Deferred Lease Credits

3 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2012

Deferred Lease Credits [Abstract]

DEFERRED LEASE CREDITS

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 28, 2012		January 28, 2012
Deferred lease credits	$	553,105	$	551,468
Amortized deferred lease credits		(328,495)		(327,399)
Total deferred lease credits, net	$	224,610	$	224,069