−Removed: as described below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed
−Removed: with the SEC on March 11, 2021 as amended by Form 10-K/A filed on May 10, 2021.The disclosure of risks identified below does not imply
−Removed: that the risk has not already materialized.
−Removed: Lack of availability and quality of raw
−Removed: materials, labor, and shipping services, or increases in the cost of such inputs, could cause and has caused delays that could result
−Removed: in our inability to provide goods to our customers or could increase our costs, either of which could decrease our earnings.
−Removed: In manufacturing products,
−Removed: we use various commodity components, such as polyurethane foam, oil, our spring units, ingredients for our Hyper-Elastic Polymer material,
−Removed: our water-based adhesive and other raw materials.
−Removed: Because we are dependent on outside suppliers for our raw materials, lack of availability,
−Removed: and quality could have a negative effect on our cost of sales and our ability to meet our customers’ demands.
−Removed: Competitive and marketing
−Removed: pressures may prevent us from passing along price increases to our customers, and the inability to meet our customers’ demands could
−Removed: cause us to lose sales.
−Removed: Some components, such as foam
−Removed: and spring units, are widely used in our industry.
−Removed: Shortages in such components, due to any reason including increase in demand, weather
−Removed: events, supply chain difficulties within the supplier or otherwise, could adversely affect our production capacity and financial results.
−Removed: If we were unable to obtain raw materials and components from suppliers, we would have to find replacement suppliers.
−Removed: Any new arrangements
−Removed: for raw materials and components might not be on favorable terms, if we are able to enter into new arrangements at all.
−Removed: If a supplier
−Removed: for a component failed to supply such component in required amounts this could significantly interrupt production and increase costs.
−Removed: Even if we are able to obtain
−Removed: raw materials and other production inputs in a timely manner, supply chain constraints, inflation, and other factors may increase the
−Removed: costs of shipping, raw materials, labor, and other production and operational resources.
−Removed: We have experienced and expect to continue to
−Removed: experience increases in the cost of core materials and labor needed to manufacture our products.
−Removed: Such cost increases could adversely impact
−Removed: our production capacity and efficiency and reduce our gross margins and earnings.
−Removed: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including measures taken in response
−Removed: by governments and businesses worldwide to contain its spread, and general economic conditions have adversely impacted and are expected
−Removed: to continue to adversely impact global supply chain, manufacturing, and logistics operations.
−Removed: Shipping and freight costs and delays have
−Removed: also been increasing as port closures, port congestion, and shipping container and ship shortages have increased over the last several
−Removed: To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic and other events result in continuation or worsening of manufacturing and shipping delays
−Removed: and constraints, our suppliers of raw materials and other components may have difficulty obtaining and providing the materials we require
−Removed: to manufacture our products or may increase the costs of such materials, which could adversely affect our earnings and our ability to
−Removed: acquire and maintain adequate inventory and meet demand for our products.
−Removed: Any significant delay or interruption in our supply chain, or
−Removed: our inability to obtain substitute components or materials from alternate sources at acceptable prices in a timely manner, could impair
−Removed: our ability to meet the demand of our customers and could harm our business.
−Removed: Our future growth and profitability depend,
−Removed: in part, upon our ability to achieve and maintain sufficient production capacity to meet customer demands.
−Removed: We manufacture our mattresses
−Removed: using our proprietary and patented Mattress Max machinery to make our Hyper-Elastic Polymer cushioning material.
−Removed: Because these
−Removed: machines are proprietary and we do not yet have a long history of their maintenance needs, we may not be able to sufficiently maintain
−Removed: them for operation at full capacity or at all when needed.
−Removed: We have experienced unexpected maintenance issues following a shutdown of these
−Removed: machines that took longer to bring them up to full operating capacity then what we expected.
−Removed: Also, because of the unique features of our
−Removed: Mattress Max machines, and due to continuing improvements to these machines, new machines are not readily available and must be constructed
−Removed: which takes time.
−Removed: We also have experienced inefficiencies in sourcing of materials and production of finished products.
−Removed: We have taken
−Removed: steps to improve our processes and capabilities, but if we are unable to maintain our improvements and continue our improvement initiatives
−Removed: to increase efficiencies, we may not be able to keep up with demand which would harm our business.
−Removed: If we are unable to construct new Mattress
−Removed: Max machines and implement them into our production process in a timely manner, if our existing Mattress Max machines are unable to function
−Removed: at the desired capacity, or if we are unable to develop replacements for the existing Mattress Max machines if such replacements should
−Removed: become necessary, our production capacity may be constrained and our ability to respond to customer demand may be adversely impacted.
−Removed: We manufacture mattresses and other products using components provided by third-party suppliers.
−Removed: If those third-party suppliers are unable
−Removed: to provide us with such components or if our assembly capacity is insufficient, our ability to respond to customer demand may be adversely
−Removed: This would negatively impact our ability to grow our business and achieve profitability.
