Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 1 - Organization and Nature of Business

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Note 1 - Organization and Nature of Business
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
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Organization and Nature of Business

 

Organization. Founded in 1932 and incorporated in Delaware in 1989, Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ethan Allen Global, Inc., and Ethan Allen Global, Inc.’s subsidiaries (collectively, “we,” “us,” “our,” “Ethan Allen” or the “Company”), is a leading interior design company, manufacturer and retailer in the home furnishings marketplace.

 

Nature of Business. We are a global luxury home fashion brand that is vertically integrated from design through delivery, which offers our customers stylish product offerings, artisanal quality, and personalized service. We provide complimentary interior design service to our clients and sell a full range of home furnishings through a retail network of approximately 300 design centers in the United States and abroad as well as online at ethanallen.com.

 

Ethan Allen design centers represent a mix of locations operated by independent licensees and Company-operated locations. As of June 30, 2021, the Company operates 141 retail design centers with 136 located in the United States and five in Canada. Our 161 independently operated design centers are located in the United States, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. We also own and operate nine manufacturing facilities in the United States, Mexico and Honduras, including one sawmill, one rough mill and a lumberyard. Approximately 75% of our products are manufactured or assembled in these North American facilities. We also contract with various suppliers located in Europe, Asia, and various other countries that produce products that support our business.

 

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Upon our Financial Condition and Results of Operations. We have seen a significant improvement in business conditions, which has contributed to our increased profitability and strong positive cash flow during fiscal 2021. All our design centers that were temporarily closed have reopened and written orders taken at both the retail and wholesale segments exceeded levels from a year ago. Tempering these improvements are the continuing logistical challenges that we, as well as the entire home furnishings industry, have faced resulting from COVID-19 related labor shortages and supply chain disruptions creating significant delays in order fulfillment and increasing backlogs. We continue to focus on inventory and supply chain management as we balance the need to maintain supply chain flexibility to help ensure competitive lead times with the risk of inventory shortage and obsolescence. The receipt of inventory and raw materials imported from certain areas has been slowed or disrupted. In addition, ocean freight capacity issues continue to persist worldwide due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in price increases per shipping container. While we continue to manage and evaluate our logistics providers, there is no indication that ocean freight container rates will return to pre-COVID-19 levels in the near-term.

 

Although we continue to actively manage the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to predict the impact COVID-19 will have on our financial operations in the near- and long-term. We also continue to manage our global supply chain and manufacturing operations, which may continue to be adversely impacted with respect to availability and pricing based on uncontrollable factors. The timing of any future actions in response to COVID-19 is dependent on the mitigation of the spread of the virus, status of government orders, directives and guidelines, recovery of the business environment, economic conditions, and consumer demand for our products.