Deferred Lease Credits

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2011

Deferred Lease Credit Abstract

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10. DEFERRED LEASE CREDITS

Deferred lease credits are derived from payments received from landlords to wholly or partially offset store construction costs and are classified between current and long-term liabilities. The amounts, which are amortized over the respective lives of the related leases, consisted of the following (in thousands):

	April 30, 2011		January 29, 2011
Deferred lease credits	$	555,451	$	544,223
Amortized deferred lease credits		(321,205)		(310,066)
Total deferred lease credits, net	$	234,246	$	234,157