−Removed: Disruption of operations in our manufacturing
−Removed: facilities, including as a result of, among other things, workplace injuries, pandemics or natural disasters, has and could increase our
−Removed: costs of doing business or lead to delays in shipping our products and could materially adversely affect our operating results and our
−Removed: ability to grow our business.
−Removed: We have three manufacturing
−Removed: plants, which are located in Alpine, Utah, Grantsville, Utah, and McDonough, Georgia.
−Removed: We began operations on March 3, 2021 in McDonough,
−Removed: In the future we may also enter into leases for additional manufacturing plants.
−Removed: The disruption of operations
−Removed: of our manufacturing facilities for a significant period of time, or even permanently, or disruptions to the planned further build-out
−Removed: of the Georgia facility such as through a closure related to the COVID-19 pandemic or the loss of a lease, may increase our costs of doing
−Removed: business and lead to delays in manufacturing and shipping our products to customers and could materially and adversely affect our operating
−Removed: results and our ability to grow our business.
−Removed: In addition, the occurrence of workplace injuries or other industrial accidents at one or
−Removed: more of our manufacturing plants has required, and may require in the future, that we suspend production or modify our operations, which
−Removed: could lead to delays in manufacturing and shipping our products to customers.
−Removed: Likewise, acts of workplace violence may require us to temporarily
−Removed: suspend production or modify our operations.
−Removed: Such delays could adversely affect our sales, customer satisfaction, profitability, cash
−Removed: flows, liquidity and financial condition.
−Removed: Because two of our currently operating manufacturing plants are located within the same geographic
−Removed: region, regional economic downturns, natural disasters, closures due to COVID-19, the unavailability of utilities as a result of climate
−Removed: events or otherwise, or other issues could potentially disrupt a significant portion of our manufacturing and other operating activities,
−Removed: which could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Our Utah facilities are near earthquake fault lines and our Georgia facility is located in
−Removed: an area that may be subject to hurricanes;
−Removed: such natural disasters in these areas could disrupt manufacturing and other operating activities,
−Removed: which could adversely affect our business.
−Removed: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and responses
−Removed: thereto have adversely affected and may continue to adversely affect aspects of our business, including, among other things, our supply
−Removed: chain, workforce, and operations.
−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic has
−Removed: resulted in far-reaching economic and financial disruptions that have adversely affected, and are likely to continue to adversely affect,
−Removed: the Company’s business, financial condition, capital, liquidity and results of operations.
−Removed: federal government, U.S.
−Removed: and many local jurisdictions have issued at various times, and others in the future may issue, “shelter-in-place” orders,
−Removed: quarantines, mandatory vaccinations, executive orders and similar government orders, restrictions, and recommendations for their residents
−Removed: and employers within their jurisdictions to control the spread of COVID-19.
−Removed: Such orders, restrictions and recommendations, and the perception
−Removed: that additional orders, restrictions or recommendations could occur, have resulted in widespread closures of businesses not deemed “essential,”
−Removed: work stoppages, slowdowns and delays, supply chain constraints (including, for example, shipping delays, capacity constraints, and supply
−Removed: shortages), work-from-home policies, travel restrictions, cancellation of events and decreased employee satisfaction, as well as increased
−Removed: volatility in stock prices, among other effects.
−Removed: While certain jurisdictions may ease some restrictions, we cannot be certain that other
−Removed: jurisdictions will do so or that eased restrictions are permanent.
−Removed: Furthermore, many jurisdictions have experienced a resurgence in COVID-19
−Removed: cases, which has prompted governments to reinstate previously scaled back restrictions and propose new restrictions.
−Removed: If other jurisdictions
−Removed: experience a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, they may also prolong restrictions or adopt additional restrictions that could negatively affect
−Removed: our business, including, but not limited to, requiring us to close our manufacturing facilities or to require our employees to be vaccinated
−Removed: including those employees who are concerned about being vaccinated as required by federal, state or local rule or regulation.
−Removed: policies in the United States regarding the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic may further change.
−Removed: We continue to monitor our
−Removed: operations and government mandates and may elect or be required to temporarily close our offices, manufacturing plants or Company showrooms
−Removed: to protect our employees, and limit our access to customers and limit customer use of our products as they are required to prioritize
−Removed: resources to address the public healthcare needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: The disruptions to our activities and operations
−Removed: may negatively impact our business, operating results and financial condition.
−Removed: There is a risk that government actions, or lack thereof,
−Removed: will not be effective at containing COVID-19, and that government actions or inactions, including the orders and restrictions described
−Removed: above and premature lessening of those restrictions, that are intended to contain the spread of COVID-19 while also minimizing harm to
−Removed: the economy, will have a devastating negative impact on the world economy at large, in which case the risks to our sales, operating results
−Removed: and financial condition described herein would be elevated significantly.
−Removed: The duration of the COVID-19
−Removed: pandemic’s impact on our business may be difficult to assess or predict.
−Removed: The widespread pandemic has resulted, and may continue
−Removed: to result for an extended period, in significant disruption of global financial markets, and may restrict our ability to access capital,
−Removed: which would negatively affect our liquidity.
