Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	6 Months Ended
Aug. 02, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	Basis of Presentation These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes for Fiscal 2025, which are contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 26, 2025. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes contained in this report are unaudited but reflect all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods of the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026 ("Fiscal 2026") and of the fiscal year ended February 1, 2025 ("Fiscal 2025"), both of which are 52-week years. All subsidiaries are consolidated in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related Notes have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of February 1, 2025 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date.
Nature of Operations	Nature of Operations Genesco Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively the "Company", "Genesco," "we", "our", or "us") business includes the sourcing and design, marketing and distribution of footwear, apparel and accessories through retail stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada primarily under the Journeys®, Journeys Kidz®, Little Burgundy® and Johnston & Murphy® banners and under the Schuh® banner in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) and the Republic of Ireland (“ROI”); through e-commerce websites including the following: journeys.com, journeyskidz.com, journeys.ca, littleburgundyshoes.com, schuh.co.uk, schuh.ie, schuh.eu, johnstonmurphy.com and nashvilleshoewarehouse.com as well as catalogs. We also source, design, market and distribute footwear, apparel and accessories at wholesale, primarily under our Johnston & Murphy brand, the licensed Levi's® brand, the licensed Dockers® brand and other brands that we license for footwear. At August 2, 2025, we operated 1,253 retail stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, the U.K. and the ROI. During the three and six months ended August 2, 2025 and August 3, 2024, we operated four reportable business segments (not including corporate): (i) Journeys Group, comprised of the Journeys, Journeys Kidz and Little Burgundy retail footwear chains and e-commerce operations; (ii) Schuh Group, comprised of the Schuh retail footwear chain and e-commerce operations; (iii) Johnston & Murphy Group, comprised of Johnston & Murphy retail operations, e-commerce operations and wholesale distribution of products under the Johnston & Murphy brand; and (iv) Genesco Brands Group, comprised of the licensed Dockers and Levi's brands, as well as other brands we license for footwear. Our license with Levi's expires in the spring of 2026 and we are in the process of exiting that business during Fiscal 2026. During the second quarter of Fiscal 2026, we signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Kontoor Brands, Inc. to design, source, market and distribute men's, women's and children's footwear under the Wrangler® brand ("Wrangler"). We expect to launch the first Wrangler footwear collection under the licensing agreement in the Fall of 2026.
Selling and Administrative Expenses	Selling and Administrative Expenses Wholesale costs of distribution are included in selling and administrative expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in the amount of $2.6 million for each of the second quarters of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025 and $5.3 million and $5.0 million for the first six months of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively. Retail occupancy costs recorded in selling and administrative expenses were $73.0 million and $73.5 million for the second quarters of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively, and $146.4 million and $149.0 million for the first six months of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively.
Advertising Costs	Advertising Costs Advertising costs were $30.8 million and $27.7 million for the second quarters of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively, and $55.0 million and $51.4 million for the first six months of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively.
Vendor Allowances	Vendor Allowances Vendor reimbursements of cooperative advertising costs recognized as a reduction of selling and administrative expenses were $3.6 million and $2.7 million for the second quarters of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively, and $7.2 million and $4.6 million for the first six months of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively. During the first six months of each of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, our cooperative advertising reimbursements received were not in excess of the costs incurred.
New Accounting Pronouncements	New Accounting Pronouncements We continuously monitor and review all current accounting pronouncements and standards from the Financial Accounting Standards Board of U.S. GAAP for applicability to our operations and financial reporting. As of August 2, 2025, there were no other new pronouncements or interpretations, other than those disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2025, that had or were expected to have a significant impact on our financial reporting.
Recent Tax Legislation	Recent Tax Legislation On July 4, 2025, H.R. 1, a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, informally known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA"), which includes several measures affecting corporations and other business entities, was signed into law. Among these measures, the OBBBA modifies and permanently extends certain expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), including the restoration of 100% bonus depreciation, which was scheduled to phase out in 2027 under the TCJA. The OBBBA also permits immediate expensing of research and development expenditures previously capitalized under the TCJA and modifies various components of the international tax framework. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with some provisions taking effect in 2025 and others phased in through 2027. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, “Income Taxes,” we have recognized the effects of the OBBBA during the second quarter of Fiscal 2026 for the provisions currently enacted. For the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, we anticipate a material decrease in our U.S. jurisdiction to both the current tax liability and the effective income tax rate as a result of the enactment of income tax law changes under the OBBBA and their interaction with our valuation allowance in the U.S. jurisdiction. Including the impact of the OBBBA tax law changes, we recorded an effective income tax rate of 13.2% in the first six months of Fiscal 2026 compared to an effective income tax rate of 28.5% in the first quarter of Fiscal 2026 before the enactment of the OBBBA. The reduction in the effective income tax rate for the first six months of Fiscal 2026 resulted in a (15.0%) effective income tax rate in the second quarter of Fiscal 2026 as we reversed a portion of the income tax benefit that was recorded in the first quarter of Fiscal 2026.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Aug. 02, 2025

These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes for Fiscal 2025, which are contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 26, 2025. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes contained in this report are unaudited but reflect all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods of the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026 ("Fiscal 2026") and of the fiscal year ended February 1, 2025 ("Fiscal 2025"), both of which are 52-week years. All subsidiaries are consolidated in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related Notes have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of February 1, 2025 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date.

