely detected and effectively countered. A significant data security breach could result in negative consequences, including a disruption to the Company’s operations and substantial remediation costs, such as liability for stolen assets or information, repairs of system damage, and incentives to customers or other business partners in an effort to maintain relationships after an attack. An assault against the Company’s information technology infrastructure could also lead to other adverse impacts to its results of operations such as increased future cybersecurity protection costs, which may include making organizational changes, deploying additional personnel and protection technologies, and engaging third-party experts and consultants.
Customer pricing pressures could result in lower selling prices, which could negatively affect the Company’s operating results.
The Company’s customers could place pressure on the Company to reduce the prices of its products. The Company continuously strives to stay ahead of its competition in sourcing, which allows the Company to obtain lower cost products while maintaining high standards for quality. There can be no assurance that the Company could respond to a decrease in sales prices by proportionately reducing its costs, which could adversely affect the Company’s operating results. With the implementation of tariffs on imports from China, there can be no assurance the Company could respond to increases in tariffs and freight charges by passing them along to its customers.
General Risk Factors
The Company’s ability to successfully identify, consummate and integrate acquisitions, divestitures and other significant transactions could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business and financial results.
As part of its business strategy, the Company has made acquisitions of businesses, divestitures of businesses and assets, and has entered into other transactions to further the interests of the Company’s business and its stockholders. Risks associated with such activities include the following, any of which could adversely affect the Company’s financial results:
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The active management of acquisitions, divestitures and other significant transactions requires varying levels of Company resources, including the efforts of the Company’s key management personnel, which could divert attention from the Company’s ongoing business operations. |
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The Company may not fully realize the anticipated benefits and expected synergies of any particular acquisition or investment, or may experience a prolonged timeframe for realizing such benefits and synergies. |
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Increased or unexpected costs, unanticipated delays or failure to meet contractual obligations could make acquisitions and investments less profitable or unprofitable. |
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The failure to retain executive management members and other key personnel of the acquired business that may have been integral to the operations and the execution of the growth strategy of the acquired business. |
The Company’s debt covenants may affect its liquidity or limit its ability to pursue acquisitions, incur debt, make investments, sell assets or complete other significant transactions.
The Company’s credit facility contains usual and customary covenants regarding significant transactions, including restrictions on other indebtedness, liens, investments and acquisitions, merger or consolidation transactions, transactions with affiliates and changes in or amendments to the organizational documents for the Company and its subsidiaries. Unless waived by the Company’s lender, these covenants could limit the Company’s ability to pursue opportunities to expand its business operations, respond to changes in business and economic conditions and obtain additional financing, or otherwise engage in transactions that the Company considers beneficial.
The Company’s ability to comply with its credit facility is subject to future performance and other factors.
The Company’s ability to make required payments of principal and interest on its debts, to refinance its maturing indebtedness, to fund capital expenditures or to comply with its debt covenants will depend upon future performance. The Company’s future performance is, to a certain extent, subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond its control. The breach of any of the debt covenants could result in a default under the Company’s credit facility. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the Company’s lender could make an immediate demand of the amount outstanding under the credit facility. If a default was to occur and such a demand was to be made, there can be no assurance that the Company’s assets would be sufficient to repay the indebtedness in full.
A stockholder could lose all or a portion of his or her investment in the Company.
The Company’s common stock has historically experienced a degree of price variability, and the price could be subject to rapid and substantial fluctuations. The Company’s common stock has also historically been thinly traded, a circumstance that exists when there is a relatively small volume of buy and sell orders for the Company’s common stock at any given point in time. In such situations, a stockholder may be unable to liquidate his or her position in the Company’s common stock at the desired price. Also, as an equity investment, a stockholder’s investment in the Company is subordinate to the interests of the Company’s creditors, and a stockholder could lose all or a substantial portion of his or her investment in the Company in the event of a bankruptcy filing or liquidation.
ITEM 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy
The Company’s cybersecurity measures are primarily focused on ensuring the security and protection of its information technology systems and data. The Company recognizes the increasing volume and sophistication of cybersecurity threats and takes seriously its responsibility to protect these information technology systems and data. The Company considers risks associated with cybersecurity alongside the Company’s other risks as part of its overall risk assessment process. The Company’s Vice President of Information Technology and his staff monitor the Company’s information systems to provide a comprehensive approach to assess, identify, manage, mitigate, and respond to cybersecurity threats.
When necessary, the Company’s Vice President of Information Technology and his staff collaborate with external
-party subject matter specialists. The Company has processes in place to oversee and identify material risks from cybersecurity threats associated with its use of these providers. All parties engaged for such matters are subjected to scrutiny to ensure they satisfy the Company’s security standards. The Company periodically reviews its third-party engagements to ensure that the providers maintain the necessary levels of protection and competency, as well as to oversee and identify potential cybersecurity risks and threats from such engagements.
Cybersecurity Governance
Each of the Company’s facilities are rented under leases that expire on various dates through fiscal year 2029, including 157,400 square feet at a warehouse and distribution facility located in Compton, California under a lease that expires May 31, 2028, 128,074 square feet at a warehouse and distribution facility located in Eden Valley, Minnesota under a lease that expires June 30, 2026, 16,837 square feet at Manhattan’s headquarters facility located in Minneapolis, Minnesota under a lease that expires March 31, 2027 and 15,598 square feet at the Company’s headquarters facility located in Gonzales, Louisiana under a lease that expires January 31, 2026. In addition, several employees of the Company perform their respective job functions from remote locations for which no rent is paid. Management believes that its properties are suitable for the purposes for which they are used, are in generally good condition and provide adequate capacity for current and anticipated future operations. The table below sets forth certain information regarding the Company's principal real property as of the close of business on May 31, 2025.
Location |
Use |
Approximate Square Feet |
Owned/ Leased |
Gonzales, Louisiana |
Administrative and sales office |
15,598 |
Leased |
Compton, California |
Offices, warehouse and distribution center |
157,400 |
Leased |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Product design and sales office |
16,837 |
Leased |
Eden Valley, Minnesota |
Warehouse and distribution center |
128,074 |
Leased |
Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Product design office |
9,100 |
Leased |
Newark, New Jersey |
Product design office |
2,048 |
Leased |
Shanghai, People’s Republic of China |
Office |
1,912 |
Leased |
Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China |
Office |
4,205 |
Leased |
The Company is, from time to time, involved in various legal proceedings relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of its business. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any such legal proceeding the outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Company's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “CRWS”. As of May 31, 2025, there were 160 record holders of the Company’s common stock.
The Company has historically paid cash dividends. The Company’s payment of dividends is and will continue to be restricted by or subject to, among other limitations, applicable provisions of federal and state laws, the Company’s earnings and various business considerations, including the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, level of capital expenditures, future business prospects and such other matters as the Board and its Capital Committee deem relevant. The Company’s credit facility permits the Company to pay cash dividends on its common stock without limitation, provided there is no default under the credit facility before or as a result of the payment of such dividends.
For information regarding securities of the Company that have been authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, refer to “Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans” in Item 12, Part III. of this Annual Report.
ITEM 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Objective
The following discussion and analysis is intended to provide material information relevant to an assessment of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, as well as an evaluation of the amounts and certainty of cash flows from operations and from outside sources. This discussion and analysis is further intended to provide details concerning material events and uncertainties known to management that are reasonably likely to cause reported financial information to not be necessarily indicative of future operating results or future financial condition. This data includes descriptions and amounts of matters that have had a material impact on reported operations, as well as matters that management has assessed to be reasonably likely to have a material impact on future operations. Management expects that this discussion and analysis will enhance a reader’s understanding of the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity and capital resources. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report.
Results of Operations
The following table contains results of operations for the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 and the dollar and percentage changes for those periods (in thousands, except percentages).
Change |
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2025 |
2024 |
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Net sales by category: |
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Bedding and diaper bags |
$ | 41,083 | $ | 32,036 | $ | 9,047 | 28.2 | % | ||||||||
Bibs, toys and disposable products |
46,167 | 55,596 | (9,429 | ) | -17.0 | % | ||||||||||
Total net sales |
87,250 | 87,632 | (382 | ) | -0.4 | % | ||||||||||
Cost of products sold |
65,985 | 64,632 | 1,353 | 2.1 | % | |||||||||||
Gross profit |
21,265 | 23,000 | (1,735 | ) | -7.5 | % | ||||||||||
% of net sales |
24.4 | % | 26.2 | % | ||||||||||||
Marketing and administrative expenses |
18,690 | 16,105 | 2,585 | 16.1 | % | |||||||||||
% of net sales |
21.4 | % | 18.4 | % | ||||||||||||
Interest (expense) income - net |
(1,173 | ) | (734 | ) | (439 | ) | 59.8 | % | ||||||||
Other (expense) income - net |
(49 | ) | 67 | (116 | ) | -173.1 | % | |||||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense |
(3,057 | ) | 1,334 | (4,391 | ) | -329.2 | % | |||||||||
Net (loss) income |
(9,356 | ) | 4,894 | (14,250 | ) | -291.2 | % | |||||||||
% of net sales |
-10.7 | % | 5.6 | % |
Net Sales:
Sales decreased to $87.3 million for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025, compared with $87.6 million in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, a decrease of $382,000, or 0.4%. Sales of bedding and diaper bags increased by $9.0 million, and sales of bibs, toys and disposable products decreased by $9.4 million. The increase in sales of bedding and diaper bags is due to the impact of the Acquisition, which added $11.9 million net sales for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025, and sales of bibs, toys and disposable products decreased primarily due to a major retailer reducing inventory levels and the loss of a program at another major retailer.