−Removed: While we have been able to reverse some previous actions undertaken, such as, among others,
−Removed: temporarily deferring capital expenditures, furloughing certain employees, and temporarily deferring compensation for our senior executives,
−Removed: we may be required to take such actions again, or take additional actions, if there is a resurgence of COVID-19 cases or reinstatement
−Removed: of government restrictions.
−Removed: As a result of such actions or restrictions, we may be unable to complete capital expenditure projects or
−Removed: investments in the future, which would limit our ability to grow our business, and our results of operations and financial condition will
−Removed: be adversely affected.
−Removed: Further, quarantines or government
−Removed: reaction or shutdowns for COVID-19 could disrupt our supply chain.
−Removed: Travel and import restrictions may also disrupt our ability to manufacture
−Removed: or distribute our products.
−Removed: Any import or export or other cargo restrictions related to our products or the raw materials used to manufacture
−Removed: our products would restrict our ability to manufacture and ship products and harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Our key personnel and other employees could also be affected by COVID-19, potentially reducing their availability.
−Removed: In addition, the government
−Removed: responses to COVID-19 or the procedures we take to mitigate its effect on our workforce could reduce the efficiency of our operations
−Removed: or prove insufficient to mitigate the adverse impact of COVID-19 on our business.
−Removed: We may delay or reduce certain capital spending and
−Removed: related projects until the travel and logistical impacts of COVID-19 are lifted, which could delay the completion of such projects.
−Removed: While many initial quarantines and other government restrictions have
−Removed: been scaled back, there is risk that we will be unable to continue normal production and operations, due to, among other things, disruptions
−Removed: and delays in our supply chain, government relief programs that enable production workers to remain out of the workforce, and difficulties
−Removed: in ramping up our own operations.
−Removed: Quarantines and other restrictions may also be reestablished in response to further outbreaks of COVID-19
−Removed: or its variants.
−Removed: We may also experience disputes with our suppliers and/or customers as a result of such difficulties.
−Removed: Further, there
−Removed: may be subsequent outbreaks of COVID-19 that could disrupt our operations.
−Removed: In addition, as employees return to work, we may face claims
−Removed: by such employees or regulatory authorities that we have not provided adequate protection to our employees with respect to the spread
−Removed: of COVID-19 at our facilities.
−Removed: The global outbreak of COVID-19
−Removed: continues to rapidly evolve.
−Removed: The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is highly uncertain and subject to change.
−Removed: We do not yet know
−Removed: the full extent of potential delays or impacts on our business or the global economy as a whole.
−Removed: We do not yet know the impact that vaccines
−Removed: may have in mitigating or ending the outbreak of COVID-19, or how the availability of such vaccines may affect our work force.
−Removed: do not know the impact that government mandated vaccine policies for employers will have on our workforce.
−Removed: However, these effects could
−Removed: have a continuing material impact on our operations, sales and ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic
−Removed: adversely affects our business and financial results, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in
−Removed: this “Risk Factors” section, such as those relating to our level of indebtedness, our need to generate sufficient cash flows
−Removed: to service our indebtedness and our ability to comply with the covenants contained in the agreements that govern our indebtedness.
−Removed: Our manufacturing processes involve the
−Removed: use of heavy machinery and equipment, which exposes us to potentially significant financial losses and reputational harm due to workplace
−Removed: injuries or industrial accidents that may occur at our facilities.
−Removed: Our manufacturing processes
−Removed: involve the use of heavy machinery and equipment and are subject to risks involving workplace injuries, mechanical failures, and industrial
−Removed: accidents, including, among other things, personal injury or death resulting from such incidents at our manufacturing plants.
−Removed: accident, mechanical failure, industrial accident or any similar problem involving any one or more of our facilities has required, and
−Removed: may require in the future, that we suspend production at one or more of our manufacturing plants, which could lead to delays in manufacturing
−Removed: and shipping our products and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
−Removed: The occurrence of such incidents, or any perceived
−Removed: insufficiency in our response to any such deficiency or problem, could also adversely and materially affect our reputation.
−Removed: unable to meet workplace safety standards or, if our employees or customers perceive us having a poor safety record, it could materially
−Removed: impact our ability to attract and retain new employees and our reputation with our customers could suffer, which could adversely affect
−Removed: our business and results of operations.
−Removed: In 2021, we experienced an
−Removed: incident involving our manufacturing equipment that resulted in the death of one of our employees.
−Removed: As a result, we shut down our manufacturing
−Removed: equipment while we evaluated the safety of our manufacturing equipment and identified and implemented safety improvements.
−Removed: once safety improvements were implemented and manufacturing resumed, we experienced unanticipated
−Removed: mechanical and maintenance issues while ramping up to normal production.
−Removed: These delays in production limited our ability to fill
−Removed: customer orders, which has adversely affected our financial results and relationships with customers, including wholesale partners delaying
−Removed: when they started or intend to start ordering products again.
−Removed: Other incidents could result in further production delays, which could adversely
−Removed: affect our operating performance and reputation with our customers.
