Business Description and Basis of Presentation	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Business Description and Basis of Presentation
Business Description and Basis of Presentation	1. Business Description and Basis of Presentation Centric Brands Inc. (“Centric” or the “Company”) is a leading lifestyle brands collective, bringing together creative minds from the worlds of fashion and commerce, sourcing, technology, marketing, digital and entertainment. The Company designs, produces, merchandises, manages and markets kidswear, accessories, and men’s and women’s apparel under owned, licensed and private label brands. The Company’s distinctive image has been developed across an expanding number of products, brands, sales channels and markets. The Company licenses over 100 brands or produces private label products across core product categories including kids, accessories, and men’s and women’s apparel. Licensed brands include Calvin Klein, Under Armour, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Spyder, BCBG, Joe’s, Buffalo, Frye, Michael Kors, Kate Spade, AllSaints and Cole Haan, and entertainment properties including Disney, Marvel and Nickelodeon, among others. The Company’s products are sold through a cross section of leading retailers such as Walmart, Macy’s, Kohl’s, TJX Companies, Costco, Nordstrom, Dillard’s, Ross, Target, JC Penney and Amazon. The Company also sell products over the web through retail partners such as Walmart.com, Macy’s.com and Nordstrom.com. The Company also distributes apparel and other products through Company-owned retail stores, ecommerce websites, and partner shop-in-shops. Legacy company-owned brands include Hudson®, a designer and marketer of men’s and women’s premium, branded denim and apparel, Robert Graham®, a sophisticated, eclectic apparel and accessories brand seeking to inspire a global movement, and SWIMS®, a Scandinavian lifestyle brand best known for its range of fashion-forward, water-friendly footwear, apparel and accessories (collectively, the “Owned Brands”). Centric and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and “ourselves,” unless the context indicates otherwise. On October 29, 2018, the Company acquired from Global Brands Group Holding Limited (“GBG”) and GBG USA Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBG (“GBG USA”), a significant part of GBG’s North American business (“GBG Acquisition”), including the wholesale, retail and e-commerce operations comprising all of their North American kids business, all of their North American accessories business and a majority of their West Coast and Canadian fashion businesses (the “GBG Business”). Effective upon the consummation of the GBG Acquisition, the Company changed its name from Differential Brands Group Inc. to Centric Brands Inc. and changed its trading symbol on NASDAQ from DFBG to CTRC. Prior to the GBG Acquisition, the Company organized its business into the following three reportable segments: Wholesale, Consumer Direct and Corporate and other. Subsequent to the GBG Acquisition, the Company implemented organizational changes that have impacted the manner in which it manages itself. Accordingly, the Company realigned its business into the following three reportable segments: (i) Kids, (ii) Accessories and (iii) Men’s & Women’s Apparel. See “Note 15 – Segment Information”. The Company continues to be a “smaller reporting company,” as defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and footnotes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (“2018 10-K”) filed on May 16, 2019. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s consolidated financial position, its results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year 2019 or for any other interim period. The December 31, 2018 consolidated balance sheet is condensed from the audited financial statements as of that date. The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

1. Business Description and Basis of Presentation

Centric Brands Inc. (“Centric” or the “Company”) is a leading lifestyle brands collective, bringing together creative minds from the worlds of fashion and commerce, sourcing, technology, marketing, digital and entertainment. The Company designs, produces, merchandises, manages and markets kidswear, accessories, and men’s and women’s apparel under owned, licensed and private label brands. The Company’s distinctive image has been developed across an expanding number of products, brands, sales channels and markets. The Company licenses over 100 brands or produces private label products across core product categories including kids, accessories, and men’s and women’s apparel. Licensed brands include Calvin Klein, Under Armour, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Spyder, BCBG, Joe’s, Buffalo, Frye, Michael Kors, Kate Spade, AllSaints and Cole Haan, and entertainment properties including Disney, Marvel and Nickelodeon, among others. The Company’s products are sold through a cross section of leading retailers such as Walmart, Macy’s, Kohl’s, TJX Companies, Costco, Nordstrom, Dillard’s, Ross, Target, JC Penney and Amazon. The Company also sell products over the web through retail partners such as Walmart.com, Macy’s.com and Nordstrom.com. The Company also distributes apparel and other products through Company-owned retail stores, ecommerce websites, and partner shop-in-shops.

Legacy company-owned brands include Hudson®, a designer and marketer of men’s and women’s premium, branded denim and apparel, Robert Graham®, a sophisticated, eclectic apparel and accessories brand seeking to inspire a global movement, and SWIMS®, a Scandinavian lifestyle brand best known for its range of fashion-forward, water-friendly footwear, apparel and accessories (collectively, the “Owned Brands”).

Centric and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and “ourselves,” unless the context indicates otherwise.

On October 29, 2018, the Company acquired from Global Brands Group Holding Limited (“GBG”) and GBG USA Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBG (“GBG USA”), a significant part of GBG’s North American business (“GBG Acquisition”), including the wholesale, retail and e-commerce operations comprising all of their North American kids business, all of their North American accessories business and a majority of their West Coast and Canadian fashion businesses (the “GBG Business”). Effective upon the consummation of the GBG Acquisition, the Company changed its name from Differential Brands Group Inc. to Centric Brands Inc. and changed its trading symbol on NASDAQ from DFBG to CTRC.

Prior to the GBG Acquisition, the Company organized its business into the following three reportable segments: Wholesale, Consumer Direct and Corporate and other. Subsequent to the GBG Acquisition, the Company implemented organizational changes that have impacted the manner in which it manages itself. Accordingly, the Company realigned its business into the following three reportable segments: (i) Kids, (ii) Accessories and (iii) Men’s & Women’s Apparel. See “Note 15 – Segment Information”.

The Company continues to be a “smaller reporting company,” as defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and footnotes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (“2018 10-K”) filed on May 16, 2019. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.

The condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s consolidated financial position, its results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year 2019 or for any other interim period. The December 31, 2018 consolidated balance sheet is condensed from the audited financial statements as of that date.

The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. Actual results may differ from those estimates.