Gross Profit:
Gross profit decreased by $1.7 million and decreased from 26.2% of net sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 to 24.4% of net sales for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025. This decrease in the gross profit amount for the current year was due to an increase in royalty expense primarily resulting from the Baby Boom Acquisition, a $600,000 increase in rent at our Compton facility, and increased tariffs of $324,000 associated with products imported from China.
Marketing and Administrative Expenses:
Marketing and administrative expenses increased by $2.6 million and increased from 18.4% of net sales for fiscal year 2024 to 21.4% of net sales for fiscal year 2025. The current year period includes $244,000 associated with the closure of the Company’s subsidiary in the United Kingdom and $1.2 million in costs associated with the Acquisition. Advertising costs increased $342,000 from the prior year.
Income Tax Expense:
The Company’s provision for income taxes is based upon an annual effective tax rate (“ETR”) on continuing operations, which was 25.1% and 21.4% for the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, respectively. The ETR on continuing operations combined with certain discrete income tax charges and benefits resulted in an overall provision for income taxes of 24.6% and 21.4% for the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, respectively.
Known Trends and Uncertainties
The Company’s financial results are closely tied to sales to the Company’s top two customers, which represented approximately 66% of the Company’s gross sales in fiscal year 2025. A significant downturn experienced by either or both of these customers could lead to decreased sales.
During fiscal year 2025, consumers responded to macroeconomic conditions by trading down to lower priced items, buying fewer items, or foregoing some items altogether due to inflationary concerns. The Company monitors the impact of inflation on its operations on an ongoing basis and may need to adjust its prices to mitigate the impact of changes to the rate of inflation in future periods. Future volatility of prices could affect consumer purchases of our products. Additionally, the impact of inflation on input and other operational costs could adversely affect the Company's financial results.
The U.S. government has implemented tariffs on imports from certain countries, including China. The Company primarily sources products from foreign contract manufacturers, with the largest concentration being in China. The new tariffs have increased the cost of the products the Company sources from China and are affecting future shipments from the Company’s Chinese-based suppliers. The Company may not be able to pass along all increases in tariffs and freight charges to its customers, and any alterations the Company may make to its business strategy or operations to adapt to the foregoing, including sourcing products from suppliers in other countries, will be time-consuming and expensive. The full impact of the new tariffs may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, cash flow, results of operations and financial condition.
For an additional discussion of trends, uncertainties and other factors that could impact the Company’s operating results, refer to “Risk Factors” in Item 1A, Part I. of this Annual Report.
Financial Position, Liquidity and Capital Resources
Net cash provided by operating activities increased from $7.1 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 to $9.8 million for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025. The Company in the current year experienced a decrease in its accounts receivable balances that was $1.2 million higher than the decrease in the prior year, and the Company in the current year experienced an increase in its accounts payable balances that was $3.3 million higher than the decrease in the prior year. The Company in the current year experienced an increase in its accrued liabilities balances that was $2.5 million higher than the decrease in the prior year.
Net cash used in investing activities was $17.2 million in the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025 compared with $193,000 in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. The increase in the current year was primarily due to the $16.3 million payment that was made in the current year to complete the Acquisition.
Net cash used in financing activities was $7.8 million in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 compared with $7.1 million in cash provided by financing activities in the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025. The Company incurred net borrowings under its revolving line of credit of $3.8 million and a term loan of $8.0 million that did not occur in the prior year, such borrowings primarily being required to fund the Acquisition.
The Company’s future performance is, to a certain extent, subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond its control. Based upon the current level of operations, the Company believes that its cash flow from operations and the availability on its revolving line of credit will be adequate to meet its liquidity needs.
The Company’s credit facility at March 30, 2025 includes a revolving line of credit and a term loan of $8.0 million under a financing agreement with CIT. The Company may borrow up to $40 million under the revolving line of credit, which includes a $1.5 million sub-limit for letters of credit, bearing interest at prime minus 0.5% or the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 1.6%, and is secured by a first lien on all assets of the Company. At March 30, 2025, the Company had elected to pay interest on balances owed under the revolving line of credit, if any, under the SOFR option, which was 5.9%. The financing agreement also provides for the payment by CIT to the Company of interest at prime as of the beginning of the calendar month minus 2.0% on daily negative balances, if any, held at CIT.
As of March 30, 2025, there was a balance of $11.9 million owed on the revolving line of credit, there was no letter of credit outstanding and $13.8 million was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances. As of March 31, 2024, there was a balance of $8.1 million owed on the revolving line of credit, there was no letter of credit outstanding and $19.2 million was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances.
On June 23, 2025, the Company and CIT amended the Company’s financing agreement with CIT to: (i) provide that, until the Company’s term loan is paid in full, the Company shall maintain at all times Excess Availability (as defined in the financing agreement) equal to or the greater of (a) the sum of the balance outstanding under the Company’s term loan plus $1,000,000 or (b) $4,000,000 (the “Availability Covenant”); and (ii) reinstate the fixed charge coverage ratio; provided however, that the fixed charge coverage ratio shall not be tested at any fiscal quarter end in which, during the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, the Company at all times has been in compliance with the Availability Covenant. As of March 30, 2025, the Company has complied with the Excess Availability requirements.
To reduce its exposure to credit losses, the Company assigns substantially all of its trade accounts receivable to CIT pursuant to factoring agreements, which have expiration dates that are coterminous with that of the financing agreement described below. Under the terms of the factoring agreements, CIT remits customer payments to the Company as such payments are received by CIT.
CIT bears credit losses with respect to assigned accounts receivable from approved shipments, while the Company bears the responsibility for adjustments from customers related to returns, allowances, claims and discounts. CIT may at any time terminate or limit its approval of shipments to a particular customer. If such a termination or limitation occurs, the Company either assumes (and may seek to mitigate) the credit risk for shipments to the customer after the date of such termination or limitation or discontinues shipments to the customer. Factoring fees, which are included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, were $386,000 and $353,000 during fiscal years 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The Company prepares its financial statements to conform with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) as promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). References herein to GAAP are to topics within the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “FASB ASC”), which the FASB periodically revises through the issuance of an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) and which has been established by the FASB as the authoritative source for GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities.
Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated balance sheets and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The policies below, while not inclusive of all of the Company's accounting policies, set forth those accounting policies which the Company's management believes embody the most significant judgments due to the uncertainties affecting their application and the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions.
Revenue Recognition: Revenue is recognized upon the satisfaction of all contractual performance obligations and the transfer of control of the products sold to the customer. The majority of the Company’s sales consists of single performance obligation arrangements for which the transaction price for a given product sold is equivalent to the price quoted for the product, net of any stated discounts applicable at a point in time. Each sales transaction results in an implicit contract with the customer to deliver a product as directed by the customer. Shipping and handling costs that are charged to customers are included in net sales, and the Company’s costs associated with shipping and handling activities are included in cost of products sold.
Revenue from sales made directly to consumers is recorded when the shipped products have been received by customers, and excludes sales taxes collected on behalf of governmental entities. Revenue from sales made to retailers is recorded when legal title has been passed to the customer based upon the terms of the customer’s purchase order, the Company’s sales invoice, or other associated relevant documents. Such terms usually stipulate that legal title will pass when the shipped products are no longer under the control of the Company, such as when the products are picked up at the Company’s facility by the customer or by a common carrier. Payment terms can vary from prepayment for sales made directly to consumers to payment due in arrears (generally, 60 days of being invoiced) for sales made to retailers.
Allowances Against Accounts Receivable: The Company estimates certain allowances from revenues recognized through sales made to its customers. These allowances include anticipated returns and claims, expected credit losses, cooperative advertising allowances, warehouse allowances, placement fees, volume rebates, coupons, and discounts.
The allowance for anticipated returns and claims is estimated based upon the Company’s historical experience with actual returns and claims, combined with the consideration of events that could result in a change from historical rates on a per-customer basis. The allowance for anticipated returns and claims is recorded as a reduction of net sales in the reporting period within which the related sales are recorded.
To reduce the Company’s exposure to expected credit losses, and to enhance the predictability of its cash flows, the Company assigns substantially all of its receivables under factoring agreements with CIT. In the event that a factored receivable becomes uncollectible due to creditworthiness, CIT bears the risk of loss. With respect to the receivables that are not assigned under factoring agreements with CIT, the Company addresses this credit risk by establishing an allowance that is intended to represent the Company’s best estimate of the expected credit losses for such receivables. In the development of this estimate, the Company makes a number of judgements utilizing the Current Expected Credit Losses methodology, which requires the Company to estimate lifetime expected credit losses by specifically analyzing the receivables. This analysis incorporates an aging of the receivables, relevant payment history and historical loss experience, as well as the consideration of customer concentrations, customer creditworthiness, negotiated changes to the payment terms of customers, recent economic trends, and expectations regarding economic conditions over a reasonable and supportable future period. The allowance for expected credit losses is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The allowance for cooperative advertising, warehouse allowances, placement fees, volume rebates, coupons and discounts is recorded commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate. The majority of the Company’s allowances for such chargebacks occurs on a per invoice basis. The Company analyzes the components of the allowances for customer chargebacks monthly and adjusts the allowances to appropriate levels. Since allowances associated with cooperative advertising are accrued commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate, the timing of funding requests for cooperative advertising may result in fluctuations in the allowance from period to period, although such timing should not have a material impact on the consolidated statements of operations. The allowance for cooperative advertising is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. All other allowances for chargebacks related to warehouse allowances, placement fees, volume rebates, coupons and discounts are recorded as a reduction of net sales in the reporting period within which the related sales are recorded.