−Removed: While we have lowered our risk of future safety incidents by committing
−Removed: significant financial resources and time to implementing safety improvements, these safety improvements may cause our production output
−Removed: to decrease and could materially adversely affect our operating results and our ability to grow our business.
−Removed: The occurrence of such incidents has resulted in and could in the future
−Removed: result in investigations by or the imposition of fines from regulatory authorities or require us to implement corrective actions to address
−Removed: the causes of such incidents, which could require the expenditure of significant resources and may adversely affect our financial condition
−Removed: and operations.
−Removed: Further, the occurrence of such incidents may result in litigation, including personal injury or workers’ compensation
−Removed: claims, which could also adversely affect our financial condition and reputation.
−Removed: While we maintain insurance coverage for certain types
−Removed: of losses, such insurance coverage may be insufficient to cover all losses that may arise.
−Removed: We have in some instances kept excess amounts
−Removed: of raw material inventory and some finished goods inventory, which could be susceptible to shrinkage that may harm our ability to use
−Removed: or sell such inventory and may adversely impact our profitability.
−Removed: Although we attempt to maintain
−Removed: only the necessary amounts of raw material inventory on hand, in some instances we have accumulated excess amounts of raw materials inventory.
−Removed: We also have accumulated in the past excess amounts of some finished goods inventory, and we may again have excess amounts of some of
−Removed: our inventory.
−Removed: All such excess inventory is subject to shrinkage from destruction, theft, obsolescence and factors that render such inventory
−Removed: unusable or unsellable, and we have lost inventory for such reasons.
−Removed: Excessive inventory also takes warehouse space that prevents efficient
−Removed: use for other activities.
−Removed: While we take efforts to right-size all raw materials and finished goods inventory, if our efforts
−Removed: are not successful, we could continue to experience excess amounts of some items of raw materials and finished goods and related shrinkage
−Removed: and inefficiencies that could adversely impact our cash flow, margins and profitability.
−Removed: As a result of production
−Removed: delays earlier this year that limited our ability to fill customer orders, many of our wholesale partners had to adjust their business
−Removed: plans due to the disruption this caused them and they stopped ordering the volume of products we had anticipated, and has taken longer
−Removed: to ramp to volumes that predated the production delays.
−Removed: Despite our ability to again produce enough products to meet the needs of our
−Removed: wholesale customers, expected orders were not received at the levels we anticipated, and it is unknown when they will be received, which
−Removed: could leave us with a larger than desired inventory of finished mattress products that we are ready to deliver.
−Removed: Until we receive orders
−Removed: and are able to deliver these products, they are subject to the risks associated with holding excess inventory.
−Removed: If this occurs, this also
−Removed: could unfavorably impact our cash flow and available working capital and could increase our accounts receivables when orders are received
−Removed: and filled in accordance with payment terms with our wholesale customers.
−Removed: Our business could
−Removed: suffer if we are unsuccessful in making, integrating, and maintaining commercial agreements, strategic alliances, and other business relationships.
−Removed: successfully operate our business, we rely on commercial agreements and strategic relationships with suppliers, service providers and
−Removed: certain wholesale partners and customers.
−Removed: As we grow, we may acquire other businesses to incorporate into our operations.
−Removed: These arrangements
−Removed: can be complex and require substantial infrastructure capacity, personnel, and other resource commitments.
−Removed: Further, our business partners
−Removed: may have disruptions in their businesses or choose to no longer do business with us and the impact of such disruption or choices could
−Removed: be magnified to the extent such business partners represent a significant part of our business.
−Removed: We may not be able to implement, maintain,
−Removed: or develop the components of these commercial relationships.
−Removed: Moreover, we may not be able to enter into additional commercial relationships
−Removed: and strategic alliances on favorable terms or at all.
−Removed: wholesale relationships may from time to time be terminated by us or our partners, or the terms of such relationships may be amended or
−Removed: As a result of such terminations, we would lose sales previously generated through such relationships, which could have a material
−Removed: adverse impact on our net sales, profitability and financial position.
−Removed: Disputes with wholesale partners also may arise related to such
−Removed: relationships, or any terminations of related agreements, which could cause us to incur expenses, delay our receipt of amounts owed to
−Removed: us, interfere with our relationship with other retailers, subject us to liabilities and distract us from our strategic objectives.
−Removed: our agreements terminate or relationships unwind, we may be unable to renew or replace these agreements on comparable terms, or at all,
−Removed: and the loss of sales from such relationships could harm our business.
−Removed: We may in the future enter into amendments on less favorable terms
−Removed: or encounter parties that have difficulty meeting their contractual obligations to us, which could adversely affect our operating results.
−Removed: present and future services agreements, other commercial agreements, and strategic relationships and acquisitions create additional risks
−Removed: failure to effectively integrate acquisitions;
−Removed: disruption of our ongoing business, including loss of management focus on existing businesses;
−Removed: impairment of other relationships;
−Removed: variability in revenue and income from entering into, amending, or terminating such agreements or relationships;
−Removed: difficulty integrating under the commercial agreements.
