ACTIVITY EXIT COSTS

3 Months Ended

Apr. 29, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Tommy Hilfiger Integration and Exit Costs

In connection with the Company’s acquisition of Tommy Hilfiger and the related integration, the Company incurred certain costs related to severance and termination benefits, long-lived asset impairments, inventory liquidations and lease/contract terminations, including costs associated with the exit of certain Tommy Hilfiger product categories. Such costs were as follows:



	Total Expected to be Incurred		Incurred During the Thirteen Weeks Ended 4/29/12		Cumulative Incurred to Date
Severance, termination benefits and other costs	$	32,870	$	162	$	32,370
Long-lived asset impairments	11,017		—		11,017
Inventory liquidation costs	10,210		—		10,210
Lease/contract termination and related costs	32,211		584		28,211
Total	$	86,308	$	746	$	81,808

$379 of the charges incurred during the thirteen weeks ended April 29, 2012 relate principally to selling, general and administrative expenses of the Company’s Tommy Hilfiger North America segment. The remaining $367 of the charges incurred during the thirteen weeks ended April 29, 2012 and the remaining costs expected to be incurred relate principally to corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segment.

Liabilities for severance and termination benefits and lease/contract termination costs recorded in connection with the acquisition and integration of Tommy Hilfiger were principally recorded in accrued expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and were as follows:



	Liability at 1/29/12		Costs Incurred During the Thirteen Weeks Ended 4/29/12		Costs Paid During the Thirteen Weeks Ended 4/29/12		Liability at 4/29/12
Severance, termination benefits and other costs	$	4,305	$	162	$	1,927	$	2,540
Lease/contract termination and related costs	4,492		584		871		4,205
Total	$	8,797	$	746	$	2,798	$	6,745

Costs Related to Exit from Timberland Men’s and Izod Women’s Businesses

The Company negotiated during the second quarter of 2011 an early termination of its license to market sportswear under the Timberland brand. The termination will be completed in the second quarter of 2012. In connection with this termination, the Company incurred certain costs related to severance and termination benefits, long-lived asset impairments, contract termination and other costs. All expected costs related to this termination were incurred during 2011.

The Company announced in the fourth quarter of 2011 that it would be exiting the Izod women’s wholesale sportswear business during 2012. In connection with this exit, the Company incurred certain costs related to severance and termination benefits. All expected costs related to this exit were incurred during 2011.

Liabilities for severance and termination benefits and contract termination costs recorded in connection with the Company’s early termination of the license to market sportswear under the Timberland brand and exit from the Izod women’s wholesale sportswear business were principally recorded in accrued expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and were as follows:



	Liability at 1/29/12		Costs Incurred During the Thirteen Weeks Ended 4/29/12		Costs Paid During the Thirteen Weeks Ended 4/29/12		Liability at 4/29/12
Severance, termination benefits and other costs	$	1,310	$	—	$	293	$	1,017
Lease/contract termination and related costs	5,029		—		5,029		—
Total	$	6,339	$	—	$	5,322	$	1,017

- Definition

The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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