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Discontinued Operations:
9 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2015
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Discontinued Operations:
Discontinued Operations: On July 17, 2015, we entered into a sale and purchase agreement with an unrelated party, Ben Sherman UK Acquisition Limited, pursuant to which we sold 100% of the equity interests of our Ben Sherman business, consisting of Ben Sherman Limited and its subsidiaries and Ben Sherman Clothing LLC, for £40.8 million. The final purchase price received by us is subject to adjustment based on, among other things, the actual debt and net working capital of the Ben Sherman business on the closing date, which is expected to be finalized during the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2015. The loss on our sale of the Ben Sherman business was estimated for purposes of our October 31, 2015 consolidated financial statements. We do not anticipate significant operations or earnings related to the discontinued operations in future periods, with cash flow attributable to discontinued operations in future periods primarily limited to the post-closing purchase price adjustments and amounts associated with a lease obligation of the Ben Sherman business which we retained in connection with the transaction. Changes to the estimates included in our loss on sale of discontinued operations and liabilities related to discontinued operations as of October 31, 2015, including actual amounts payable in connection with the retained lease obligation, the estimated post-closing purchase price adjustment or accrued expenses related to the transaction may result in an adjustment to our loss on the sale transaction or discontinued operations in future periods.

In connection with the Ben Sherman disposal transaction we, among other things, entered into a transitional services agreement with the purchaser pursuant to which we and our subsidiaries are providing, in exchange for various fees, certain transitional support services (primarily in the United States) to the purchaser in connection with its operation of the Ben Sherman business following the transaction. The duration of the transitional services vary but may continue for a period of up to 12 months following the date of the transaction.

We have not classified as discontinued operations any corporate or shared service expenses historically charged to Ben Sherman which we determined may not be eliminated as a result of its disposal or any transitional services income amounts. Recognizing these expenses and income as continuing operations in Corporate and Other reflects the uncertainty of whether there will be a reduction in such corporate or shared service expenses in the future as a result of the sale of Ben Sherman. Interest expense under our prior U.K. revolving credit agreement, which was satisfied in connection with the transaction, is the only interest expense included in discontinued operations in our consolidated financial statements as this represents the interest expense directly attributable to the discontinued operations.

The following represents major classes of assets and liabilities related to the discontinued operations included in our consolidated balance sheets as of the following dates (in thousands):
 
October 31, 2015
January 31, 2015
November 1, 2014
Receivables, net
$

$
14,517

$
9,918

Inventories, net

27,602

27,685

Other current assets, net

6,004

3,285

Property and equipment, net

9,037

8,029

Intangible assets, net

21,635

23,015

Other non-current assets, net

1,075

1,155

Total assets
$

$
79,870

$
73,087

 
 
 
 
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses
$
6,208

$
13,253

$
10,393

Short-term debt

4,126

4,043

Non-current liabilities

1,826

1,537

Deferred income taxes

3,745

4,605

Total liabilities
$
6,208

$
22,950

$
20,578

 
 
 
 
Net (liabilities) assets
$
(6,208
)
$
56,920

$
52,509

Operating results of the discontinued operations are shown below (in thousands):
 
Third Quarter Fiscal 2015
Third Quarter Fiscal 2014
First Nine Months Fiscal 2015
First Nine Months Fiscal 2014
Net sales
$

$
18,279

$
28,081

$
52,058

Cost of goods sold

9,198

17,414

26,877

Gross profit
$

$
9,081

$
10,667

$
25,181

SG&A
562

12,100

20,668

36,945

Royalties and other operating income

1,237

1,919

2,984

Operating loss
$
(562
)
$
(1,782
)
$
(8,082
)
$
(8,780
)
Interest expense, net

58

45

194

Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes
$
(562
)
$
(1,840
)
$
(8,127
)
$
(8,974
)
Income taxes
192

6

(672
)
(819
)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes
$
(754
)
$
(1,846
)
$
(7,455
)
$
(8,155
)
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of taxes


(20,437
)

Net loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes
$
(754
)
$
(1,846
)
$
(27,892
)
$
(8,155
)
Certain information pertaining to depreciation and amortization as well as capital expenditures associated with our discontinued operations has been included below (in thousands):
 
Third Quarter Fiscal 2015
Third Quarter Fiscal 2014
First Nine Months Fiscal 2015
First Nine Months Fiscal 2014
Depreciation and amortization (1)
$

$
783

$
667

$
2,259

Capital expenditures
$

$
1,279

$
660

$
2,075

(1) For Fiscal 2015, amounts reflect expense recognized prior to classification as held for sale, which occurred on March 24, 2015. No expense for depreciation or amortization was recognized in our consolidated statements of operations subsequent to qualifying as held for sale.