−Removed: have entered into arrangements with several wholesale partners through which we sell certain of our products in their retail stores.
−Removed: anticipate increasing the number of these partnerships.
−Removed: Our relationships with our wholesale partners may not be profitable to us or may
−Removed: impose additional costs that we would not otherwise incur under our DTC operations.
−Removed: Our wholesale partners may choose not to continue
−Removed: doing business with us or may choose to reduce the amount of our products they order, which would result in a corresponding loss of revenue.
−Removed: Our wholesale partners may experience their own business disruptions, including for example bankruptcy, that could affect their ability
−Removed: to continue to do business with us.
−Removed: Our wholesale partners may engage in conduct that could breach the contractual rights we owe other
−Removed: wholesale partners or interfere with their other legal rights.
−Removed: Our wholesale partners may compete against us in DTC or other channels
−Removed: that are important to us and may erode our business in such channels.
−Removed: Further, maintaining these relationships may require the commitment
−Removed: of significant amounts of time, financial resources and management attention, and may result in prohibitions on certain sales channels
−Removed: through exclusivity requirements, which may adversely affect other aspects of our business.
−Removed: have opened and plan to continue to open a growing number of Company showrooms in cities across the U.S.
−Removed: Our business is expanding into
−Removed: additional Company showrooms which, like our online e-commerce retail store, may compete more directly with our wholesale partners
−Removed: for customers.
−Removed: In our effort to make our products available to consumers in multiple retail channels, there is the risk that sales may
−Removed: diminish in other channels, costs may be incurred without an increase in overall sales and our wholesale partners may no longer carry
−Removed: our products.
−Removed: Managing an omni-channel distribution strategy, including the relationships with business partners in each channel, may
−Removed: require significant amounts of time, resources and attention which may adversely affect other aspects of our business.
−Removed: We attempt to maintain only the necessary
−Removed: amounts of raw material inventory and products, which could leave us vulnerable to shortages in supply of components and products that
−Removed: may harm our ability to satisfy consumer demand and may adversely impact our sales and profitability.
−Removed: We attempt to maintain only
−Removed: the necessary amounts of products and raw material inventory on hand, which could leave us vulnerable to shortages in supply of products
−Removed: or components that may harm our ability to satisfy consumer demand and may adversely impact our sales and profitability.
−Removed: Lead times for
−Removed: ordered components and products may vary significantly, especially as we source some of our materials and products from China or other
−Removed: Our business may be harmed by legal, regulatory, economic, political, health concerns and unforeseen risks associated with
−Removed: international trade in those countries.
−Removed: Moreover, we may experience increased costs in sourcing Chinese materials as a result of the uncertain
−Removed: status of the U.S.-China trade relationship or may experience related disruption if we seek to replace Chinese suppliers with suppliers
−Removed: in other countries.
−Removed: In addition, some components used to manufacture our products are provided on a sole source basis.
−Removed: Any unexpected
−Removed: shortage of products or materials caused by any disruption of supply or an unexpected increase in the demand for our products, could lead
−Removed: to delays in shipping our products to customers.
−Removed: Any such delays could adversely affect our sales, customer satisfaction, profitability,
−Removed: cash flows and financial condition.
−Removed: We rely upon several key suppliers
−Removed: that are, in some instances, the only source of supply currently used by us for particular products, materials, components or services.
−Removed: A disruption in the supply or substantial increase in cost of any of these products or services could harm our sales, profitability, cash
−Removed: flows and financial condition.
−Removed: We currently obtain all of
−Removed: the raw materials and components used to produce our mattresses, pillows and cushions from outside sources.
−Removed: In some cases, we have chosen
−Removed: to obtain these materials and components from suppliers who serve as the only source of supply, or who supply the vast majority of our
−Removed: needs of the particular material or component.
−Removed: While we believe that these materials and components, or suitable replacements, could be
−Removed: obtained from other sources, in the event of a disruption or loss of supply of relevant materials or components for any reason, we may
−Removed: not be able to find alternative sources of supply, or if found, may not be found on comparable terms.
−Removed: In addition, a change in the financial
−Removed: condition of some of our suppliers could impede their ability to provide products to us in a timely manner.
−Removed: If our relationship with the
−Removed: primary supplier of our mineral oil is terminated, we could have short-term difficulty in replacing this source since there are relatively
−Removed: few other suppliers presently capable of supplying the local volume that we would need in a short period of time.
−Removed: In addition, shipping and
−Removed: freight delays have also been increasing as port closures, port congestion, and shipping container and ship shortages have increased over
−Removed: the last several months.
−Removed: These events, combined with the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, could result in manufacturing and shipping
−Removed: delays and constraints and limit the ability of our suppliers to provide raw materials and other components in a timely manner, which
−Removed: could adversely affect our ability to acquire and maintain adequate inventory and meet demand for our products.
−Removed: Shipping delays could
−Removed: also adversely affect our ability to deliver products to our customers in a timely manner, which could harm our business.
