1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Organization Caleres, Inc., originally founded as Brown Shoe Company in 1878 and incorporated in 1913, is a global footwear company. The Company’s shares are traded under the “CAL” symbol on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company provides a broad offering of licensed, branded and private-label athletic, casual and dress footwear products to women, men and children. The footwear is sold at a variety of price points through multiple distribution channels both domestically and internationally. The Company currently operates 980 retail shoe stores in the United States, Canada, China and Guam under the Famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Naturalizer and Allen Edmonds names. In addition, through its Brand Portfolio segment, the Company designs, sources, manufactures and markets footwear to retail stores domestically and internationally, including online retailers, national chains, department stores, mass merchandisers and independent retailers. Refer to Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the Company’s revenue by category and Note 7 for discussion of the Company’s business segments. The Company’s business is seasonal in nature due to consumer spending patterns with higher back-to-school and holiday season sales. Although the third fiscal quarter has historically accounted for a substantial portion of the Company’s earnings for the year, the Company is beginning to experience more equal distribution among the quarters. Certain prior period amounts in the notes to the consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications did not affect net earnings (loss) attributable to Caleres, Inc. Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries, after the elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions. Noncontrolling Interests Noncontrolling interests in the Company’s consolidated financial statements result from the accounting for noncontrolling interests in partially-owned consolidated subsidiaries or affiliates. During 2019, the Company entered into a joint venture with Brand Investment Holding Limited ("Brand Investment Holding"), a member of the Gemkell Group, to sell branded footwear in China, including Sam Edelman, Naturalizer and other brands. The Company and Brand Investment Holding are each 50% owners of the joint venture, which is named CLT Brand Solutions ("CLT"). During 2020, CLT was funded with $3.0 million in capital contributions, including $1.5 million from the Company and $1.5 million from Brand Investment Holding. In 2019, CLT was funded with $5.0 million in capital contributions, including $2.5 million from the Company and $2.5 million from Brand Investment Holding. Net sales and operating earnings of CLT were $17.5 million and $1.2 million, respectively, in 2021. Net sales and operating earnings were immaterial in both 2020 and 2019. The Company had a joint venture agreement with a subsidiary of C. banner International Holdings Limited (“CBI”) to market Naturalizer footwear in China. The Company was a 51% owner of the joint venture (“B&H Footwear”), with CBI owning the other 49%. The license enabling the joint venture to market the footwear expired in August 2017 and the parties are in the process of dissolving their joint venture arrangements. The Company consolidates CLT and B&H Footwear into its consolidated financial statements. Net earnings (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests represents the share of net earnings or losses that are attributable to Brand Investment Holding and CBI. Transactions between the Company and the joint ventures have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. Accounting Period The Company’s fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending the Saturday nearest to January 31. Fiscal years 2021, 202
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