The Company’s actual experience associated with its allowances against accounts receivable in a future period may differ from the judgements, estimates, analysis and considerations employed in the development of these allowances. Thus, the Company’s allowances against accounts receivable at any point in time may be over-funded or under-funded.
Inventory Valuation: On a periodic basis, management reviews its inventory quantities on hand for obsolescence, physical deterioration, changes in price levels and the existence of quantities on hand which may not reasonably be expected to be sold within the Company’s normal operating cycle. To the extent that any of these conditions is believed to exist or the market value of the inventory expected to be realized in the ordinary course of business is otherwise no longer as great as its carrying value, an allowance against the inventory value is established. To the extent that this allowance is established or increased during an accounting period, an expense is recorded in cost of products sold in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. Only when inventory for which an allowance has been established is later sold or is otherwise disposed is the allowance reduced accordingly. Significant management judgment is required in determining the amount and adequacy of this allowance. In the event that actual results differ from management's estimates or these estimates and judgments are revised in future periods, the Company may not fully realize the carrying value of its inventory or may need to establish additional allowances, either of which could materially impact the Company's financial position and results of operations.
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets and Identifiable Intangible Assets: In addition to the systematic annual depreciation and amortization of the Company’s fixed assets and identifiable intangible assets, the Company reviews for impairment long-lived assets and identifiable intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of any asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss must be recognized if the carrying amount of a long-lived asset group is not recoverable and exceeds its fair value. Assets to be disposed of, if any, are recorded at the lower of net book value or fair market value, less estimated costs to sell at the date management commits to a plan of disposal, and are classified as assets held for sale on the consolidated balance sheets. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
Goodwill: The Company measures for impairment of goodwill within its reporting units annually as of the first day of the Company’s fiscal year. An additional interim measurement for impairment is performed during the year whenever an event or change in circumstances occurs that suggests that the fair value of either of the reporting units of the Company has more likely than not (defined as having a likelihood of greater than 50%) fallen below its carrying value. The annual or interim measurement for impairment is performed by first assessing qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If such qualitative factors so indicate, then the measurement for impairment is continued by calculating an estimate of the fair value of each reporting unit and comparing the estimated fair value to the carrying value of the reporting unit. If the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the reporting unit, then an impairment charge is calculated as the difference between the carrying value of the reporting unit and its estimated fair value, not to exceed the goodwill of the reporting unit.
Business Combinations: The Company accounts for acquisitions using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. An acquisition is accounted for as a purchase and the appropriate account balances and operating activities are recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of the acquisition date and thereafter. Assets acquired, liabilities assumed and noncontrolling interests, if any, are measured at fair value as of the acquisition date using the appropriate valuation method. The Company may engage an independent third party to assist with these measurements. Goodwill resulting from an acquisition is recognized for the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets, less the liabilities assumed. In determining the fair value of the identifiable intangible assets and any noncontrolling interests, the Company uses various valuation techniques, including the income approach, the cost approach and the market approach. These valuation methods require significant management judgement to make estimates and assumptions surrounding projected revenues and costs, growth rates and discount rates. In the event that actual results differ from management’s estimates, the Company may need to recognize an impairment to all or a portion of the carrying value of these assets in a future period, which could materially impact the Company’s financial position and results of operations.
ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
For a detailed discussion of market risk and other factors that could impact the Company’s operating results, refer to “Risk Factors” in Item 1A. of Part I. of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Interest Rate Risk
As of March 30, 2025, the Company had $18.5 million of indebtedness that bears interest at a variable rate, comprised of borrowings under the revolving line of credit and a term loan. Based upon this level of outstanding debt, the Company’s annual net income would decrease by approximately $139,000 for each increase of one percentage point in the interest rate applicable to the debt.
Commodity Rate Risk
The Company sources its products primarily from foreign contract manufacturers, with the largest concentration being in China. The Company’s exposure to commodity price risk primarily relates to changes in the prices in China of cotton, oil and labor, which are the principal inputs used in a substantial number of the Company’s products. In addition, although the Company pays its Chinese suppliers in U.S. dollars, a strengthening of the rate of the Chinese currency versus the U.S. dollar could result in an increase in the cost of the Company’s finished goods. There is no assurance that the Company could timely respond to such increases by proportionately increasing the prices at which its products are sold to the Company’s customers.
Market Concentration Risk
The Company’s financial results are closely tied to sales to its top two customers, which represented approximately 66% of the Company’s gross sales in fiscal year 2025. In addition, 50% of the Company’s gross sales in fiscal year 2025 consisted of licensed products, which included 21% of sales associated with the Company’s license agreements with affiliated companies of Disney. The Company’s results could be materially impacted by the loss of one or more of these licenses.
The current U.S. administration has implemented tariffs on imports from certain countries, including China. The new tariffs have increased the cost of the products the Company sources from China and have affected shipments from the Company’s Chinese-based suppliers. The Company is may not be able to pass along all increases in tariffs and freight charges to its customers, and any alterations the Company may make to its business strategy or operations to adapt to the foregoing, including sourcing products from suppliers in other countries, will be time consuming and expensive.
ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
See pages 23 and F-1 through F-22 of this Annual Report.
ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
ITEM 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated, as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on our evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule(s) 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective as of March 30, 2025 because of the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described below.
Notwithstanding the below identified material weaknesses, management believes the consolidated financial statements as included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K present fairly, in all material respects, the Company's financial condition, results of operations and cash flows as of and for the periods presented in accordance with GAAP.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). At March 30, 2025, management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on the assessment, management determined that the internal control over financial reporting at March 30, 2025, was not effective due to material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting described below.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
In management’s evaluation of ICFR during fiscal year 2025, the Company has excluded an evaluation of the ICFR related to the operations of Baby Boom, which was acquired by the Company on July 19, 2024.
Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management has determined that the Company did not effectively design and maintain controls related to the review and approval of all manual journal entries.
However, after giving full consideration to this material weakness, and the additional analyses and other procedures that we performed to ensure that our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K were prepared in accordance with GAAP, our management has concluded that our consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods disclosed in conformity with GAAP.
Management communicated the results of its assessment to the Audit Committee of the Board ("Audit Committee"). As a non-accelerated filer and a “smaller reporting company”, the Company is exempt from the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. As a result, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has not audited or issued an attestation report with respect to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 30, 2025.
Remediation Efforts to Address Material Weaknesses
Management, with oversight from the Audit Committee, is committed to the remediation of the material weakness described above. The Company has continued to implement measures to improve the internal control structure. Specifically, the Company is:
● Improving our internal control policies and procedures to ensure that there is appropriate segregation of duties regarding the recording and approval of manual journal entries; and
● Enhancing the review of manual journal entries, including outlining policies and procedures to strengthen retention of contemporaneous documentation and ensure timely supervisory reviews by management.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting identified in management’s evaluation pursuant to Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act during the quarter ended March 30, 2025 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
On June 23, 2025, the Company and CIT amended the Company’s financing agreement with CIT to: (i) provide that, until the Company’s term loan is paid in full, the Company shall maintain at all times Excess Availability (as defined in the financing agreement) equal to or the greater of (a) the sum of the balance outstanding under the Company’s term loan plus $1,000,000 or (b) $4,000,000 (the “Availability Covenant”); and (ii) reinstate the fixed charge coverage ratio; provided however, that the fixed charge coverage ratio shall not be tested at any fiscal quarter end in which, during the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, the Company at all times has been in compliance with the Availability Covenant.
During the quarter ended March 30, 2025,
of the Company’s directors or officers informed the Company of the adoption, modification or termination of a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as those terms are defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.ITEM 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by this item will be set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”) under the following captions, and the information under such captions is incorporated herein by reference:
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Board of Directors |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Director Nominee |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Continuing Directors |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Director Qualifications |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Board Committees |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Attendance at Board Committee Meetings and the Annual Meeting of Stockholders |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Director Nomination Process |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Board Diversity |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Code of Business Conduct and Ethics; Code of Conduct for Directors |
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Proposal 1 – Election of Directors |
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Director Compensation |
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Executive Compensation – Executive Officers |
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Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Employment, Severance and Compensation Arrangements |
● | Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Other Compensation Program Aspects – Insider Trading Policy | |
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Report of the Audit Committee |
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Stock Ownership Information – Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports |
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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions |
ITEM 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement under the following captions, and the information under such captions is incorporated herein by reference:
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Board Committees – Compensation Committee |
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Director Compensation |
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Executive Compensation (excluding Pay Versus Performance) |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation |
ITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement under the following caption, and the information under such caption is incorporated herein by reference:
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Stock Ownership Information – Security Ownership of Directors, Executive Officers and Certain Beneficial Owners |
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
The table below sets forth information regarding shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrants and other rights granted to employees, consultants or directors under all of the Company’s existing equity compensation plans as of March 30, 2025.