−Removed: Our success is highly dependent on our ability to provide timely delivery
−Removed: on a cost-effective basis to our customers, and any disruption in our delivery capabilities or our related planning and control processes
−Removed: may adversely affect our operating results.
−Removed: An important part of our success
−Removed: is due to our ability to deliver our products to our customers in a timely manner.
−Removed: This in turn is due to our successful planning and
−Removed: distribution infrastructure, including ordering, transportation and receipt processing, the ability of our suppliers to meet our distribution
−Removed: requirements and the ability of our contractors to meet our delivery requirements.
−Removed: Our ability to maintain this success depends on the
−Removed: continued identification and implementation of improvements to our planning processes, distribution infrastructure and supply chain.
−Removed: also need to ensure that our distribution infrastructure and supply chain keep pace with our anticipated growth and increased product
−Removed: The cost of these enhanced processes could be significant and any failure to maintain, grow or improve them could adversely affect
−Removed: our operating results.
−Removed: We rely on common carriers
−Removed: and freight forwarders to deliver our products to customers on a timely, convenient, and cost-effective basis.
−Removed: We also rely on the systems
−Removed: of such carriers to provide us with accurate information about the status and delivery of our products.
−Removed: Any disruption to the business
−Removed: of delivery carriers could cause our business to be adversely affected.
−Removed: Any significant delay in deliveries to our customers could lead
−Removed: to increased cancellations and returns and cause us to lose sales.
−Removed: Any increase in freight charges could increase our costs of doing business
−Removed: and harm our sales, profitability, cash flows and financial condition.
−Removed: Lack of accurate information from such carriers could damage our
−Removed: brand and our relationship with our customers.
−Removed: In some areas, we are testing Company-owned delivery services that have been successful
−Removed: and efficient, and we intend to continue growing such services as demand and volume dictate.
−Removed: If our Company-owned delivery services do
−Removed: not continue to deliver products in a timely or cost-effective manner, we may need to revert to third party carriers and our reputation
−Removed: and business may be adversely affected.
−Removed: Our business could also be
−Removed: adversely affected if there are delays in product shipments to us due to freight difficulties, supply chain disruptions or delays (including,
−Removed: for example, from port closures or shipping or labor shortages), delays in product shipments clearing U.S.
−Removed: Customs and Border Protection
−Removed: (“CBP”) for reasons of non-compliance or otherwise, challenges with our suppliers or contractors involving strikes
−Removed: or other difficulties at their principal transport providers or otherwise.
−Removed: The adverse effect on our business could include increase in
−Removed: freight costs if we choose to use more air freight.
−Removed: Our business could also be adversely affected if the business of our suppliers is
−Removed: disrupted because of infectious diseases or fear thereof such that quarantines, factory closures, labor disturbances, and transportation
−Removed: delays result.
−Removed: Such delays and events could adversely affect our profitability and reputation, as well as demand for our products.
−Removed: In addition, if we are unable to deliver our products in a timely manner,
−Removed: our customers, both DTC and wholesale, may choose to limit future orders of our products, or choose to not order products from us at all.
−Removed: If, as a result of production or shipment issues, demand for our products declines or does not increase, our business and results of operations
−Removed: could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: We depend on executive employees, and if
−Removed: we lose the services of members of the executive team, we may not be able to run our business effectively.
−Removed: Our future success depends
−Removed: in part on our ability to attract and retain key executive, merchandising, marketing, sales, finance, operations and engineering personnel.
−Removed: If any of our executives cease to be employed by us, or if our growth or other changes in circumstances require executives with additional
−Removed: skill sets, we would have to hire replacement or additional qualified personnel.
−Removed: Our ability to successfully attract and hire other experienced
−Removed: and qualified executives cannot be assured and may be difficult because we face competition for these professionals from our competitors,
−Removed: our suppliers and other companies operating in our industry and in our geographic locations.
−Removed: Departures and any delay in replacing executives
−Removed: could significantly disrupt our ability to grow and pursue our strategic plans.
−Removed: While we believe our current executives have benefitted
−Removed: and will continue to benefit us, finding qualified replacements is time-consuming, takes Company resources, and can disrupt our growth
−Removed: and achievement of strategic plans.
−Removed: We do not maintain key-person insurance for members of our executive management team.
−Removed: We have identified a material weakness in
−Removed: our internal control over financial reporting and if we are unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over
−Removed: financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor
−Removed: confidence in us and materially and adversely affect our business and operating results
−Removed: During the Quarter ended September
−Removed: 30, 2021, we identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to ineffective information technology
−Removed: general controls (“ITGCs”) in the areas of user access and segregation of duties related to certain information technology
−Removed: (“IT”) systems that support the Company’s financial reporting processes.
−Removed: We believe that these control deficiencies
−Removed: were a result of turnover of critical IT leadership;
−Removed: insufficient training of IT resources;
−Removed: and inadequate risk-assessment processes to
−Removed: identify and assess access in certain IT environments that could impact internal controls over financial reporting.
