Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2012

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

		2011		2010		2009
Domestic	$	148,629	$	190,570	$	119,358
Foreign		37,824		38,000		152
Total	$	186,453	$	228,570	$	119,510

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

		2011		2010		2009
Current:
Federal	$	100,495	$	94,922	$	33,212
State		11,085		16,126		4,003
Foreign		13,262		11,395		5,086
	$	124,842	$	122,443	$	42,301
Deferred:
Federal	$	(47,619)	$	(32,669)	$	10,055
State		(10,007)		(7,229)		(147)
Foreign		(7,625)		(4,258)		(11,652)
	$	(65,251)	$	(44,156)	$	(1,744)
Total provision	$	59,591	$	78,287	$	40,557

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	2011	2010	2009
Federal income tax rate	35.0%	35.0%	35.0%
State income tax, net of federal income tax effect	4.0	2.5	2.1
Tax effect of foreign earnings	(5.5)	(2.9)	(4.4)
Other items, net	(1.5)	(0.3)	1.2
Total	32.0%	34.3%	33.9%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

		2011		2010
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred compensation	$	69,296	$	59,027
Inventory		33,074		13,683
Accrued expenses		20,356		22,920
Rent		12,001		26,158
Foreign net operating losses (NOLs)		11,687		11,510
Reserves		7,911		8,666
Realized and unrealized investment losses		5,565		592
Other		-		2,476
Valuation allowance		(2,531)		-
Total deferred tax assets	$	157,359	$	145,032
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment		(41,076)		(94,630)
Store supplies		(10,591)		(11,911)
Other		(1,949)		-
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(53,616)	$	(106,541)
Net deferred income tax assets	$	103,743	$	38,491

Summary of Positions for which Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible [Table Text Block]

		(In thousands)
		2011		2010		2009
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of the year	$	14,827	$	29,437	$	43,684
Gross addition for tax positions of the current year		1,183		562		222
Gross addition for tax positions of prior years		1,602		1,734		2,167
Reductions of tax positions of prior years for:
Lapses of applicable statutes of limitations		(2,448)		(2,328)		(448)
Settlements during the period		(1,631)		(14,166)		(5,444)
Changes in judgment		(129)		(412)		(10,744)
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of year	$	13,404	$	14,827	$	29,437