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Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights |
Weighted- average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights |
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans |
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Equity compensation plans approved by security holders: | ||||||||||||
2014 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan |
508,000 | $ | 7.16 | 0 | ||||||||
2021 Incentive Plan | 280,000 | $ | 5.66 | 178,851 |
ITEM 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement under the following captions, and the information under such captions is incorporated herein by reference:
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Introductory Paragraph to Board of Directors and Corporate Governance |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Director Independence |
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Board Committees |
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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions |
ITEM 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement under the following captions, and the information under such captions is incorporated herein by reference:
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Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Board Committees – Audit Committee |
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Proposal 3 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
ITEM 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)(1). Financial Statements
The following consolidated financial statements of the Company are included in Part II, Item 8. of this Annual Report:
- Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
- Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 |
- Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 |
- Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the Fiscal Years Ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 |
- Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Fiscal Years Ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 |
- Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
(a)(2). Financial Statement Schedule
The following financial statement schedule of the Company is included with this Annual Report:
Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | Page 25 |
All other schedules not listed above have been omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.
SCHEDULE II
CROWN CRAFTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | ||||||||||||||||
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of Period | Expenses | Deductions | Period | |||||||||||||
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Accounts Receivable Valuation Accounts: | ||||||||||||||||
Year Ended March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
Allowance for customer deductions | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Allowance for expected credit losses | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Year Ended March 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
Allowance for customer deductions | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Allowance for expected credit losses | $ | $ | $ | $ |
(a)(3). Exhibits
Exhibits required to be filed by Item 601 of SEC Regulation S-K are included as Exhibits to this Annual Report and listed below.
In reviewing the agreements included as exhibits to this Annual Report, investors are reminded that the agreements are included to provide information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about the Company or the other parties to the agreements. Some of the agreements contain representations and warranties made by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and:
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Should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; |
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Have been qualified by the disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement; |
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May apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to you or other investors; and |
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Were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments. |
Accordingly, the representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. Additional information about the Company may be found elsewhere in this Annual Report and the Company’s other public filings with the SEC.
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Description of Exhibits |
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2.1 |
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3.1 |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (1) |
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3.2 |
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3.3 |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective as of November 14, 2023. (37) |
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4.1* |
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Crown Crafts, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (As Amended August 14, 2012). (12) |
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4.2* |
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Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Employees). (4) |
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4.3* |
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Crown Crafts, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. (14) |
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4.4* |
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4.5* |
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4.6* |
— |
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4.7* |
— |
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4.8* |
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4.9* |
— |
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4.10* |
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Form of Performance Share Grant Agreement (effective February 23, 2022). (28) |
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4.11 |
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10.1 |
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10.2 |
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10.3 |
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10.4* |
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Employment Agreement dated November 6, 2008 by and between the Company and Olivia W. Elliott (6) |
10.5 |
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10.6 |
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10.7 |
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10.8 |
— |
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10.9 |
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10.10 |
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10.11 |
— |
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10.12* |
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Amendment No. 1 to the Crown Crafts, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. (18) |
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10.13* |
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Form of Incentive Stock Option Grant Agreement (effective November 2016). (18) |
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10.14* |
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Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Agreement (effective November 2016). (18) |
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10.15* |
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Form of Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (effective November 2016). (18) |
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10.16 |
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10.17 |
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10.18 |
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10.19* |
— |
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10.20* |
— |
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10.21* |
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Employment Agreement dated February 22, 2021 by and between the Company and Craig Demarest. (23) |
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10.22* |
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10.23 |
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10.24* |
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10.25* |
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10.26* |
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10.27 |
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10.28 |
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10.29* |
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10.30 |
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10.31 |
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10.32 |
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10.33 |
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10.34* |
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10.35 |
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14.1 |
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19.1 |
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21.1 |
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23.1 |
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31.1 |
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. (40) |
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31.2 |
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. (40) |
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32.1 |
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Section 1350 Certification by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. (41) |
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32.2 |
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Section 1350 Certification by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. (41) |
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97.1 |
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101 |
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The following information from the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025, formatted as interactive data files in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): |
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(i) Consolidated Statements of Operations; (ii) Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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104 | — | Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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Management contract or a compensatory plan or arrangement. |
(1) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 28, 2003. |
(2) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2004. |
(3) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2006. |
(4) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated August 24, 2006. |
(5) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 9, 2007. |
(6) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated November 7, 2008. |
(7) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 6, 2009. |
(8) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 8, 2010. |
(9) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 27, 2010. |
(10) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 9, 2011. |
(11) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 27, 2012. |
(12) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated August 14, 2012. |
(13) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 21, 2013. |
(14) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on June 27, 2014. |
(15) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated November 10, 2014. |
(16) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 28, 2015. |
(17) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 4, 2016. |
(18) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 2, 2016. |
(19) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2017. |
(20) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 18, 2017. |
(21) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 1, 2018. |
(22) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 22, 2019. |
(23) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 22, 2021. |
(24) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 3, 2021. |
(25) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2021. |
(26) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on June 28, 2021. |
(27) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 11, 2021. |
(28) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated March 1, 2022. |
(29) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 15, 2022. |
(30) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 3, 2022. |
(31) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 22, 2024. |
(32) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 15, 2023. |
(33) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 22, 2024. |
(34) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. |
(35) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 29, 2024. |
(36) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 29, 2024. |
(37) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 1, 2023. |
(38) |
Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. |
(39) | Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 16, 2025. |
(40) |
Filed herewith. |
(41) |
Furnished herewith. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Audited Financial Statements: | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ( | |
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 | |
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Fiscal Years Ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 | |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Fiscal Years Ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
Crown Crafts, Inc.:
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Crown Crafts, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the two-year period ended March 30, 2025, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the two-year period ended March 30, 2025, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Fair value of the licensing relationships intangible asset acquired in a business combination
As discussed in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements, on July 19, 2024, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets, and assumed certain specified liabilities, of Baby Boom Consumer Products, Inc. (Baby Boom) for a purchase price of $16.3 million in cash. The acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination. Identifiable intangible assets acquired were recorded at their estimated fair of $5.0 million, which included licensing relationships intangible asset of $4.6 million.
We identified the evaluation of the fair value of the licensing relationships intangible asset acquired in the Baby Boom acquisition as a critical audit matter. Subjective auditor judgment was required to evaluate the projected revenue assumption used in the valuation of the acquired licensing relationships intangible asset changes to this assumption could have had a significant effect on the Company’s estimate of fair value.
The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design of a certain internal control related to the development of the projected revenue assumption used in the valuation of the licensing relationships intangible asset within the business combination process. We evaluated the reasonableness of the Company’s projected revenue assumption used to estimate the fair value of the acquired licensing relationships intangible asset by (1) comparing the Company’s projected revenue to relevant industry and external factors, including economic conditions, and (2) comparing the Company’s projected revenue to the historical experience and results of the Company.
Evaluation of certain anticipated returns and claims, expected credit losses, and chargebacks
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company estimates a provision for certain allowances for sales made to its customers. These allowances include anticipated returns and claims, expected credit losses, and chargebacks. These allowances are estimated using the Company’s historical experience with actual returns, claims, payments, credit losses, and chargebacks considering events that could result in a change from historical experience on a per-customer basis.
We identified the evaluation of certain anticipated returns and claims, expected credit losses, and chargebacks as a critical audit matter. Subjective auditor judgment was required to assess the relevance of historical experience used in estimating these allowances by determining if historical experience is indicative of future experience.
The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We assessed the relevance of historical experience used in estimating these allowances by 1) evaluating the Company’s assessment of current business and economic conditions, including comparing to relevant industry data and 2) testing the inputs of historical write offs on chargebacks. We evaluated the Company’s assessment of the relevance of historical experience for certain anticipated returns and claims, and chargebacks by testing a sample of historical write offs. We also performed sensitivity analyses over the historical write off experience to assess the impact of possible changes in the historical experience on the allowances recorded.