Nature of Operations

Genesco Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively the "Company", "Genesco," "we", "our", or "us") business includes the sourcing and design, marketing and distribution of footwear, apparel and accessories through retail stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada primarily under the Journeys®, Journeys Kidz®, Little Burgundy® and Johnston & Murphy® banners and under the Schuh® banner in the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) and the Republic of Ireland (“ROI”); through e-commerce websites including the following: journeys.com, journeyskidz.com, journeys.ca, littleburgundyshoes.com, schuh.co.uk, schuh.ie, schuh.eu, johnstonmurphy.com and nashvilleshoewarehouse.com as well as catalogs. We also source, design, market and distribute footwear, apparel and accessories at wholesale, primarily under our Johnston & Murphy brand, the licensed Levi's® brand, the licensed Dockers® brand and other brands that we license for footwear. At August 2, 2025, we operated 1,253 retail stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, the U.K. and the ROI.

During the three and six months ended August 2, 2025 and August 3, 2024, we operated four reportable business segments (not including corporate): (i) Journeys Group, comprised of the Journeys, Journeys Kidz and Little Burgundy retail footwear chains and e-commerce operations; (ii) Schuh Group, comprised of the Schuh retail footwear chain and e-commerce operations; (iii) Johnston & Murphy Group, comprised of Johnston & Murphy retail operations, e-commerce operations and wholesale distribution of products under the Johnston & Murphy brand; and (iv) Genesco Brands Group, comprised of the licensed Dockers and Levi's brands, as well as other brands we license for footwear. Our license with Levi's expires in the spring of 2026 and we are in the process of exiting that business during Fiscal 2026.

During the second quarter of Fiscal 2026, we signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Kontoor Brands, Inc. to design, source, market and distribute men's, women's and children's footwear under the Wrangler® brand ("Wrangler"). We expect to launch the first Wrangler footwear collection under the licensing agreement in the Fall of 2026.

Selling and Administrative Expenses

Wholesale costs of distribution are included in selling and administrative expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in the amount of $2.6 million for each of the second quarters of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025 and $5.3 million and $5.0 million for the first six months of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively.

Retail occupancy costs recorded in selling and administrative expenses were $73.0 million and $73.5 million for the second quarters of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively, and $146.4 million and $149.0 million for the first six months of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively.

Advertising Costs

Advertising costs were $30.8 million and $27.7 million for the second quarters of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively, and $55.0 million and $51.4 million for the first six months of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively.

Vendor Allowances

Vendor reimbursements of cooperative advertising costs recognized as a reduction of selling and administrative expenses were $3.6 million and $2.7 million for the second quarters of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively, and $7.2 million and $4.6 million for the first six months of

Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, respectively. During the first six months of each of Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2025, our cooperative advertising reimbursements received were not in excess of the costs incurred.

New Accounting Pronouncements

We continuously monitor and review all current accounting pronouncements and standards from the Financial Accounting Standards Board of U.S. GAAP for applicability to our operations and financial reporting. As of August 2, 2025, there were no other new pronouncements or interpretations, other than those disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2025, that had or were expected to have a significant impact on our financial reporting.

Recent Tax Legislation

On July 4, 2025, H.R. 1, a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, informally known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA"), which includes several measures affecting corporations and other business entities, was signed into law. Among these measures, the OBBBA modifies and permanently extends certain expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), including the restoration of 100% bonus depreciation, which was scheduled to phase out in 2027 under the TCJA. The OBBBA also permits immediate expensing of research and development expenditures previously capitalized under the TCJA and modifies various components of the international tax framework. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with some provisions taking effect in 2025 and others phased in through 2027. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, “Income Taxes,” we have recognized the effects of the OBBBA during the second quarter of Fiscal 2026 for the provisions currently enacted. For the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, we anticipate a material decrease in our U.S. jurisdiction to both the current tax liability and the effective income tax rate as a result of the enactment of income tax law changes under the OBBBA and their interaction with our valuation allowance in the U.S. jurisdiction. Including the impact of the OBBBA tax law changes, we recorded an effective income tax rate of 13.2% in the first six months of Fiscal 2026 compared to an effective income tax rate of 28.5% in the first quarter of Fiscal 2026 before the enactment of the OBBBA. The reduction in the effective income tax rate for the first six months of Fiscal 2026 resulted in a (15.0%) effective income tax rate in the second quarter of Fiscal 2026 as we reversed a portion of the income tax benefit that was recorded in the first quarter of Fiscal 2026.

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Disclosure of accounting policy for income taxes, which may include its accounting policies for recognizing and measuring deferred tax assets and liabilities and related valuation allowances, recognizing investment tax credits, operating loss carryforwards, tax credit carryforwards, and other carryforwards, methodologies for determining its effective income tax rate and the characterization of interest and penalties in the financial statements.

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