GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

4. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill by reporting segment of the Company consisted of the following:

	March 2013		September 2012
Wholesale Segment	$	4,436,950	$	4,436,950
Retail Segment	1,912,877		1,912,877
	$	6,349,827	$	6,349,827

Other intangible assets of the Company consisted of the following:

	March 2013		September 2012
Trademarks and tradenames	$	3,373,269	$	3,373,269
Non-competition agreement (less accumulated amortization of $0.2 million at March 2013 and $0.1 million at September 2012)	316,668		366,667
Customer relationships (less accumulated amortization of $0.8 million and $0.7 million at March 2013 and September 2012, respectively)	1,313,541		1,446,042
	$	5,003,478	$	5,185,978

Goodwill, trademarks and tradenames are considered to have indefinite useful lives and therefore no amortization has been taken on these assets. At March 2013, identifiable intangible assets considered to have finite lives were represented by customer relationships and the value of a non-competition agreement acquired as part of acquisitions. The customer relationships are being amortized over eight years and the value of the non-competition agreement is being amortized over five years. These intangible assets are evaluated for accelerated attrition or amortization adjustments if warranted. Amortization expense related to these assets was $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and six month periods ended March 2013, respectively, and $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and six month periods ended March 2012, respectively.

Estimated future amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets with finite lives is as follows at March 2013:

Customer relationships	March 2013
Fiscal 2013 (1)	$	182,500
Fiscal 2014	365,000
Fiscal 2015	365,000
Fiscal 2016	331,667
Fiscal 2017	265,000
Thereafter	121,042
	$	1,630,209

(1) Represents amortization for the remaining six months of Fiscal 2013.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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