v3.26.1
Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

The provision (benefit) for income taxes consisted of the following:

 

Fiscal Year

 

(in thousands)

2025

 

 

 

2024

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

$

1,660

 

 

 

$

103

 

State

 

882

 

 

 

 

508

 

Foreign

 

37

 

 

 

 

29

 

Total current

 

2,579

 

 

 

 

640

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

 

 

 

(1,854

)

State

 

5

 

 

 

 

(2,428

)

Foreign

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deferred

 

5

 

 

 

 

(4,282

)

Total provision (benefit) for income taxes

$

2,584

 

 

 

$

(3,642

)

Schedule of Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rate

In fiscal 2025, the Company adopted ASU 2023-09 on a prospective basis. A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes to the amount computed by applying the 21% statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to income (loss) before income taxes and equity in net income of equity method investment after the adoption of ASU 2023-09 is as follows:

 

 

Fiscal Year
2025

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

Percent

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in net income of equity method investment

$

7,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Federal Statutory Tax Rate

 

1,548

 

 

 

21.0

%

State & Local Income Taxes, Net of Federal Income Tax Effect*

 

702

 

 

 

9.5

%

Foreign Tax Effects

 

31

 

 

 

0.5

%

Effect of Changes in Tax Laws or Rates Enacted in the Current Period

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Effect of Cross-Border Tax Laws

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Tax Credits

 

(37

)

 

 

(0.5

)%

Changes in Valuation Allowances

 

1,113

 

 

 

15.1

%

Nontaxable or Nondeductible Items:

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Retention Credit

 

(1,179

)

 

 

(16.0

)%

Other Nontaxable or Nondeductible Items

 

72

 

 

 

1.0

%

Changes in Unrecognized Tax Benefits

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Other Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

ABG Vince Equity Method Income

 

334

 

 

 

4.5

%

Total

$

2,584

 

 

 

35.1

%

* State Taxes in California made up the majority (greater than 50 percent) of the tax effect in this category.

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective tax rate prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09 is as follows:

 

 

Fiscal Year

 

 

2024

 

Statutory federal rate

 

21.0

%

State taxes, net of federal benefit

 

(80.4

)%

NOL Adjustments

 

(267.3

)%

Sale of Rebecca Taylor

 

40.7

%

Release of uncertain tax provision

 

2.2

%

Cancellation of Debt Income

 

(6.1

)%

Deferred Adjustments

 

(2.9

)%

Valuation allowance

 

310.2

%

Return to provision adjustment

 

(1.1

)%

Transaction Costs

 

(0.6

)%

Non-deductible Officers Compensation

 

0.0

%

Rate Differential on Foreign Income

 

0.0

%

Other

 

(0.1

)%

Total

 

15.6

%

 

Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following:

 

January 31,

 

 

February 1,

 

(in thousands)

2026

 

 

2025

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

$

1,552

 

 

$

2,221

 

Employee related costs

 

1,982

 

 

 

1,495

 

Allowance for asset valuations

 

3,785

 

 

 

1,670

 

Accrued expenses

 

427

 

 

 

213

 

Lease liability

 

27,152

 

 

 

27,140

 

Net operating losses

 

44,303

 

 

 

44,450

 

Tax credits

 

92

 

 

 

92

 

Interest expense

 

3,778

 

 

 

5,110

 

Other

 

310

 

 

 

322

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

83,381

 

 

 

82,713

 

Less: valuation allowances

 

(54,521

)

 

 

(53,394

)

Net deferred tax assets

 

28,860

 

 

 

29,319

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

ROU assets

 

(23,905

)

 

 

(23,869

)

Equity method investment

 

(5,591

)

 

 

(6,081

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

(29,496

)

 

 

(29,950

)

Net deferred tax (liability) asset

$

(636

)

 

$

(631

)

Included in:

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax asset

$

 

 

$

 

Deferred income tax liability

 

(636

)

 

 

(631

)

Net deferred tax liability

$

(636

)

 

$

(631

)

 

Schedule of Cash Income Taxes Paid (Net of Refunds)

Cash income taxes paid (net of refunds) by jurisdiction are as follows:

 

 

Fiscal Year

 

 

2025

 

Federal

$

913

 

State & Local

 

 

California

 

796

 

Illinois

 

(127

)

All Other State & Local

 

210

 

Foreign

 

 

France

 

24

 

Cash income taxes paid, net of amounts refunded

$

1,816

 

Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Interest and Penalties

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows:

 

 

Fiscal Year

 

(in thousands)

2025

 

 

2024

 

Beginning balance

$

 

 

$

556

 

Decreases for tax positions in prior years

 

 

 

 

(556

)

Ending balance

$

 

 

$