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Note 4 - Major Customers and Concentrations
12 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
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Note 4 Major Customers and Concentrations

 

Product Sourcing: Foreign and domestic contract manufacturers produce most of the Company’s products, with the largest concentration being in China. The Company makes sourcing decisions on the basis of quality, timeliness of delivery and price, including the impact of ocean freight and duties. Although the Company maintains relationships with a limited number of suppliers, the Company believes that its products  may be readily manufactured by several alternative sources in quantities sufficient to meet the Company’s requirements.

 

For the year ended March 29, 2026, purchases from the Company’s two largest suppliers accounted for approximately 16% and 10% of purchases. To mitigate the risks associated with supplier concentration, the Company engages in ongoing efforts to identify alternative sources of supply, assess supplier reliability and performance, and negotiate favorable contractual terms where feasible. However, there is no assurance that the Company will be successful in reducing its dependence on any single supplier or mitigating the impact of supplier-related risks in the future.

 

The Company maintains foreign representative offices located in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China, which are responsible for the coordination of production, purchases and shipments, seeking out new vendors and overseeing inspections for social compliance and quality. The Company’s management and quality assurance personnel visit the third-party facilities regularly to monitor and audit product quality and to ensure compliance with labor requirements and social and environmental standards. In addition, the Company closely monitors the currency exchange rate. The impact of future fluctuations in the exchange rate or changes in safeguards cannot be predicted with certainty.

 

The U.S. government has tariffs on imports from certain countries, including China. During 2025, the U.S. government increased tariffs which increased the cost of the products the Company sources from China and affected shipments from the Company’s Chinese-based suppliers. Certain of these tariffs, the IEEPA tariffs, were recently deemed illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued on February 20, 2026. The Company incurred approximately $5.3 million and $267 thousand of IEEPA tariffs during fiscal year 2026 and 2025, respectively. In April 2026, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (“CAPE”), a platform for importers of record to submit IEEPA tariff refund requests. The Company has evaluated its eligibility to submit IEEPA tariff refund requests, is complying with all applicable refund procedures and has submitted its eligible entries. The Company continues to evaluate the impact of the tariffs, and their potential refunds, on imports from China and on the Company’s business and financial condition. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded a receivable as of March 29, 2026. The Company will continue to monitor developments and will recognize any recovery when realization becomes probable. As of June 17, 2026, the Company has received $0.2 million in IEEPA refunds.

 

The ultimate availability, timing and amount of any potential refunds of such tariffs are highly uncertain and are subject to further legal, regulatory and administrative developments. We continue to monitor these developments and the evolving tariff environment.

 

Licensed Products: Certain products are manufactured and sold pursuant to licensing agreements for trademarks. Also, many of the designs used by the Company are copyrighted by other parties, including trademark licensors, and are available to the Company through copyright license agreements. The licensing agreements are generally for an initial term of one to three years and may or may not be subject to renewal or extension. Sales of licensed products represented 52% and 50% of the Company’s gross sales in fiscal years 2026 and 2025, respectively, which included 23% and 21% of gross sales in fiscal years 2026 and 2025, respectively, under the Company’s license agreements with affiliated companies of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”). The Company’s license agreement with Disney expires December 31, 2027 and covers infant and toddler bedding, diaper bags, infant feeding and bath in the United States and Canada, and bibs and disposable products in the United States, Canada and Japan.

 

Customers: The Company’s customers consist principally of mass merchants, large chain stores, mid-tier retailers, juvenile specialty stores, value channel stores, grocery and drug stores, restaurants, internet accounts and wholesale clubs. The Company does not enter into long-term or other purchase agreements with its customers. The table below sets forth those customers that represented more than 10% of the Company’s gross sales during the fiscal years ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025.

 

  

2026

  

2025

 

Walmart Inc.

  40%  47%

Amazon.com, Inc.

  17%  19%