/s/ KPMG LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2009.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
June 25, 2025
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
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Treasury stock - at cost - shares at March 30, 2025 and shares at March 31, 2024 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Retained Earnings (accumulated deficit) | ( | ) | ||||||
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Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | $ | $ |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
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FISCAL YEARS ENDED MARCH 30, 2025 AND MARCH 31, 2024 |
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Interest expense - net of interest income | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
(Loss) gain on sale of property, plant and equipment | ( | ) | ||||||
Other (expense) income - net | ( | ) | ||||||
(Loss) income before income tax expense | ( | ) | ||||||
Income tax (benefit) expense | ( | ) | ||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
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Basic (loss) earnings per share | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
Diluted (loss) earnings per share | $ | ( | ) | $ |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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Balances - April 2, 2023 | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of shares | - | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend declared on common stock - $ per share | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balances - March 31, 2024 | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of shares | - | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition of treasury stock | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends declared on common stock - $ per share | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balances - March 30, 2025 | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
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Impairment charge - goodwill | ||||||||
Reduction in the carrying amount of right of use assets | ||||||||
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Loss (gain) on sale of property, plant and equipment | ( | ) | ||||||
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Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | ||||||||
Payment to acquire Baby Boom | ( | ) | ||||||
Aggregate adjustment from the Manhattan and MTE acquisition | ||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
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Repayments under revolving line of credit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Borrowings under revolving line of credit | ||||||||
Payments on term loan | ( | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from term loan, net of issuance costs | ||||||||
Shares withheld to pay taxes on stock compensation | ( | ) | ||||||
Dividends paid | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Net cash provided (used in) by financing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
Supplemental cash flow information: | ||||||||
Income taxes paid | $ | $ | ||||||
Interest paid | ||||||||
Noncash activities: | ||||||||
Property, plant and equipment purchased but unpaid | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Dividends declared but unpaid | ( | ) | ( | ) |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
Crown Crafts, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1 – Description of Business
Crown Crafts, Inc. (the “Company”) was originally formed as a Georgia corporation in 1957 and was reincorporated as a Delaware corporation in 2003. The Company operates indirectly through three wholly-owned subsidiaries, NoJo Baby & Kids, Inc. (“NoJo”), Sassy Baby, Inc. (“Sassy”) and Manhattan Toy Europe Limited (“MTE”) in the infant, toddler and juvenile products segment within the consumer products industry. The infant, toddler and juvenile products segment consists of infant and toddler bedding, diaper bags, bibs, disposables, toys and feeding products. Most sales of the Company’s products are generally made directly to retailers, such as mass merchants, large chain stores, mid-tier retailers, juvenile specialty stores, value channel stores, grocery and drug stores, restaurants, wholesale clubs and internet-based retailers. The Company’s products are marketed under a variety of Company-owned trademarks, under trademarks licensed from others and as private label goods.
The Company's fiscal year ends on the Sunday nearest to or on March 31. References herein to “fiscal year 2025” or “2025” represent the 52-week period ended March 30, 2025, and references herein to “fiscal year 2024” or “2024” represent the 52-week period ended March 31, 2024.
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and have been prepared pursuant to accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) as promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). References herein to GAAP are to topics within the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “FASB ASC”), which the FASB periodically revises through the issuance of an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) and which has been established by the FASB as the authoritative source for GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities.
Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated balance sheets and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented on the consolidated statements of operations and cash flows. Significant estimates are made with respect to:
● | Allowances related to accounts receivable for expected credit losses and for customer deductions for returns, allowances and disputes, |
● | Inventory reserves for discontinued finished goods, and |
● | A reserve for unrecognized tax liabilities in respect of the tax impact of state apportionment percentages. |
Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents: The Company’s credit facility consists of a revolving line of credit under a financing agreement with The CIT Group/Commercial Services (“CIT”). The Company classifies a negative balance outstanding under this revolving line of credit as cash and cash equivalents, as these amounts are legally owed to the Company and are immediately available to be drawn upon by the Company. There are no compensating balance requirements or other restrictions on the transfer of amounts associated with the Company’s depository accounts.
Financial Instruments: For short-term instruments such as cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, the Company uses carrying value as a reasonable estimate of fair value. Additionally, the Company’s long-term debt is a revolving credit facility whereby the Company uses carrying value as a reasonable estimate of fair value.
Segments and Related Information: The Company operates primarily in one principal segment, infant, toddler and juvenile products. These products consist of infant and toddler bedding, diaper bags, bibs, toys and disposable products. Net sales of bedding, diaper bags and net sales of bibs, toys and disposable products for the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):
2025 | 2024 | |||||||
Bedding and diaper bags | $ | $ | ||||||
Bibs, toys and disposable products | ||||||||
Total net sales | $ | $ |
Revenue Recognition: Revenue is recognized upon the satisfaction of all contractual performance obligations and the transfer of control of the products sold to the customer. The majority of the Company’s sales consists of single performance obligation arrangements for which the transaction price for a given product sold is equivalent to the price quoted for the product, net of any stated discounts applicable at a point in time. Each sales transaction results in an implicit contract with the customer to deliver a product as directed by the customer. Shipping and handling costs that are charged to customers are included in net sales, and the Company’s costs associated with shipping and handling activities are included in cost of products sold.
Revenue from sales made directly to consumers is recorded when the shipped products have been received by customers, and excludes sales taxes collected on behalf of governmental entities. Revenue from sales made to retailers is recorded when legal title has been passed to the customer based upon the terms of the customer’s purchase order, the Company’s sales invoice, or other associated relevant documents. Such terms usually stipulate that legal title will pass when the shipped products are no longer under the control of the Company, such as when the products are picked up at the Company’s facility by the customer or by a common carrier. Payment terms can vary from prepayment for sales made directly to consumers to payment due in arrears (generally, 60 days of being invoiced) for sales made to retailers.
Allowances Against Accounts Receivable: The Company estimates certain allowances from revenues recognized through sales made to its customers. These allowances include anticipated returns and claims, expected credit losses, chargebacks related to negotiated customer terms and discounts, cooperative advertising allowances, warehouse allowances, placement fees, volume rebates, coupons, discounts and other allowances.
The allowance for anticipated returns and claims is estimated based upon the Company’s historical experience with actual returns and claims, combined with the consideration of events that could result in a change from historical rates on a per-customer basis. The allowance for anticipated returns and claims is recorded as a reduction of net sales in the reporting period within which the related sales are recorded.
To reduce the Company’s exposure to expected credit losses, and to enhance the predictability of its cash flows, the Company assigns substantially all of its receivables under factoring agreements with CIT. In the event that a factored receivable becomes uncollectible due to creditworthiness, CIT bears the risk of loss. With respect to the receivables that are not assigned under factoring agreements with CIT, the Company addresses this credit risk by establishing an allowance that is intended to represent the Company’s best estimate of the expected credit losses for such receivables. In the development of this estimate, the Company makes a number of judgements utilizing the Current Expected Credit Losses methodology, which requires the Company to estimate lifetime expected credit losses by specifically analyzing the receivables. This analysis incorporates an aging of the receivables, relevant payment history and historical loss experience, as well as the consideration of customer concentrations, customer creditworthiness, negotiated changes to the payment terms of customers, recent economic trends, and expectations regarding economic conditions over a reasonable and supportable future period. The allowance for expected credit losses is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The allowance for chargebacks related to cooperative advertising, warehouse allowances, placement fees, volume rebates, coupons, discounts and other allowances is recorded commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate. The majority of the Company’s allowances for such chargebacks occurs on a per-invoice basis. When a customer requests to have an agreed-upon deduction applied against the customer’s outstanding balance due to the Company, the allowances are correspondingly reduced to reflect such payments or credits issued against the customer’s account balance. The Company analyzes the components of the allowances for customer chargebacks monthly and adjusts the allowances to appropriate levels. Since allowances associated with cooperative advertising are accrued commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate, the timing of funding requests for cooperative advertising may result in fluctuations in the allowance from period to period, although such timing should not have a material impact on the consolidated statements of operations. The allowance for cooperative advertising is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. All other allowances for chargebacks related to warehouse allowances, placement fees, volume rebates, coupons and discounts are recorded as a reduction of net sales in the reporting period within which the related sales are recorded.
The Company’s actual experience associated with its allowances against accounts receivable in a future period may differ from the judgements, estimates, analysis and considerations employed in the development of these allowances. Thus, the Company’s allowances against accounts receivable at any point in time may be over-funded or under-funded.
Credit Concentration: The Company’s accounts receivable at March 30, 2025 amounted to $
Inventory Valuation: The preparation of the Company's financial statements requires careful determination of the appropriate value of the Company's inventory balances. Such amounts are presented as a current asset in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and are a direct determinant of cost of products sold in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and, therefore, have a significant impact on the amount of net income reported in the accounting periods. The basis of accounting for inventories is cost, which includes the direct supplier acquisition cost, duties, taxes and freight, and the indirect costs to design, develop, source and store the product until it is sold. Once cost has been determined, the Company’s inventory is then stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, with cost determined using the first-in, first-out method, which assumes that inventory quantities are sold in the order in which they are acquired.
The determination of the indirect charges and their allocation to the Company’s finished goods inventories requires management judgment and estimates. If management made different judgments or utilized different estimates, then differences would result in the valuation of the Company’s inventories and in the amount and timing of the Company’s cost of products sold and the resulting net income for the reporting period.
On a periodic basis, management reviews its inventory quantities on hand for obsolescence, physical deterioration, changes in price levels and the existence of quantities on hand which may not reasonably be expected to be sold within the Company’s normal operating cycle. To the extent that any of these conditions is believed to exist or the market value of the inventory expected to be realized in the ordinary course of business is otherwise no longer as great as its carrying value, an allowance against the inventory value is established. To the extent that this allowance is established or increased during an accounting period, an expense is recorded in cost of products sold in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Only when inventory for which an allowance has been established is later sold or is otherwise disposed is the allowance reduced accordingly. Significant management judgment is required in determining the amount and adequacy of this allowance. In the event that actual results differ from management’s estimates or these estimates and judgments are revised in future periods, the Company may not fully realize the carrying value of its inventory or may need to establish additional allowances, either of which could materially impact the Company’s financial position and results of operations.
