SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Nature of Operations
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (the “Company”) is a leading designer, marketer and licensor of a broad range of quality casual footwear and apparel; performance outdoor and athletic footwear and apparel; kids’ footwear; industrial work shoes, boots and apparel; and uniform shoes and boots. The Company’s portfolio of owned and licensed brands includes: Bates ® , Cat ® , Chaco ® , Harley-Davidson ® , Hush Puppies ® , Hytest ® , Keds ® , Merrell ® , Saucony ® , Sperry ® , Stride Rite ® , Sweaty Betty ® and Wolverine ® . The Company’s products are marketed worldwide through owned operations, through licensing and distribution arrangements with third parties, and through joint ventures. The Company also operates retail stores and eCommerce sites to market both its own brands and branded footwear and apparel from other manufacturers, and has a leathers division that markets Wolverine Performance Leathers™ .
On August 2, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of Lady of Leisure InvestCo Limited (the “Acquired Company”) for $417.4 million, which is net of acquired cash of $7.4 million. The Acquired Company owns the Sweaty Betty ® brand and activewear business, a premium women’s activewear brand. See Note 19 for further discussion.
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The COVID-19 pandemic, the duration and severity of which is subject to uncertainty, has had and continues to have, an impact on the Company's business. Management's estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP take into account both current and expected potential future impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business based on available information. Actual results may differ materially from management’s estimates.
Fiscal Year
The Company’s fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period that ends on the Saturday nearest to December 31. Fiscal years 2021 and 2019 each had 52 weeks, and fiscal year 2020 had 53 weeks.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers . Revenue is recognized upon the transfer of promised goods or services to customers, in an amount that reflects the expected consideration to be received in exchange for those goods or services. The Company identifies the performance obligation in the contract, determines the transaction price, allocates the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognizes revenue upon completion of the performance obligation.
Control of the Company's goods and services, and associated revenue, are transferred to customers at a point in time. The Company’s contract revenue consist of wholesale revenue and consumer-direct revenue. Wholesale revenue is recognized for products sourced by the Company when control transfers to the customer generally occurring upon the shipment or delivery of branded products to the customer. Consumer-direct includes eCommerce revenue that is recognized for products sourced by the Company when control transfers to the customer once the related goods have been shipped and retail store revenue is recognized at time of sale. The shipment of goods, or point of purchase for retail store sales, was evaluated to best represent when control tr
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