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Company Provides Second Quarter 2024 Results of Operations
Business Reflects Strategic Shift in Legacy Business Model Fort Lauderdale, FL, Aug. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Singing Machine Company, Inc. (“Singing
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[{"type":"text","content":"Business Reflects Strategic Shift in Legacy Business Model Fort Lauderdale, FL, Aug. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Singing Machine Company, Inc. (“Singing Machine”) (NASDAQ: MICS) – the worldwide leader in consumer karaoke products, today announced its results of operations for the three-months ended June 30,2024. “We are pleased to report our second quarter results of operations,” commented Gary Atkinson, CEO of the Singing Machine. “We spent much of the second quarter focused on the necessary due diligence, legal and audit work to close the SemiCab acquisition. Despite these added expenses, we were successful in controlling overall costs, maintain a strong balance sheet, and preparing for a business holiday retail season for our legacy consumer electronics business.” Second quarter operational highlights were as follows: 1) Stable Existing Customer Revenues: Sales were largely flat at $2.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 as compared to $2.6 million for the same period in 2023. The $0.2 million (7.6%) decreased was reflective of very limited changes in maintenance inventory restocking requirements among existing clients. 2) Strict Cost Control Across Legacy Operations: Operating expenses for the second quarter were $2.6 million, as compared to $2.9 million during the second quarter of 2023. The Company has aggressively reduced recurring operating expenses, particularly in the areas of logistics, headcount, and occupancy within the legacy retail-centric consumer electronics business. Excluding a $3.9 million non-cash impairment, the Company generated an operating loss of $2.3 million, as compared to a loss of $2.4 million in the prior year. 3) Deleveraged Balance Sheet: The Company focused heavily on contracting its balance sheet, converting short term assets to cash, and significantly reducing its short-term liabilities. In total, short-term liabilities decreased $7.1 million (43.8%) to $9.1 million as of June 30, 2024. Other than a disputed operating lease that the Company asserts has been terminated, the Company had no debt other than trade payables at the end of the second quarter. 4) Strategic Shift in the Legacy Business Model: For the legacy consumer electronics business, the strategic shift has accelerated. The Company made significant headway into expanding its karaoke product assortment into non-ret...