June 25, 2014
VIA EDGAR AND FEDERAL EXPRESS
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Tia L. Jenkins, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
Re: | G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. | |
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2013 | ||
Filed April 12, 2013 | ||
File No. 000-18183 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The following additional information is being supplied in response to a phone conversation on June 20, 2014 between James Giugliano and Rufus Decker of the Staff and me in order to help clarify your understanding of our organizational structure.
“Appendix 2: G III Organizational Chart,” submitted as part of our letter to the Staff, dated May 12, 2014 (the “May letter”), refers to group managers for various groups in our company. In the Group GIII Core section, four managers were listed. There are two additional managers for G III Core who were omitted and are added to the revised section for that Group set forth below. For further clarification, the product lines supervised by each group manager are set forth as well:
Manager | Product Lines | |
Wayne S. Miller | Sports Licensing | |
Deborah Gaertner |
Nine West Children Outerwear Wilsons Private Label Women and Men Colebrook | |
Ron Finestone |
Dockers Levi’s Tommy Men | |
Brian Moorstein |
Jones Women Kenneth Cole Women and Men | |
Robert Fylypowycz |
Cole Haan Women and Men | |
Karl McErlean | G-III China |
All group managers report directly to the CEO who is also the CODM. For certain larger product lines, there are sub-managers who report to the group manager. The sub-managers are generally the head sales person for the product line.
Regarding your question about segment managers, the retail operations segment has a group manager as it is comprised of Group Wilsons listed in Appendix 2. The licensed and non-licensed product segments do not have separately identified group managers as their product lines are spread over a number of our Groups. As previously indicated in the May letter, Groups are organizational entities that do not necessarily follow the Company’s segment structure and have evolved as a result of the Company’s historic growth pattern.
Lastly, Vilebrequin should not be listed in Appendix 2 under the retail operations segment. It is part of the non-licensed product segment.
The Company confirms that:
· | the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; |
· | Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and |
· | the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
If any member of the Staff has questions regarding the foregoing, please do not hesitate to call or e-mail Neal S. Nackman at (212) 403-0654 or nealn@g-iii.com.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Neal S. Nackman | |
Neal S. Nackman | |
Chief Financial Officer |
cc: | James Giugliano, Securities and Exchange Commission |
Angela Halac, Securities and Exchange Commission
Neil Gold, Esq., Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Manuel G. Rivera, Esq., Fulbright & Jaworski LLP