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WEYCO GROUP INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Mar 14, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Mar 14, 2024

WEYS$60.76+0.1%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS

The Company is a Wisconsin corporation incorporated in the year 1906 as Weyenberg Shoe Manufacturing Company. Effective April 25, 1990, the name of the corporation was changed to Weyco Group, Inc.

Weyco Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries (collectively, "we," "our," "us," and the “Company”) designs, markets, and distributes quality and innovative footwear principally for men, but also for women and children, under a portfolio of well-recognized brand names including: Florsheim, Nunn Bush, Stacy Adams, BOGS, Rafters, and Forsake. Trademarks we maintain on our brands are important to our business. Our products consist primarily of mid-priced leather dress shoes, casual footwear composed of man-made materials and leather, and outdoor boots, shoes, and sandals. Our footwear is available in a broad range of sizes and widths, primarily designed to meet the needs and desires of the general American population.

We purchase finished shoes from outside suppliers, primarily located in China and India, and we have recently begun contracting with suppliers located in Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Dominican Republic. Almost all of these foreign-sourced purchases are denominated in U.S. dollars. While we source from more than 80 suppliers, our two largest suppliers each accounted for more than 10% of our total inventory purchases in 2023. Costs from our suppliers have historically been relatively stable, although in recent years there have been upward cost pressures due to higher freight, labor, and material costs, as well as due to tariffs and other trade protection measures. Since the pandemic in 2020, there have been worldwide supply chain challenges that first caused inbound freight costs to increase, and more recently returned to just above pre-pandemic levels.

Our business is separated into two reportable segments – the North American wholesale segment (“Wholesale”) and the North American retail segment (“Retail”). We also have other wholesale and retail businesses overseas in Australia, South Africa, and Asia Pacific (collectively, “Florsheim Australia”). However, we ceased operations in the Asia Pacific region in 2023, and are in the final stages of winding down this business.

Sales in our Wholesale segment, which include both wholesale sales and worldwide licensing revenues, constituted 79% and 81% of total net sales in 2023 and 2022, respectively. At Wholesale, our shoes are marketed by retailers throughout the United States and Canada in more than 10,000 shoe, clothing and department stores. In 2023 and 2022, no individual customer represented 10% or more of our total net sales. We employ traveling salespeople and independent sales representatives who sell our products to retail outlets. Shoes are shipped to these retailers primarily from our distribution center in Glendale, Wisconsin. In the men’s footwear business, there is generally no identifiable seasonality, although new styles are historically developed and shown twice each year, in spring and fall. With the BOGS brand, its strong presence in the winter and outdoor boot category results in some seasonality; the majority of BOGS sales occur in the third and fourth quarters. Consistent with industry practices, we carry significant amounts of inventory to meet customer delivery requirements and periodically provide extended payment terms to customers. We also have licensing agreements with third parties who sell our branded apparel, accessories, and specialty footwear in the United States, as well as our footwear in Mexico and certain markets overseas.

Sales in our Retail segment constituted 12% and 10% of total net sales in 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Retail segment consists of e-commerce businesses and four brick and mortar stores in the United States. Retail sales are made directly to consumers on our websites, or by our employees in our stores. We believe that the results of our Retail segment will continue to be driven by our e-commerce businesses, as we have a limited number of brick-and-mortar stores. We intend to continue to focus on investing in and growing our e-commerce businesses.

Sales of our other businesses constituted 9% of total net sales in both 2023 and 2022, respectively. These sales came from our wholesale and retail operations at Florsheim Australia.

As of December 31, 2023, we employed 608 persons worldwide, of whom 397 were full-time employees.

Brand recognition, price, quality, and service, are all important competitive factors in the shoe industry. We have a design department that continually reviews and updates product designs. Compliance with environmental and other government regulations historically has not had, and is not expected to have, a material impact on our results of operations, although there can be no assurances as to the future.

We make available, free of charge, copies of our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements on Schedule 14A and all amendments to those reports upon written or telephone request. Investors can also access these reports through our website,www.weycogroup.com, as soon as reasonably practical after we file or furnish those reports to

the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The contents of our website are not incorporated by reference and are not a part of this filing. Also available on our website are various documents relating to our corporate governance, including our Code of Business Ethics.

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