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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
6 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Basis of Presentation:
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Crown Crafts, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) applicable to interim financial information as promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. References herein to GAAP are to topics within the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “FASB ASC”), which has been established by the FASB as the authoritative source for GAAP to be applied by nongovernmental entities.
 
In the opinion of management, the interim unaudited consolidated financial statements contained herein include all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of September 27, 2015 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Such adjustments include normal, recurring accruals, as well as the elimination of all significant intercompany balances and transactions. Operating results for the three and six-month periods ended September 27, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected by the Company for its fiscal year ending April 3, 2016. For further information, refer to the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2015.
Reclassification, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Reclassifications:
The Company has reclassified certain prior year information to conform to the amounts presented in the current year. None of the changes impact the Company’s previously reported financial position or results of operations.
Fiscal Period, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Fiscal Year:
The Company’s fiscal year ends on the Sunday that is nearest to or on March 31. References herein to “fiscal year 2016” or “2016” represent the 53-week period ending April 3, 2016 and references herein to “fiscal year 2015” or “2015” represent the 52-week period ended March 29, 2015.
Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]
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 the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and cash flows. Significant estimates are made with respect to the allowances related to accounts receivable for customer deductions for returns, allowances and disputes. The Company also has a certain amount of discontinued finished products which necessitates the establishment of inventory reserves and allocates indirect costs to inventory based on an estimated percentage of the supplier purchase price, each of which is highly subjective. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Cash and Cash Equivalents:
The Company considers highly-liquid investments, if any, purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
 
The Company’s credit facility consists of a revolving line of credit under a financing agreement with The CIT Group/Commercial Services, Inc. (“CIT”), a subsidiary of CIT Group, Inc. The Company classifies a negative balance outstanding under this revolving line of credit as cash, as these amounts are legally owed to the Company and are immediately available to be drawn upon by the Company.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]
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 the fair value.
Advertising Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Advertising Cost
s
:
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 those customers, with periodic adjustments to the actual amounts of authorized agreements. Advertising expense is included in other marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and amounted to $264,000 and $232,000 for the three-month periods ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014, respectively, and $569,000 and $466,000 for the six-month periods ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014, respectively.
Segment Reporting, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Segment and Related Information:
The Company operates primarily in one principal segment, infant, toddler and juvenile products. These products consist of infant and toddler bedding, bibs, soft bath products, disposable products and accessories. Net sales of bedding, blankets and accessories and net sales of bibs, bath and disposable products for the three and six-month periods ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014 are as follows (in thousands):
 
 
 
Three-Month Periods Ended
 
 
Six-Month Periods Ended
 
 
 
September 27,
2015
 
 
September 28,
2014
 
 
September 27,
2015
 
 
September 28,
2014
 
Bedding, blankets and accessories
  $ 14,365     $ 15,387     $ 26,635     $ 26,188  
Bibs, bath and disposable products
    6,351       5,054       11,939       9,957  
Total net sales
  $ 20,716     $ 20,441     $ 38,574     $ 36,145  
Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Revenue Recognition:
Sales are recorded when products are shipped to customers and are reported net of allowances for estimated returns and allowances in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. Allowances for returns are estimated based on historical rates. Allowances for returns, cooperative advertising allowances, warehouse allowances, placement fees and volume rebates are recorded commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate, and the cost of such allowances is netted against sales in reporting the results of operations. Shipping and handling costs, net of amounts reimbursed by customers, are not material and are included in net sales.
Receivables, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Allowances Against Accounts Receivable
: The Company’s allowances against accounts receivable are primarily contractually agreed-upon deductions for items such as cooperative advertising and warehouse allowances, placement fees and volume rebates. These deductions are recorded throughout the year commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate. Funding of the majority of the Company’s allowances occurs on a per-invoice basis. The allowances for customer deductions, which are netted against accounts receivable in the consolidated balance sheets, consist of agreed upon advertising support, placement fees, markdowns and warehouse and other allowances. All such allowances are recorded as direct offsets to sales, and such costs are accrued commensurate with sales activities or as a straight-line amortization charge of an agreed-upon fixed amount, as appropriate to the circumstances for each such arrangement. When a customer requests deductions, the allowances are reduced to reflect such payments or credits issued against the customer’s account balance. The Company analyzes the components of the allowances for customer deductions monthly and adjusts the allowances to the appropriate levels. The timing of funding requests for advertising support can cause the net balance in the allowance account to fluctuate from period to period. The timing of such funding requests should have no impact on the consolidated statements of income since such costs are accrued commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate.
 
To reduce the exposure to credit losses and to enhance the predictability of its cash flows, the Company assigns the majority of its trade accounts receivable under factoring agreements with CIT. In the event a factored receivable becomes uncollectible due to creditworthiness, CIT bears the risk of loss. The Company’s management must make estimates of the uncollectibility of its non-factored accounts receivable to evaluate the adequacy of the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts, which is accomplished by specifically analyzing accounts receivable, historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in its customers’ payment terms.
 
