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Related Party
9 Months Ended
Nov. 01, 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
 
39 Weeks Ended
(in thousands, except for number of stores)
 
November 1, 2019
 
November 2, 2018
 
November 1, 2019
 
November 2, 2018
Rent, CAM and occupancy costs
 
$
907

 
$
3,483

 
$
2,990

 
$
12,004

Retail services, store labor
 
779

 
3,231

 
2,637

 
11,084

Financial services and payment processing
 
106

 
350

 
249

 
1,191

Supply chain costs
 
5

 
126

 
93

 
362

Total expenses
 
$
1,797

 
$
7,190

 
$
5,969

 
$
24,641

Number of Lands’ End Shops at Sears at period end
 
36

 
125

 
36

 
125


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
 
39 Weeks Ended
(in thousands)
 
November 1, 2019
 
November 2, 2018
 
November 1, 2019
 
November 2, 2018
Sourcing
 
$
3,192

 
$
2,830

 
$
6,173

 
$
6,144

Shop Your Way
 
25

 
251

 
79

 
633

Shared services
 
48

 
48

 
143

 
143

Total expenses
 
$
3,265

 
$
3,129

 
$
6,395

 
$
6,920


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
 
39 Weeks Ended
(in thousands)
 
November 1, 2019
 
November 2, 2018
 
November 1, 2019
 
November 2, 2018
Lands' End business outfitters revenue
 
$
1

 
$
216

 
$
4

 
$
834

Credit card revenue
 
92

 
184

 
248

 
506

Royalty income
 
30

 
43

 
131

 
156

Gift card expense
 
(3
)
 
(4
)
 
(8
)
 
(12
)
Total income
 
$
120

 
$
439

 
$
375

 
$
1,484



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.

The Company recorded an Accounts receivable, net balance of $1.2 million and $1.0 million from Sears Holdings or Transform Holdco in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of November 1, 2019 and November 2, 2018 respectively. The Company recorded an Accounts receivable, net balance of $0.1 million from Sears Holdings or Transform Holdco in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of February 1, 2019.

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 November 1, 2019 and February 1, 2019.