−Removed: The material weakness
−Removed: did not result in any identified misstatements in the consolidated financial statements, and there were no changes to previously issued
−Removed: financial results.
−Removed: However, because the material weakness creates a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to our consolidated
−Removed: financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis, the Company’s management concluded that at September
−Removed: 30, 2021, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was ineffective.
−Removed: We continue to evaluate, design
−Removed: and work through the process of implementing controls and procedures under a remediation plan designed to address this material weakness,
−Removed: but there can be no assurance that we will be able to remediate this material weakness in a timely manner or at all.
−Removed: If our remediation
−Removed: measures are insufficient to address the material weaknesses, or if additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our
−Removed: internal control are discovered or occur in the future, our financial statements may contain material misstatements and we could be required
−Removed: to restate our financial results, which could lead to substantial additional costs for accounting and legal fees and stockholder litigation.
−Removed: Any failure to maintain such internal control could adversely impact
−Removed: our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis.
−Removed: If our financial statements are
−Removed: not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations.
−Removed: Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on
−Removed: a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed, the SEC
−Removed: or other regulatory authorities.
−Removed: In either case, this could result in a material adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Failure to timely file
−Removed: will cause us to be ineligible to utilize short form registration statements on Form S-3, which may impair our ability to obtain capital
−Removed: in a timely fashion to execute our business strategies or issue shares to effect an acquisition.
−Removed: Ineffective internal controls could also
−Removed: cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our
−Removed: Regulatory requirements relating to the
−Removed: manufacture and disposal of mattresses may increase our product costs and increase the risk of disruption to our business.
−Removed: Consumer Product
−Removed: Safety Commission (“CPSC”) and other jurisdictions have adopted rules relating to fire retardancy standards for the mattress
−Removed: Some states and the U.S.
−Removed: Congress continue to consider fire retardancy regulations that may be different from or more stringent
−Removed: than the current standard.
−Removed: In addition, these regulations require manufacturers to implement quality assurance programs and encourage
−Removed: manufacturers to conduct random testing of products.
−Removed: These regulations also require maintenance and retention of compliance documentation.
−Removed: These quality assurance and documentation requirements are costly to implement and maintain.
−Removed: If any product testing, other evidence, or
−Removed: regulatory inspections yield results indicating that any of our products may not meet the flammability standards, we may be required to
−Removed: temporarily cease production and distribution or to recall products from the field, and we may be subject to fines or penalties, any of
−Removed: which outcomes could harm our business, reputation, sales, profitability, cash flows and financial condition.
−Removed: The CPSC adopted new flammability
−Removed: standards and related regulations which became effective nationwide in July 2007 for mattresses and mattress and foundation sets.
−Removed: with these requirements has resulted in higher materials and manufacturing costs for our products and has required modifications to our
−Removed: information systems and business operations, further increasing our costs and negatively impacting our capacity.
−Removed: Some states and the U.S.
−Removed: Congress continue to consider fire retardancy regulations that may be different from or more stringent than the CPSC standard.
−Removed: of multi-layered regulatory regimes, particularly if they conflict with each other, could increase our costs, alter our manufacturing
−Removed: processes and impair the performance of our products which may have an adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: Also, California recently
−Removed: enacted laws effective in 2021 requiring mattress retailers delivering mattresses via common carrier in California to offer to pick up
−Removed: their customers’ old mattresses at no cost to the customer.
−Removed: Additionally, California, Rhode Island and Connecticut have all enacted
−Removed: laws requiring the recycling of mattresses discarded in their states.
−Removed: State and local bedding industry regulations vary among the states
−Removed: in which we operate but generally impose requirements as to the proper labeling of bedding merchandise, restrictions regarding the identification
−Removed: of merchandise as “new” or otherwise, controls as to hygiene and other aspects of product handling, disposal, sales, resales
−Removed: and penalties for violations.
−Removed: We or our suppliers may be required to incur significant expense to the extent that these regulations change
−Removed: and require new and different compliance measures.
−Removed: New legislation aimed at improving
−Removed: the fire retardancy of mattresses, regulating the handling of mattresses in connection with preventing or controlling the spread of bed
−Removed: bugs could be passed, or requiring the collection or recycling of discarded mattresses, could result in product recalls or in a significant
−Removed: increase in the cost of operating our business.
−Removed: In addition, failure to comply with these various regulations may result in penalties,
−Removed: the inability to conduct business as previously conducted or at all, or adverse publicity, among other things.
−Removed: Adoption of multi-layered
−Removed: regulatory regimes, particularly if they conflict with each other, could increase our costs, alter our manufacturing processes and impair
−Removed: the performance of our products which may have an adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: We are also subject to various health and environmental
−Removed: provisions such as 16 CFR Part 1633 (Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets).
−Removed: Our business and our reputation could be adversely affected by
−Removed: the failure to protect sensitive employee, customer and consumer data, or to comply with evolving regulations relating to our obligation
−Removed: to protect such data.