Leases: The Company capitalizes most of its operating lease obligations as right of use assets and recognizes corresponding lease liabilities. The Company elects to use the practical expedient that permits the Company to exclude short-term agreements of less than 12 months from capitalization. The Company is a party to various operating leases for offices, warehousing facilities and certain office equipment. The leases expire at various dates, have varying options to renew and cancel, and may contain escalation provisions. The Company recognizes as expense non-variable lease payments ratably over the lease term. The key estimates for the Company’s leases include the discount rate used to discount the unpaid lease payment to present value and the lease term. The Company’s leases generally do not include a readily determinable implicit rate; therefore, management determined the incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease payment based on the information available at lease commencement. For purposes of such estimates, a lease term includes the noncancellable period under the applicable lease.
Depreciation and Amortization: The accompanying consolidated balance sheets reflect property, plant and equipment, and certain intangible assets at cost less accumulated depreciation or amortization. The Company capitalizes additions and improvements and expenses maintenance and repairs as incurred. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are
to years for property, plant and equipment, and to years for intangible assets other than goodwill. The Company amortizes improvements to its leased facilities over the term of the lease or the estimated useful life of the asset, whichever is shorter.
Patent Costs: The Company incurs certain legal and related costs in connection with patent applications. The Company capitalizes such costs to be amortized over the expected life of the patent to the extent that an economic benefit is anticipated from the resulting patent or an alternative future use is available to the Company. The Company also capitalizes legal and other costs incurred in the protection or defense of the Company’s patents when it is believed that the future economic benefit of the patent will be maintained or increased and a successful defense is probable. Capitalized patent defense costs are amortized over the remaining expected life of the related patent. The Company’s evaluation of future economic benefit of its patents involves considerable management judgment, and a different conclusion could result in a material impairment charge up to the carrying value of these assets.
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets and Identifiable Intangible Assets: In addition to the depreciation and amortization procedures set forth above, the Company reviews for impairment long-lived asset groups and certain identifiable intangible asset groups whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of any asset group may not be recoverable. In the event of an impairment, the asset is written down to its fair value.
Goodwill: Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net identifiable assets acquired in business combinations. For the purpose of presenting and measuring for the impairment of goodwill, the Company has
The Company measures for impairment of goodwill within its reporting units annually as of the first day of the Company’s fiscal year. An additional interim measurement for impairment is performed during the year whenever an event or change in circumstances occurs that suggests that the fair value of either of the reporting units of the Company has more likely than not (defined as having a likelihood of greater than 50%) fallen below its carrying value. The annual or interim measurement for impairment is performed by first assessing qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If such qualitative factors so indicate, then the measurement for impairment is continued by calculating an estimate of the fair value of each reporting unit and comparing the estimated fair value to the carrying value of the reporting unit. If the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the reporting unit, then an impairment charge is calculated as the difference between the carrying value of the reporting unit and its estimated fair value, not to exceed the goodwill of the reporting unit.
Royalty Payments: The Company has entered into agreements that provide for royalty payments based on a percentage of sales with certain minimum guaranteed amounts. These royalty amounts are accrued based upon historical sales rates adjusted for current sales trends by customers. Royalty expense is included in cost of products sold in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and amounted to $
Provision for Income Taxes: The Company’s provision for income taxes includes all currently payable federal, state, local and foreign taxes and is based upon the Company’s effective tax rate, which is based on the Company’s pre-tax income, as adjusted for certain expenses within the consolidated statements of operations that will never be deductible on the Company’s tax returns and certain charges expected to be deducted on the Company’s tax returns that will never be deducted on the consolidated statements of operations, multiplied by the statutory tax rates for the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates and reduced by certain anticipated tax credits. The Company files income tax returns in the many jurisdictions in which it operates, including the U.S., several U.S. states and the People’s Republic of China. The statute of limitations varies by jurisdiction; taxable years open to examination as of March 30, 2025 were the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025, March 31, 2024, April 2, 2023, April 3, 2022, March 28, 2021, and March 29, 2020.
Management evaluates items of income, deductions and credits reported on the Company’s various federal and state income tax returns filed and recognizes the effect of positions taken on those income tax returns only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. The Company applies the provisions of accounting guidelines that require a minimum recognition threshold that a tax benefit must meet before being recognized in the financial statements. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs.
After considering all relevant information regarding the calculation of the state portion of its income tax provision, the Company believes that the technical merits of the tax position that the Company has taken with respect to state apportionment percentages would more likely than not be sustained. However, the Company also realizes that the ultimate resolution of such tax position could result in a tax charge that is more than the amount realized based upon the application of the tax position taken. Therefore, the Company’s measurement regarding the tax impact of the revised state apportionment percentages resulted in the Company recording discrete reserves for unrecognized tax liabilities during the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 of $
The Company’s policy is to accrue interest expense and penalties as appropriate on any estimated unrecognized tax liabilities as a charge to interest expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. During the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the Company accrued $
Although management believes that the calculations and positions taken on its filed income tax returns are reasonable and justifiable, the outcome of an examination could result in an adjustment to the position that the Company took on such income tax returns. Such adjustment could also lead to adjustments to one or more other state income tax returns, or to income tax returns for subsequent fiscal years, or both. To the extent that the Company’s reserve for unrecognized tax liabilities is not adequate to support the cumulative effect of such adjustments, the Company could experience a material adverse impact on its future results of operations. Conversely, to the extent that the calculations and positions taken by the Company on the filed income tax returns under examination are sustained, the reversal of all or a portion of the Company’s reserve for unrecognized tax liabilities could result in a favorable impact on its future results of operations.
Advertising Costs: The Company’s advertising costs are primarily associated with cooperative advertising arrangements with certain of the Company’s customers and are recognized using the straight-line method based upon aggregate annual estimated amounts for these customers, with periodic adjustments to the actual amounts of authorized agreements. Advertising expense is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and amounted to $
Business Combinations: The Company accounts for acquisitions using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. An acquisition is accounted for as a purchase and the appropriate account balances and operating activities are recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of the acquisition date and thereafter. Assets acquired, liabilities assumed and noncontrolling interests, if any, are measured at fair value as of the acquisition date using the appropriate valuation method. The Company may engage an independent third party to assist with these measurements. Goodwill resulting from an acquisition is recognized for the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets, less the liabilities assumed.
(Loss) Earnings Per Share: The Company calculates basic (loss) earnings per share by using a weighted average of the number of shares outstanding during the reporting periods. Diluted shares outstanding are calculated in accordance with the treasury stock method, which assumes that the proceeds from the exercise of all exercisable options would be used to repurchase shares at market value. The net number of shares issued after the exercise proceeds are exhausted represents the potentially dilutive effect of the exercisable options, which are added to basic shares to arrive at diluted shares. Due to the net loss incurred by the Company for the period ended March 30, 2025, diluted shares used in the calculation of the diluted loss per share represented basic shares because the inclusion of the potentially dilutive effect of the exercisable stock options would have resulted in anti-dilution.
Recently-Issued Accounting Standards: In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, the objective of which is to improve the disclosures about a public entity’s reportable segments by providing more detailed information about a reportable segment’s expenses. For disclosures associated with annual and interim periods, the amendments in ASU No. 2023-07 are required to be adopted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and December 15, 2024, respectively, and early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, a public entity must apply the amendments in ASU No. 2023-07 retrospectively to disclosures of all prior periods presented. The Company adopted ASU No. 2023-07 effective as of April 1, 2024 and the segment reporting disclosures in Note 3 reflect that adoption.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, the objective of which is to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU are required to be adopted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the guidance of ASU No. 2023-09 against its existing disclosures related to income tax disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) – Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, the objective of which is to enhance the transparency and usefulness of financial statements by requiring public entities to provide more detailed disclosures about their expenses. The amendments in ASU No. 2024-03 are required to be adopted for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the guidance of the ASU No. 2024-03 against its existing disclosures related to income statement expenses.
The Company has determined that all other ASU’s issued which had become effective as of March 30, 2025, or which will become effective at some future date, are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Note 3 – Segment Reporting
The Company’s operations are managed and reported to its Chief Executive Officer, the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), on a consolidated basis. The Company operates primarily in
principal segment, infant, toddler and juvenile products. These products consist of infant and toddler bedding, diaper bags, bibs, toys and disposable products. The CODM assesses performance and allocates resources based on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, which requires the CODM to manage and evaluate the results of the Company in a consolidated manner to drive efficiencies and develop uniform strategies. Segment asset information is not used by the CODM to allocate resources.
As a single reportable segment entity, the Company’s segment performance measure is net income. The following table presents information about our reportable segment (in thousands):
2025 | 2024 | |||||
Net sales | $ | $ | ||||
Less: | ||||||
Cost of products sold | ||||||
Marketing and administrative expenses | ||||||
Goodwill impairment charge | ||||||
Interest expense, net and other | ||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) | ( | ) | ||||
Segment net income | $ | ( | ) | $ |
Included in the profit or loss measure above are the following: For the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025, depreciation expense was $
Note 4 – Inventories
As of March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the Company’s balances of inventory were $
Note 5 – Acquisition
On the July 19, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), NoJo acquired substantially all of the assets, and assumed certain specified liabilities, of Baby Boom Consumer Products, Inc. (“Baby Boom”)(the “Acquisition”), for a purchase price of $
The Acquisition has been accounted for in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. The Company is currently determining the allocation of the acquisition cost with the assistance of an independent third party. The identifiable assets acquired were recorded at their estimated fair value, which has been determined based on available information and the use of multiple valuation approaches. The estimated useful lives of the identifiable intangible assets acquired were determined based upon the remaining time that these assets are expected to directly or indirectly contribute to the future cash flow of the Company. The Company considers the measurement period to have ended as of June 25, 2025 and further considers all measurement period adjustments to be final.
