Cricut, Inc.

Current report

Managing our inventory supply chain, including manufacturing and component lead time, is complex and exposes us to risk.

Current report

To ensure adequate inventory supply, we must forecast inventory needs and expenses and place orders with our contract manufacturers and component suppliers sufficiently in advance, based on our estimates of future demand for particular products. Failure to accurately forecast our needs may result in manufacturing delays, increased costs or excess inventory. Because we bear supply risk under our contract manufacturing arrangements, any such delays, increased costs or excess inventory could negatively impact our business. We are beginning to see potential disruption to our supply chain, driven largely by higher fuel and petrochemical-related input costs stemming from the Middle East conflict. While we continue to evaluate actions to mitigate these pressures, the current environment requires a thoughtful and measured approach given the price sensitivity of the consumer. Failure to forecast appropriate demand, lead times, significant price fluctuations or shortages in materials or components, including the costs to transport such materials or components, the uncertainty of currency fluctuations against the U.S. dollar, increases in labor rates, limitations on the availability of labor, trade duties or tariffs, armed conflicts, and/or the introduction of new and expensive raw materials could adversely affect our contract manufacturers’ ability to manufacture our products in sufficient quantity and within sufficient time to meet our consumer demand, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition and operational results.

Current report

If we overestimate our production requirements, we or our contract manufacturers may purchase excess components and build excess inventory. If we, or our contract manufacturers at our request, purchase excess components that are unique to our products or build excess products, we could be required to pay for these excess components or products. In limited circumstances, we have agreed to reimburse our manufacturers for purchased components that were not used as a result of our decision to discontinue products or the use of particular components. If we incur costs to cover excess supply commitments, this would harm our business. If we underestimate our product requirements, our contract manufacturers may have inadequate component inventory, which could interrupt the manufacturing of our products and result in delays or cancellation of orders from brick-and-mortar and online retail partners, distributors and online sales channels. We may be required to incur higher costs to secure the necessary production capacity and components to meet unanticipated demand, which could result in lower margins. While supply chain conditions improved during 2023, 2024 and 2025, if our supply chain faces challenges again, it could put pressure on margins.