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Restructuring

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Restructuring
9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2016
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
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On January 20, 2014, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved management’s plan to restructure the Company’s operations, and enter into a key business partnership with The Emerson Group, a premier sales and marketing company located in Wayne, Pennsylvania. As part of this change, the Company outsourced to Emerson certain sales and administrative functions effective February 1, 2014. In addition, warehousing and shipping was outsourced to Ozburn-Hessey Logistics "OHL", one of the largest integrated global supply chain management companies in the United States. The Company’s inventory was moved to an OHL-managed facility in Indianapolis, Indiana and shipping commenced from there as of the week of February 3, 2014. A key benefit of the outsourcing move is that it shifted a substantial portion of the Company’s current fixed costs into a variable cost structure moving forward which can ultimately help keep expenses in better alignment with any future revenue generated by its brands. As a result of the outsourcing, the Company reduced its work force. The Company's workforce as of August 31, 2016 has been reduced to 13 employees. As of August 31, 2016, there were unpaid severance costs of $1,012,462 which is recorded as an accrued expense on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. As of November 30, 2015, accrued restructuring costs were $1,676,781.
 

The Company made payments of $152,210 and $664,319, respectively for the three and nine month periods ending August 31, 2016 related to the termination of employees pursuant to its restructuring plan. The unpaid balance will be paid out during the balance of fiscal 2016 and the first and second quarters of fiscal 2017.
In April 2015, the Company moved from its facility at 200 Murray Hill Parkway, East Rutherford, New Jersey to a new facility at 65 Challenger Road, Suite 340, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. The East Rutherford facility consisted of warehouses and offices totaling approximately 81,000 square feet of space. As a result of the outsourcing to the Emerson Group, the Company had not been using the warehouse space since December 2014. The facility at Ridgefield Park is located in an office building and consists of 7,414 square feet of office and allocated common space with an annual rental cost of $159,401 per year. In addition, the Company pays an electric charge of $1.75 per square foot per year. The lease is for five years and four months, commencing April 10, 2015, and contains a provision for four months of rent at no charge. In June 2015, the Company sub-let the East Rutherford facility. The terms of the sublet is for a monthly rent of $36,963 plus all common charges and utilities for a term of six years and ten and a half months, expiring in May 2022. The sub-lease provides for annual increases of 2% per year. The Company was leasing the East Rutherford facility for $41,931 per month, with annual increases equal to the change in the consumer price index. The lease expires in May 2022. The Company recorded an expense of $407,094 in the nine months ended August 31, 2015 as a restructuring charge as an estimate for the difference between the rent that the Company pays its landlord and the rent received from the sub-tenant over the term of the sub-lease. In addition, the Company recorded a restructuring expense of $155,245 during the same period for a commission to be paid to the real estate agent who negotiated the sub-lease.
The Company also wrote off $714,138 of leasehold improvements for the East Rutherford facility, $128,943 of furniture and fixtures no longer needed, and $56,897 related to the termination of employees, each recorded as a restructuring expense in the nine months ended August 31, 2015. For the nine months ended August 31, 2015, total restructuring charges for the Company was $1,467,835.