The acquisition cost paid on the Closing Date amounted to $
Tangible assets: | ||||
Accounts receivable | ||||
Inventories | ||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ||||
Total tangible assets | ||||
Amortizable intangible assets: | ||||
Tradename | ||||
Licensing relationships | ||||
Total amortizable intangible assets | ||||
Goodwill | ||||
Total acquired assets | ||||
Liabilities assumed: | ||||
Accounts payable | ||||
Total liabilities assumed | ||||
Net acquisition cost | $ |
Based on the allocation of the acquisition cost, the Company recognized $
Amount of goodwill recognized based upon the preliminary allocation of the acquisition cost | $ | |||
Adjustments made during the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025: | ||||
Increase to pre-acquisition accounts payable | ||||
Decrease to tradename as of the Closing Date | ||||
Decrease to licensing relationships as of the Closing Date | ||||
Settlement of working capital adjustment | ( | ) | ||
Net adjustments made during the fiscal year ended March 30, 2025 | ||||
Amount of goodwill recognized as of March 30, 2025 | $ |
The assets acquired in the Acquisition generated net sales of $
The Company has determined, on a pro forma basis, that the combined net sales and the combined net loss of the Company and Baby Boom, giving effect to the Acquisition as if it had been completed on April 3, 2023, would have been $
Note 6 – Financing Arrangements
Factoring Agreements: To reduce its exposure to credit losses, the Company assigns the majority of its trade accounts receivable to CIT, a subsidiary of First Citizens Bank, pursuant to factoring agreements, which have expiration dates that are coterminous with that of the financing agreement described below. Under the terms of the factoring agreements, CIT remits customer payments to the Company as such payments are received by CIT. As such, the Company does
take advances on the factoring agreements.
CIT bears credit losses with respect to assigned accounts receivable from approved shipments, while the Company bears the responsibility for adjustments from customers related to returns, allowances, claims and discounts. CIT may at any time terminate or limit its approval of shipments to a particular customer. If such a termination or limitation occurs, the Company either assumes (and may seek to mitigate) the credit risk for shipments to the customer after the date of such termination or limitation or discontinues shipments to the customer. Factoring fees, which are included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, were $
Credit Facility: The Company’s credit facility includes a revolving line of credit and a term loan of $
At March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the balances on the revolving line of credit were $
The Company’s credit facility as of March 30, 2025 includes an $
On January 2, 2025, the Company and its subsidiaries entered into a letter agreement with CIT with respect to the financing agreement, pursuant to which CIT waived the Company’s non-compliance with the fixed charge coverage ratio required under the financing agreement with respect to the Company’s fiscal quarters ended September 29, 2024 and December 29, 2024. In addition, the letter agreement modified the financing agreement by changing the Excess Availability (as defined in the agreement) to $
On February 10, 2025, the Company and CIT amended the Company’s financing agreement with CIT to: (i) waive, with respect to the fiscal year ending March 30, 2025, and through the fiscal year ending March 29, 2026, the Company’s obligation to comply with the fixed charge coverage ratio; and (ii) increase the Excess Availability (as defined in the financing agreement) required to be maintained by the Company with respect to its revolving line of credit under the financing agreement from $
The Company evaluates the fair value of its debt using three levels. Fair value should be based on the assumptions market participants would use when pricing the liability and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to develop those assumptions and measure fair value. The hierarchy requires companies to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:
● | Level 1 – Includes the most reliable sources, and includes quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
● | Level 2 – Includes observable inputs. Observable inputs include inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the liability, interest rates and forward rate curves, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the liabilities. |
● | Level 3 – Includes unobservable inputs and should be used only when observable inputs are unavailable. |
The following table presents fair value of the debt as of March 30, 2025:
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs | Significant Unobservable Inputs | ||||||||||||||
Fair Value | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |||||||||||||
Term loan | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Revolving line of credit | ||||||||||||||||
Total debt | $ | $ | $ | $ |
The Company uses a valuation model to determine the fair value of the revolving line of credit and the term loan. The Company uses a discounted cash flow model to project the future principal and interest payments over the remaining life of the loans. The significant inputs used in the model are observable market data including SOFR Forward Curves.
Net debt issuance costs are presented as a direct reduction of the Company's long-term debt in the consolidated balance sheets and amounted to $
The aggregate maturities of long-term debt for each of the five years subsequent to March 30, 2025 are: $
Note 7 – Retirement Plan
The Company sponsors a defined contribution retirement savings plan with a cash or deferred arrangement (the “401(k) Plan”), as provided by Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The 401(k) Plan covers substantially all employees, who may elect to contribute a portion of their compensation to the 401(k) Plan, subject to maximum amounts and percentages as prescribed in the Code. Each calendar year, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) determines the portion, if any, of employee contributions that will be matched by the Company.
For calendar years 2025, 2024, 2023 and, the Board established the employer matching contributions at
Note 8 – Goodwill, Customer Relationships and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill: The Company measures for impairment the goodwill within its reporting units annually as of the first day of the Company’s fiscal year. On April 1, 2024, the Company performed a qualitative assessment to determine if it is more likely than not that the fair values of the Company’s reporting units are less than their carrying values by evaluating relevant events and circumstances, including financial performance, market conditions and share price. Based on this assessment, the Company concluded that the goodwill for each of the Company’s reporting units was not considered at risk of impairment.
At March 30, 2025, the Company determined that a triggering event occurred in relation to the depressed market price of the Company’s common stock and corresponding significant decline in the Company’s market capitalization. As a result, the Company performed a quantitative goodwill impairment test.
The fair value of goodwill in each impairment test was determined using a combination of an income approach, which estimates fair value based upon projections of future revenues, expenses, and cash flows discounted to their respective present values, and a market approach. The valuation methodology and underlying financial information included in the Company’s determination of fair value required significant judgments by management. The principal assumptions used in the Company’s discounted cash flow analysis consisted of (a) long-term projections of financial performance and (b) the weighted-average cost of capital of market participants, adjusted for the risk attributable to the Company and the industry in which it operates. Under the market approach, the principal assumption included an estimate of a control premium.
Based on the goodwill impairment analysis performed, the Company determined that the estimated fair values of its reporting units were lower than their carrying value, indicating that the goodwill within these reporting units had been impaired. Consequently, the Company recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $
As of April 3, 2023 | ||||
Gross goodwill | $ | |||
Accumulated impairment losses | ( | ) | ||
Net goodwill | $ | |||
Additions | $ | |||
Net goodwill, March 31, 2024 | $ | |||
As of March 31, 2024: | ||||
Gross goodwill | $ | |||
Accumulated impairment losses | ( | ) | ||
Net goodwill | $ | |||
Additions | $ | |||
Impairment charge | ( | ) | ||
Net goodwill, March 30, 2025 | $ | |||
As of March 30, 2025: | ||||
Gross goodwill | $ | |||
accumulated impairment losses | ( | ) | ||
Net goodwill | $ |
Other Intangible Assets: Other intangible assets as of March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 consisted primarily of the fair value of identifiable assets acquired in business combinations other than tangible assets and goodwill. The gross amount and accumulated amortization of the Company’s other intangible assets as of March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the amortization expense for the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the entirety of which has been included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, are as follows (in thousands):
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2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tradename and trademarks | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total other intangible assets | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
The Company estimates that its amortization expense will be $
Note 9 – Leases
During the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the Company capitalized operating lease obligations as right of use assets and recognized corresponding lease liabilities in the amount of $
During the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the Company classified its operating lease costs within the accompanying consolidated statements of operations as follows (in thousands):
Cost of products sold | $ | $ | ||||||
Marketing and administrative expenses | ||||||||
Total operating lease costs | $ | $ |
The maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of March 30, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
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2026 | $ | |||
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Total undiscounted operating lease payments | ||||
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Operating lease liabilities - net | $ |
Note 10 – Stock-based Compensation
The Company has three incentive stock plans, the 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2006 Plan”), the 2014 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “2014 Plan”) and the 2021 Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). As a result of the approval of the 2014 Plan by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting, and the 2021 Plan by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2021 annual meeting, grants may no longer be issued under either the 2006 Plan or the 2014 Plan.
The Company believes that awards of long-term, equity-based incentive compensation will attract and retain directors, officers and employees of the Company and will encourage these individuals to contribute to the successful performance of the Company, which will lead to the achievement of the Company’s overall goal of increasing stockholder value. Awards granted under the 2021 Plan may be in the form of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, shares of restricted or unrestricted stock, stock units, stock appreciation rights, or other stock-based awards. Awards may be granted subject to the achievement of performance goals or other conditions, and certain awards may be payable in stock or cash, or a combination of the two. The 2021 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board, which selects eligible employees, non-employee directors and other individuals to participate in the 2021 Plan and determines the type, amount, duration (such duration not to exceed a term of ten (
Stock-based compensation is calculated according to FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which requires stock-based compensation to be accounted for using a fair-value-based measurement. During fiscal years 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded $
Stock Options: The following table represents stock option activity for fiscal years 2025 and 2024:
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Exercise | Options | Exercise | Options | |||||||||||||
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Outstanding at Beginning of Period | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
Granted | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
Expired | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||
Forfeited | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||
Outstanding at End of Period | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
Exercisable at End of Period | $ | $ |
At March 30, 2025, there was
To determine the estimated fair value of stock options granted, the Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation formula, which is a closed-form model that uses an equation to estimate fair value. The following table sets forth the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the non-qualified stock options awarded to certain employees during fiscal years 2025 and 2024, which options vest over a
-year period, assuming continued service.
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Expected volatility | % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||
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Exercise price (grant-date closing price) per option | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||
Fair value per option | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
For the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the Company recognized compensation expense associated with stock options as follows (in thousands):
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Cost of | Marketing & | |||||||||||
Products | Administrative | Total | ||||||||||
Options Granted in Fiscal Year | Sold | Expenses | Expense | |||||||||
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2025 | ||||||||||||
Total stock option compensation | $ | $ | $ |
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Cost of | Marketing & | |||||||||||
Products | Administrative | Total | ||||||||||
Options Granted in Fiscal Year | Sold | Expenses | Expense | |||||||||
2022 | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
2023 | ||||||||||||
2024 | ||||||||||||
Total stock option compensation | $ | $ | $ |
A summary of stock options outstanding and exercisable as of March 30, 2025 is as follows:
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As of March 30, 2025, total unrecognized stock-option compensation costs amounted to $
Non-vested Stock Granted to Directors: The following shares of non-vested stock were granted to the Company’s directors:
Number of Shares | Fair Value per Share | Grant Date | Vesting Period (Years) | |||||
$ | August 15, 2024 |
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The fair value of the non-vested stock granted to the Company’s directors was based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of each grant.
In August 2024 and August 2023,
Non-vested Stock Granted to Employees: The following shares of non-vested stock were granted to certain of the Company’s employees:
Number of Shares | Fair Value per Share | Grant Date | Vesting Date | |||||
$ | March 26, 2025 | March 26, 2028 | ||||||
$ | March 26, 2024 | March 26, 2027 | ||||||
$ | August 14, 2023 | August 14, 2024 | ||||||
$ | March 21, 2023 | March 21, 2025 |
These shares vest on the dates indicated, assuming continued service. In August 2024 and March 2025,
Performance Award Shares: On March 1, 2022, performance awards were granted to certain of the Company’s executive officers, consisting of
For the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the Company recognized compensation expense associated with non-vested stock grants, which is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, as follows (in thousands):
Stock Granted in Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
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Total stock grant compensation | $ | $ |
As of March 30, 2025, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the Company’s non-vested stock grants was $
In connection with the retirement of Craig J. Demarest as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Secretary effective June 30, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board accelerated the vesting of the restricted stock award, consisting of
Note 11 – Income Taxes
The Company’s income tax provision for fiscal years 2025 is summarized below (in thousands):
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Total income tax expense (benefit) on current year income | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
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Reserve for unrecognized tax benefits | ||||||||||||
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Income tax expense - discrete items | ||||||||||||
Total income tax expense (benefit) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) |
The Company’s income tax provision for fiscal years 2024 is summarized below (in thousands):
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Total income tax expense (benefit) on current year income | ( | ) | ||||||||||
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Adjustment to prior year provision | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
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Total income tax expense (benefit) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ |
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as of March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 are as follows (in thousands):
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Deferred income tax assets: | ||||||||
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Accounts receivable and inventory reserves | ||||||||
Operating lease liabilities | ||||||||
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Deferred income tax assets after valuation allowance | ||||||||
Deferred income tax liabilities: | ||||||||
Prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Operating lease right of use assets | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Intangible assets | ( | ) | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Total deferred income tax liabilities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Net deferred income tax assets | $ | $ |
In assessing the probability that the Company’s deferred tax assets will be realized, management of the Company has considered whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of taxable income during the future periods in which the temporary differences giving rise to the deferred tax assets will become deductible. The Company has also considered the scheduled inclusion into taxable income in future periods of the temporary differences giving rise to the Company’s deferred tax liabilities. The valuation allowance as of March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 was related to state net operating loss carryforwards that the Company does not expect to be realized. Based upon the Company’s expectations of the generation of sufficient taxable income during future periods, the Company believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will realize its deferred tax assets, net of the valuation allowance and the deferred tax liabilities.
The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax liabilities for fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024 (in thousands):
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Balance at beginning of period | $ | $ | ||||||
Additions related to current year positions | ||||||||
Additions related to prior year positions | ||||||||
Revaluations due to change in enacted tax rates | ||||||||
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | ||||||||
Reductions due to lapses of the statute of limitations | ( | ) | ||||||
Reductions pursuant to judgements and settlements | ||||||||
Balance at end of period | $ | $ |
During fiscal years 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded discrete income tax charges of $
The Company’s provision for income taxes is based upon effective tax rates of
The following table reconciles income tax expense on income from continuing operations at the U.S. federal income tax statutory rate to the net income tax provision reported for fiscal years 2025 and 2024 (amounts in thousands):
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Income (loss) before income tax expense | $ | ( | ) | % | $ | % | ||||||||||
Tax expense (benefit) at federal statutory rate | $ | ( | ) | % | $ | % | ||||||||||
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Tax credits | ( | ) | % | ( | ) | % | ||||||||||
Discrete items | % | % | ||||||||||||||
Other - net, including foreign | % | % | ||||||||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) | $ | ( | ) | % | $ | % |
State and foreign income taxes consist primarily of amounts paid to the State of California and the People’s Republic of China, respectively.
Note 12 – Shareholders’ Equity
Dividends: The holders of shares of the Company’s common stock are entitled to receive dividends when and as declared by the Board. Cash dividends of $
Stock Repurchases: The Company acquired treasury shares by way of the surrender to the Company from several employees shares of common stock to satisfy the exercise price and income tax withholding obligations relating to the exercise of stock options and the vesting of stock. In this manner, the Company acquired
Note 13 – Major Customers and Concentrations
Product Sourcing: Foreign and domestic contract manufacturers produce most of the Company’s products, with the largest concentration being in China. The Company makes sourcing decisions on the basis of quality, timeliness of delivery and price, including the impact of ocean freight and duties. Although the Company maintains relationships with a limited number of suppliers, the Company believes that its products may be readily manufactured by several alternative sources in quantities sufficient to meet the Company’s requirements. The Company’s management and quality assurance personnel visit the third-party facilities regularly to monitor and audit product quality and to ensure compliance with labor requirements and social and environmental standards. In addition, the Company closely monitors the currency exchange rate. The impact of future fluctuations in the exchange rate or changes in safeguards cannot be predicted with certainty.
The U.S. government has implemented tariffs on imports from certain countries, including China. The new tariffs have increased the cost of the products the Company sources from China and have affected shipments from the Company’s Chinese-based suppliers. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of the imposition of new tariffs on imports from China to the Company’s business and financial condition. The actual impact of the new tariffs is uncertain because it is subject to a number of factors, including the duration of such tariffs, changes in the amount, scope and nature of the tariffs in the future, any countermeasures that China may take and any mitigation actions that may become available.
The Company maintains foreign representative offices located in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China, which are responsible for the coordination of production, purchases and shipments, seeking out new vendors and overseeing inspections for social compliance and quality. No supplier represented at least 10% of the Company’s total suppliers.
Licensed Products: Certain products are manufactured and sold pursuant to licensing agreements for trademarks. Also, many of the designs used by the Company are copyrighted by other parties, including trademark licensors, and are available to the Company through copyright license agreements. The licensing agreements are generally for an initial term of one to three years and may or may not be subject to renewal or extension. Sales of licensed products represented
License Agreement | Expiration |
Infant Bedding | September 30, 2025 |
Infant Feeding and Bath | December 31, 2025 |
Toddler Bedding | September 30, 2025 |
Marvel | September 30, 2025 |
STAR WARS Toddler Bedding | September 30, 2025 |
STAR WARS - Lego Plush | December 31, 2025 |
The Company expects to renew the licenses upon their expiration.
Customers: The Company’s customers consist principally of mass merchants, large chain stores, mid-tier retailers, juvenile specialty stores, value channel stores, grocery and drug stores, restaurants, internet accounts and wholesale clubs. The Company does not enter into long-term or other purchase agreements with its customers. The table below sets forth those customers that represented more than 10% of the Company’s gross sales during the fiscal years ended March 30, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
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Amazon.com, Inc. |
Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies
Royalty expense amounted to $
The Company is, from time to time, involved in various legal proceedings relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of its business. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any such legal proceeding the outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Note 15 – Subsequent Events
On June 23, 2025, the Company and CIT amended the Company’s financing agreement with CIT to: (i) provide that, until the Company’s term loan is paid in full, the Company shall maintain at all times Excess Availability (as defined in the financing agreement) equal to or the greater of (a) the sum of the balance outstanding under the Company’s term loan plus $
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: June 25, 2025 |
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/s/ Olivia W. Elliott |
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Olivia W. Elliott |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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/s/ Olivia W. Elliott |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
June 25, 2025 |
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Olivia W. Elliott |
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and |
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Principal Accounting Officer) |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Director |
June 25, 2025 |
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Director |
June 25, 2025 |
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