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Revenue Recognition
 6 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2021
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition
The Company accounts for contracts with its customers when there is approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties and payment terms have been identified, the contract has commercial substance and collectibility of consideration is probable. Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the Company’s customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for goods or services.
The Company sells its products through three primary channels of distribution: retail, wholesale and licensing. Within the retail and wholesale channels, substantially all of the Company’s revenues consist of sales of products that represent a single performance obligation, where control transfers at a point in time to the customer. For licensing arrangements, royalty and advertising revenue is recognized over time based on access provided to the Company’s trademarks.
Retail
The Company generates sales through directly operated stores and e-commerce sites throughout the Americas (U.S., Canada and Latin America), certain parts of EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and certain parts of Asia (including Australia).
Gift Cards. The Company sells gift cards that can be redeemed for merchandise, resulting in a contract liability upon issuance. Revenue is recognized when the gift card is redeemed or upon “breakage” for the estimated portion of gift cards that are not expected to be redeemed. “Breakage” revenue is calculated under the proportional redemption methodology, which considers the historical patterns of redemption in jurisdictions where the Company is not required to remit the value of the unredeemed gift cards as unclaimed property. The contract liability related to gift cards, net of estimated “breakage”, of $12 million and $12 million as of September 25, 2021 and March 27, 2021, respectively, is included within accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.
Loyalty Program. The Company offers a loyalty program, which allows its Michael Kors U.S. customers to earn points on qualifying purchases toward monetary and non-monetary rewards, which may be redeemed for purchases at Michael Kors retail stores and e-commerce sites. The Company defers a portion of the initial sales transaction based on the estimated relative fair value of the benefits based on projected timing of future redemptions and historical activity. These amounts include estimated “breakage” for points that are not expected to be redeemed.
Wholesale
The Company’s products are sold primarily to major department stores, specialty stores and travel retail shops throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. The Company also has arrangements where its products are sold to geographic licensees in certain parts of EMEA, Asia and South America.
Licensing
The Company provides its third-party licensees with the right to access its Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors trademarks under product and geographic licensing arrangements. Under geographic licensing arrangements, third party licensees receive the right to distribute and sell products bearing the Company’s trademarks in retail and/or wholesale channels within certain geographical areas, including Brazil, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, South Africa and certain parts of Asia.
The Company recognizes royalty revenue and advertising contributions based on the percentage of sales made by the licensees. Generally, the Company’s guaranteed minimum royalty amounts due from licensees relate to contractual periods that do not exceed 12 months, however, certain guaranteed minimums for Versace are multi-year based.
As of September 25, 2021, contractually guaranteed minimum fees from the Company’s license agreements expected to be recognized as revenue during future periods were as follows (in millions):
Contractually Guaranteed Minimum Fees
Remainder of Fiscal 2022$15 
Fiscal 202329 
Fiscal 202427 
Fiscal 202523 
Fiscal 202624 
Fiscal 2027 and thereafter75 
 Total
$193 
Sales Returns
The refund liability recorded as of September 25, 2021 and March 27, 2021 was $48 million and $46 million, respectively, and the related asset for the right to recover returned product as of September 25, 2021 and March 27, 2021 was $15 million and $14 million, respectively.
Contract Balances
Total contract liabilities were $17 million and $18 million as of September 25, 2021 and March 27, 2021, respectively. For the three and six months ended September 25, 2021, the Company recognized $2 million and $8 million, respectively, in revenue which related to contract liabilities that existed at March 27, 2021. For the three and six months ended September 26, 2020, the Company recognized $2 million and $5 million, respectively, in revenue which related to contract liabilities that existed at March 28, 2020. There were no material contract assets recorded as of September 25, 2021 and March 27, 2021.
There were no changes in historical variable consideration estimates that were materially different from actual results.
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table presents the Company’s segment revenue disaggregated by geographic location (in millions):
 Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
 September 25,
2021		September 26,
2020		September 25,
2021		September 26,
2020
Versace revenue - the Americas$107 $60 $194 $75 
Versace revenue - EMEA118 80 205 107 
Versace revenue - Asia57 55 123 106 
 Total Versace
282 195 522 288 
Jimmy Choo revenue - the Americas38 33 76 39 
Jimmy Choo revenue - EMEA56 46 106 62 
Jimmy Choo revenue - Asia43 43 97 72 
Total Jimmy Choo137 122 279 173 
Michael Kors revenue - the Americas556 494 1,146 650 
Michael Kors revenue - EMEA214 185 379 264 
Michael Kors revenue - Asia111 114 227 186 
 Total Michael Kors
881 793 1,752 1,100 
Total revenue - the Americas701 587 1,416 764 
Total revenue - EMEA388 311 690 433 
Total revenue - Asia211 212 447 364 
Total revenue$1,300 $1,110 $2,553 $1,561 
See Note 3 in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 27, 2021 for a complete disclosure of the Company’s revenue recognition policy.