−Removed: In the ordinary course of
−Removed: our business, we collect and store certain personal information from individuals, such as our customers and suppliers, and we process
−Removed: customer payment card and check information for purchases via our website.
−Removed: In addition, we may share with third-parties personal information
−Removed: we have collected.
−Removed: Cyber-attacks designed to gain access to sensitive information by breaching security systems of large organizations
−Removed: leading to unauthorized release of confidential information have occurred recently at a number of major U.S.
−Removed: companies despite widespread
−Removed: recognition of the cyber-attack threat and improved data protection methods.
−Removed: Computer hackers may attempt to penetrate our computer system
−Removed: or the systems of third-parties with which we have shared personal information and, if successful, misappropriate personal information,
−Removed: payment card or check information or confidential Company business information.
−Removed: In addition, a Company employee, contractor or other third
−Removed: party with whom we do business may attempt to circumvent our security measures in order to obtain such information and may purposefully
−Removed: or inadvertently cause a breach involving such information.
−Removed: Breaches involving any such information could be more likely to the extent
−Removed: we have any material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to ITGCs in the areas of user access and segregation
−Removed: of duties related to certain IT systems that support the Company’s financial reporting processes.
−Removed: We and third-parties with which we have shared
−Removed: personal information have been subject to attempts to breach the security of networks, IT infrastructure, and controls through cyber-attack,
−Removed: malware, computer viruses, social engineering attacks, and other means of unauthorized access.
−Removed: To the best of our knowledge, attempts
−Removed: to breach our networks and IT infrastructure have not been successful to date, but we have been a victim of a spear-phishing attack.
−Removed: breach of systems that resulted in the unauthorized release of sensitive data could adversely affect our reputation and lead to financial
−Removed: losses from remedial actions or potential liability, possibly including punitive damages.
−Removed: An electronic security breach resulting in the
−Removed: unauthorized release of sensitive data from information systems could also materially increase the costs we already incur to protect against
−Removed: We continue to balance the additional risk with the cost to protect us against a breach.
−Removed: Additionally, while losses arising
−Removed: from a breach may be covered in part by insurance that we carry, such coverage may not be adequate for liabilities or losses actually
−Removed: We may be subject to data privacy and data breach laws in the states
−Removed: in which we do business, and as we expand into other countries, we may be subject to additional data privacy laws and regulations.
−Removed: data privacy laws (such as the California Consumer Privacy Act), including application and interpretation, are rapidly evolving.
−Removed: evolving nature of state and federal privacy laws, including potential inconsistencies between such laws and uncertainty as to their application,
−Removed: adds additional compliance costs and increases our risk of non-compliance.
−Removed: While we attempt to comply with such laws, we may not be in
−Removed: compliance at all times in all respects.
−Removed: Failure to comply with such laws may subject us to fines, administrative actions, and reputational
+Added: RISK FACTORS to be updated
+Added: as described below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
+Added: filed with the SEC on March 1, 2022.The disclosure of risks identified below does not imply that the risk has not already materialized.
+Added: We are required to make certain prepayments
+Added: to any revolving loans and thereafter may not be able to draw upon our revolving line of credit.
+Added: Under the 2020 Credit Agreement,
+Added: as amended, if the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents we hold exceeds $25.0 million, we are required to prepay an amount
+Added: equal to the lesser of (i) the outstanding revolving loans and (ii) the amount of cash and cash equivalents in excess of $25.0 million.
+Added: In addition, we are prohibited from making additional borrowings under the revolver if after giving effect to any borrowing, and any transactions
+Added: to be consummated therewith, the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents exceeds $25.0 million.
+Added: As a result of these two restrictions,
+Added: our ability to accumulate cash in excess of $25.0 million is limited.
+Added: If for any reason we are unable to borrow on our revolving
+Added: credit facility, we would be limited in available cash to pay expenses and meet our obligations, which lack of liquidity could impair
+Added: our relationships with suppliers and vendors, delay our growth plans or prevent us from taking actions in our best interest or even continue
+Added: We may issue debt and equity securities
+Added: or securities convertible into equity securities, any of which may be senior to our Class A Stock as to distributions and in liquidation,
+Added: which could negatively affect the value of our Class A Stock.
+Added: In the future, we may attempt
+Added: to increase our capital resources by entering into additional debt or debt-like financing that is unsecured or secured by up to all of
+Added: our assets, or by issuing additional debt or equity securities, which could include issuances of secured or unsecured notes, preferred
+Added: stock, hybrid securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities.
+Added: For example, in March 2022 we completed
+Added: a public offering of shares of Class A Stock.
+Added: In the event of our liquidation, our lenders and holders of our debt would receive distributions
+Added: of our available assets before distributions to holders of our Class A Stock, and holders of securities senior to the Class A Stock would
+Added: receive distributions of our available assets before distributions to the holders of our Class A Stock.
+Added: Because our decision to incur
+Added: debt and issue securities in future offerings may be influenced by market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict
+Added: or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings or debt financings.
+Added: Further, market conditions could require us to accept
+Added: less favorable terms for the issuance of our securities in the future.
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