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Related Party
6 Months Ended
Aug. 02, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
According to statements on Schedule 13D filed with the SEC by ESL, ESL beneficially owns significant portions of both the Company's and Sears Holdings Corporation's outstanding shares of common stock. Therefore, Sears Holdings Corporation, the Company's former parent company, is considered a related party.
On February 11, 2019 Transform Holdco acquired from Sears Holdings substantially all of the go-forward retail footprint, and other assets and component businesses of Sears Holdings as a going concern. The Company believes that ESL holds a significant portion of the membership interest of Transform Holdco and therefore considers that entity to be a related party as well.
In connection with and subsequent to the Separation, the Company entered into various agreements with Sears Holdings which, among other things, (i) govern specified aspects of the Company's relationship following the Separation, especially with regards to the Lands’ End Shops at Sears, and (ii) establish terms pursuant to which subsidiaries of Sears Holdings Corporation are providing services to the Company. Some of these agreements have been assumed by and assigned to Transform Holdco in connection with the proceedings related to the Sears Filing (as defined below).
The components of the transactions between the Company and Sears Holdings or Transform Holdco, which exclude pass-through payments to or from third parties, are as follows:
Lands’ End Shops at Sears
Related party costs charged by Sears Holdings or Transform Holdco to the Company related to Lands’ End Shops at Sears are as follows:
 
 
13 Weeks Ended
 
26 Weeks Ended
(in thousands, except for number of stores)
 
August 2, 2019
 
August 3, 2018
 
August 2, 2019
 
August 3, 2018
Rent, CAM and occupancy costs
 
$
977

 
$
4,027

 
$
2,083

 
$
8,521

Retail services, store labor
 
871

 
3,723

 
1,858

 
7,853

Financial services and payment processing
 
75

 
452

 
143

 
841

Supply chain costs
 
10

 
106

 
87

 
236

Total expenses
 
$
1,933

 
$
8,308

 
$
4,171

 
$
17,451

Number of Lands’ End Shops at Sears at period end
 
37

 
147

 
37

 
147


General Corporate Services
Related party costs charged by Sears Holdings or Transform Holdco to the Company for general corporate services are as follows:
 
 
13 Weeks Ended
 
26 Weeks Ended
(in thousands)
 
August 2, 2019
 
August 3, 2018
 
August 2, 2019
 
August 3, 2018
Sourcing
 
$
1,386

 
$
1,497

 
$
2,981

 
$
3,314

Shop Your Way
 
20

 
215

 
55

 
382

Shared services
 
48

 
48

 
95

 
95

Total expenses
 
$
1,454

 
$
1,760

 
$
3,131

 
$
3,791


Use of Intellectual Property or Services
Related party revenue and costs charged by the Company to and from Sears Holdings or Transform Holdco for the use of intellectual property or services is as follows:
 
 
13 Weeks Ended
 
26 Weeks Ended
(in thousands)
 
August 2, 2019
 
August 3, 2018
 
August 2, 2019
 
August 3, 2018
Lands' End business outfitters revenue
 
$
1

 
$
293

 
$
3

 
$
618

Credit card revenue
 
81

 
169

 
155

 
322

Royalty income
 
78

 
86

 
101

 
113

Gift card expense
 
(3
)
 
(4
)
 
(5
)
 
(8
)
Total income
 
$
157

 
$
544

 
$
254

 
$
1,045



Additional Balance Sheet Information

On October 15, 2018, Sears Holdings Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (collectively the “Sears Filing"). Following the Sears Filing, the Company began netting payables due to Sears Holdings or Transform Holdco, as applicable, against receivables due from Sears Holdings or Transform Holdco if and as allowed under its contracts. As a result, receivables and payables have been netted, and are presented as a net receivable balance in Accounts receivable, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

At August 2, 2019, the Company recorded an Accounts payable, net balance of $0.2 million to Sears Holdings or Transform Holdco in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. On August 3, 2018 the Company recorded $1.9 million in Accounts receivable, net, to reflect amounts due from Sears Holdings and $2.0 million in Accounts payable to reflect amounts due to Sears Holdings in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At February 1, 2019, the Company recorded a $0.1 million net receivable balance from Sears Holdings in Accounts receivable, net in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

In the Third Quarter 2018, the Company recorded a non-cash charge of $2.6 million in Other expense, net, in its Condensed Statement of Operations to reflect a reserve relating to pre-Separation UTBs (including penalties and interest) for which Sears Holdings Corporation indemnified the Company under a Tax Sharing Agreement entered into in connection with the Separation, the recovery of which had become uncertain as a result of the Sears Filing. Sears Holdings rejected the Tax Sharing Agreement, per an order approved on April 4, 2019. There was not an indemnification receivable as of August 2, 2019 and February 1, 2019.