BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 28, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Chico’s FAS, Inc., a Florida corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiaries (“Company”) have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, such interim financial statements reflect all normal, recurring adjustments considered necessary to present fairly the condensed consolidated financial position, the results of operations, and cash flows for the interim periods presented. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-04, entitled “Supplier Finance Programs: Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations,” to improve the disclosures of supplier finance programs. Specifically, the ASU requires disclosure of key terms of the supplier finance programs and a roll-forward of the related obligations. The amendments in this ASU do not affect the recognition, measurement, or financial statement presentation of obligations covered by supplier finance programs. The ASU is effective for the fiscal years, and the interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2022, except for the amendment on roll-forward information, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. Early adoption is permitted. The Company entered into a supplier financing agreement administered by a third-party platform in the fourth quarter of 2022. Payments to suppliers through this program began in the third quarter of fiscal 2023. Refer to Note 11 for additional information regarding the Company’s payment obligations to participating suppliers.

Fair Value Measurements

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Our financial instruments generally consist of cash, money market accounts, marketable securities, assets held in our non-qualified deferred compensation plan, accounts receivable and payable, and debt. Cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable are carried at cost, less reserves for credit losses, as applicable, which approximates their fair value due to the short-term nature of the instruments.

Marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale, and as of October 28, 2023, consisted of U.S. government agencies, corporate bonds, and commercial paper, with $22.2 million of securities with maturity dates within one year or less, and $2.5 million with maturity dates over one year.

We consider all marketable securities available-for-sale, including those with maturity dates beyond 12 months, and therefore classify these securities within current assets on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, as applicable, as they were available to support current operational liquidity needs. Marketable securities are carried at fair value, with the unrealized holding gains and losses, net of income taxes, reflected in accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss) until realized, and any credit risk-related losses recognized in net income during the period incurred. For the purposes of computing realized and unrealized gains and losses, cost is determined on a specific identification basis.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Entities are required to use a three-level hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability on the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows:


Level 1	—	Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

Level 2	—	Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities; or unadjusted quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability

Level 3	—	Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability

Assets Measured on a Recurring Basis

We measure certain financial assets at fair value on a recurring basis, including our marketable securities, as applicable, which are classified as available-for-sale securities, certain cash equivalents, specifically our money market accounts and assets held in our non-qualified deferred compensation plan, as applicable. The money market accounts are valued based on quoted market prices in active markets. Our marketable securities are generally valued based on other observable inputs for those securities (including market corroborated pricing or other models that utilize observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves) based on information provided by independent third-party pricing entities, except for U.S. government securities, which are valued based on quoted market prices in active markets. The investments in our non-qualified deferred compensation plan are valued using quoted market prices and are included in other assets on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis

From time to time, we measure certain assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis when carrying value exceeds fair value. This measurement includes the evaluation of long-lived assets, goodwill, and other intangible assets for impairment using Company-specific assumptions that would fall within Level 3 of the fair-value hierarchy. Assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis are remeasured when carrying value exceeds fair value. Carrying value after impairment approximates fair value.

We assess the carrying amount of long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The Company uses market participant rents and a market participant discount rate to calculate the fair value of right of use assets. The Company uses discounted future cash flows of the asset or asset group using a discount rate that approximates the cost of capital of a market participant to quantify fair value for other long-lived assets within the asset group, which are primarily leasehold improvements. The asset group is defined as the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are available and is largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets, which for our retail stores, is primarily at the store level.

To assess the fair value of goodwill, we have historically utilized both an income approach and a market approach. Inputs used to calculate the fair value based on the income approach primarily include estimated future cash flows, discounted at a rate that approximates the cost of capital of a market participant. Inputs used to calculate the fair value based on the market approach include identifying sales and EBITDA multiples based on guidelines for similar publicly traded companies and recent transactions.

To assess the fair value of trademarks, we utilize a relief from royalty approach. Inputs used to calculate the fair value of the trademarks primarily include future sales projections, discounted at a rate that approximates the cost of capital of a market participant, and an estimated royalty rate.