## Note 1 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued 

## Cost of Sales 

## Genesco Inc. and Subsidiaries 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 

For the Company’s retail operations, the cost of sales includes actual product cost, the cost of transportation to the Company’s warehouses from suppliers, the cost of transportation from the Company’s warehouses to the stores and the cost of transportation from the Company's warehouses to the customer. Additionally, the cost of its distribution facilities allocated to its retail operations is included in cost of sales. 

For the Company’s wholesale operations, the cost of sales includes the actual product cost and the cost of transportation to the Company’s warehouses from suppliers. 

## Selling and Administrative Expenses 

Selling and administrative expenses include all operating costs of the Company excluding (i) those related to the transportation of products from the supplier to the warehouse, (ii) for its retail operations, those related to the transportation of products from the warehouse to the store and from the warehouse to the customer and (iii) costs of its distribution facilities which are allocated to its retail operations. Wholesale costs of distribution are included in selling and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations in the amounts of $5.6 million, $5.8 million and $6.2 million for Fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. 

## Buying, Merchandising and Occupancy Costs 

The Company records buying, merchandising and occupancy costs in selling and administrative expense. Because the Company does not include these costs in cost of sales, the Company’s gross margin may not be comparable to other retailers that include these costs in the calculation of gross margin. Retail occupancy costs recorded in selling and administrative expense were $334.3 million, $333.8 million and $313.4 million for Fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. 

## Shipping and Handling Costs 

Shipping and handling costs related to inventory purchased from suppliers are included in the cost of inventory and are charged to cost of sales in the period that the inventory is sold. All other shipping and handling costs are charged to cost of sales in the period incurred except for wholesale costs of distribution and shipping costs for product shipped from stores, which are included in selling and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. 

## Preopening Costs 

Costs associated with the opening of new stores are expensed as incurred, and are included in selling and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. 

## Store Closings and Exit Costs 

From time to time, the Company makes strategic decisions to close stores or exit locations or activities. Under the provisions of the Property, Plant, and Equipment Topic of the Codification, the definition of a discontinued operation was amended. A discontinued operation may include a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity that represent a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on an entity's operation or financial results. If stores or operating activities to be closed or exited constitute a component or group of components that represent a strategic shift in the Company's 

