Restructuring Activities

9 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2024

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring Activities

Restructuring Activities

In the third quarter of 2024, the Company made certain executive leadership appointments and changes to streamline its executive leadership team. On August 12, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Hillary Super as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company and as a member of the Board, effective as of September 9, 2024, and terminated Martin Waters as CEO, effective as of August 13, 2024. Mr. Waters’ exit from the Company constituted a termination without cause under his employment agreement, entitling him to receive certain severance benefits provided under his employment agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of that agreement.

Effective as of September 3, 2024, the Company eliminated the executive officer roles of Brand President, which was held by Greg Unis, and Chief Customer Officer, which was held by Christine Rupp. Mr. Unis’s and Ms. Rupp’s departures from the Company both constituted a termination without cause under their respective employment agreements, entitling them to each receive the severance benefits provided under their respective severance agreements, subject to the terms and conditions of those agreements.

As a result of these executive leadership changes, pre-tax severance and related costs of $13 million were recorded in the third quarter of 2024 and are included in General, Administrative and Store Operating Expenses in the 2024 Consolidated Statements of Loss. As of November 2, 2024, there were $13 million of liabilities related to these executive leadership changes included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

In the first quarter of 2023, the Company implemented restructuring actions to reorganize and improve its organizational structure. As a result, pre-tax severance and related costs of $11 million, of which $8 million are included in General, Administrative and Store Operating Expenses and $3 million are included in Costs of Goods Sold, Buying and Occupancy, are included in the Year-to-Date 2023 Consolidated Statement of Loss. As of November 2, 2024, there were less than $1 million of liabilities related to the restructuring actions implemented in the first quarter of 2023 included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet