Consideration Received from Vendors

12 Months Ended

Feb. 01, 2025

Consideration Received from Vendors

Consideration Received from Vendors

Consideration Received from Vendors

We receive consideration for a variety of vendor-sponsored programs—such as volume rebates, promotions, certain advertising activities, markdown allowances, and for our compliance programs—referred to as "vendor income." Additionally, under our compliance programs, vendors are charged for merchandise shipments that do not meet our requirements (violations), such as late or incomplete shipments. Vendor income is recorded as a reduction of Cost of Sales except in arrangements where the payment is a reimbursement of specific, incremental, and identifiable costs and recorded as an offset to those costs within SG&A Expenses.

We establish a receivable for vendor income that is earned but not yet received. Based on historical trending and data, this receivable is computed by forecasting vendor income collections and estimating the amount earned. The majority of year-end vendor income receivables are collected within the following fiscal quarter, and we do not believe there is a reasonable likelihood that the assumptions used in our estimate will change significantly. Note 9 provides additional information.