The Company’s accounts receivable as of September 27, 2015 was $17.9 million, net of allowances of $1.2 million. Of this amount, $16.0 million was due from CIT under the factoring agreements, and an additional $5.9 million was due from CIT as a negative balance outstanding under the revolving line of credit, and $160,000 was due from CIT as the United States Dollar equivalent of amounts that had been collected, but not yet remitted, under Canadian factoring agreements with CIT. The combined amount of $22.1 million represents the maximum loss that the Company could incur if CIT failed completely to perform its obligations under the factoring agreements and the revolving line of credit.
Revenue Recognition, Services, Royalty Fees [Policy Text Block]
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 royalties 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 income and amounted to $2.2 million and $2.0 million for the three-month periods ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014, respectively, and $4.0 million and $3.4 million for the six-month periods ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014, respectively.
Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization [Policy Text Block]
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 three to eight years for property, plant and equipment, and one to twenty 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.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]
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 assets and certain identifiable intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of any asset may not be recoverable. In the event of impairment, the asset is written down to its fair market value.
Intangible Assets, Finite-Lived, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Patent Costs:
The Company incurs certain legal and associated costs in connection with applications for patents. 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 for the underlying product is available to the Company. The Company also capitalizes legal and other costs incurred in the protection or defense of the Company’s patents to the extent that it is believed that the future economic benefit of the patent will be maintained or increased and a successful outcome of the litigation is probable. Capitalized patent protection or defense costs are amortized over the remaining expected life of the related patent. The Company’s assessment of the 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.
Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Inventory Valuation:
The preparation of the Company's financial statements requires careful determination of the appropriate dollar amount of the Company's inventory balances. Such amount is presented as a current asset in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and is a direct determinant of cost of products sold in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and, therefore, has a significant impact on the amount of net income in the accounting periods reported. The basis of accounting for inventories is cost, which includes the direct supplier acquisition cost, duties, taxes and freight, and the indirect costs incurred to design, develop, source and store the products until they are sold. Once cost has been determined, the Company’s inventory is then stated at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined using the first-in, first-out ("FIFO") method, which assumes that inventory quantities are sold in the order in which they are acquired.
 
The indirect costs allocated to inventory are done so as a percentage of projected annual supplier purchases and can impact the Company’s results of operations as purchase volume fluctuates from quarter to quarter and year to year. The difference between indirect costs incurred and the indirect costs allocated to inventory creates a burden variance, which is generally favorable when actual inventory purchases exceed planned inventory purchases, and is generally unfavorable when actual inventory purchases are lower than planned inventory purchases. While the burden variance can be significant during interim periods, it is generally not material by the end of each fiscal year. The determination of the indirect charges and their allocation to the Company's finished products inventories is complex and requires significant 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, the amount and timing of the Company's cost of products sold and the resulting net income for any accounting period.
 
On a periodic basis, management reviews the Company’s 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 normal operating cycle of the Company's operations. 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 income. Only when inventory for which an allowance has been established is later sold or is otherwise disposed of 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.
 
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Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]
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 estimated annual effective tax rate, which is based on the Company’s forecasted annual pre-tax income, as adjusted for certain expenses within the consolidated statements of income 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 income, multiplied by the statutory tax rates for the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates and reduced by certain anticipated tax credits. The Company provides for deferred income taxes based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company’s policy is to recognize the effect that a change in enacted tax rates would have on net deferred income tax assets and liabilities in the period that the tax rates are changed.
 
The Company files income tax returns in the many jurisdictions within which it operates, including the U.S., several U.S. states and the People’s Republic of China. The statute of limitations for the Company’s filed income tax returns varies by jurisdiction; tax years open to federal, state or Chinese audit or other adjustment as of September 27, 2015 were the fiscal years ended April 1, 2012, March 31, 2013, March 30, 2014 and March 29, 2015, as well as the fiscal year ended April 3, 2011 for several states.
Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Earnings Per Share:
The Company calculates basic 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 options, which are added to basic shares to arrive at diluted shares.
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Recently-Issued Accounting Standards
:
On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
(Topic 606)
, which will replace most existing GAAP guidance on revenue recognition, and which will require the use of more estimates and judgments, as well as additional disclosures. When issued, ASU No. 2014-09 was to become effective in the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2016, but on August 12, 2015 the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
(Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date
, which provides for a one-year deferral of the effective date to apply the guidance of ASU No. 2014-09. Early adoption was originally not permitted in ASU No. 2014-09, but ASU No. 2015-14 permits early adoption in the first interim period of the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that its adoption of ASUs 2014-09 and 2015-14 on April 3, 2017 will have on its financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.
 
On July 22, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11,
Inventory (Topic 330)
:
Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory
, which will clarify that after an entity determines the cost of its inventory, the subsequent measurement and presentation of such inventory should be at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The ASU will become effective for the first interim period of the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2016. The ASU should be applied prospectively, and early adoption is permitted. The Company intends to adopt ASU No. 2015-11 on April 3, 2017, and is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of the ASU will have on its financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.
 
On April 7, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03,
Interest
Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30)
:
Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs
, which will require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, and which will lead to a presentation consistent with the long-standing presentation of debt discounts. Final guidance in this area, issued as ASU No. 2015-15 on August 18, 2015, includes an SEC staff announcement that the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs related to revolving debt arrangements as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the revolving debt arrangement. ASU No. 2015-03, as appended by ASU No. 2015-15, will become effective for the first interim period of the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued, with a retrospective presentation within each balance sheet. When the Company’s financing agreement with CIT was amended on May 21, 2013 to extend its maturity date to July 11, 2016, CIT did not charge the Company any debt issuance costs, and the Company’s legal and other costs incurred in connection with the extension of the financing agreement were not material. As of September 27, 2015 and March 29, 2015, there was no balance owed on the Company’s revolving line of credit and the Company had no other structured debt. If the Company and CIT again amend the financing agreement with CIT to extend its maturity date to beyond July 11, 2016, or if the Company otherwise enters into any new structured debt arrangements, and if there are any debt issuance costs associated with such an amendment or such new structured debt arrangements, then the Company does not anticipate that the adoption by the Company of ASU No. 2015-03, as appended by ASU No. 2015-15, on April 4, 2016 will have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.