QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA Quarterly Financial Data (Details) (USD $) Share data in Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended										12 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2013		Oct. 27, 2012	Jul. 28, 2012	Apr. 28, 2012	Jan. 28, 2012		Oct. 29, 2011	Jul. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2011	Feb. 02, 2013		Jan. 28, 2012		Jan. 29, 2011
Net sales	$ 509,224,000	[1]	$ 500,928,000	$ 360,826,000	$ 438,508,000	$ 457,463,000	[1]	$ 484,085,000	$ 343,508,000	$ 430,806,000	$ 1,809,486,000	[1]	$ 1,715,862,000	[1]	$ 1,673,999,000	[1]
Gross profit	188,557,000	[1]	209,533,000	114,705,000	178,645,000	162,620,000	[1]	198,026,000	117,574,000	181,429,000	691,440,000		659,649,000		660,121,000
Selling, general and administrative expenses	136,089,000	[1]	131,875,000	120,671,000	122,283,000	121,088,000	[1]	127,229,000	112,446,000	116,662,000	510,918,000		477,425,000		456,558,000
Asset impairment charges	215,000	[1]	539,000	280,000	1,250,000	461,000	[1]	369,000	980,000	398,000	2,284,000		2,208,000		2,713,000
Depreciation and amortization	19,712,000	[1]	23,023,000	17,482,000	17,218,000	19,851,000	[1]	18,493,000	18,478,000	17,751,000	77,435,000		74,573,000		71,640,000
Operating income (loss)	25,919,000	[1]	53,526,000	(26,790,000)	37,060,000	21,220,000	[1]	51,935,000	(14,330,000)	46,618,000	89,715,000		105,443,000		129,210,000
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	26,003,000	[1]	53,503,000	(26,820,000)	37,009,000	21,185,000	[1]	51,865,000	(14,644,000)	46,347,000	89,695,000		104,753,000		127,680,000
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	6,875,000	[1]	16,198,000	(8,896,000)	12,275,000	(2,140,000)	[1]	19,728,000	(5,757,000)	18,577,000	26,452,000		30,408,000		47,920,000
Income (loss) from continuing operations	19,128,000	[1]	37,305,000	(17,924,000)	24,734,000	23,325,000	[1]	32,137,000	(8,887,000)	27,770,000	63,243,000		74,345,000		79,760,000
Diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations	$ 0	[1]	$ 1.54	$ (0.74)	$ 1.00	$ 0.93	[1]	$ 1.27	$ 0	$ 1.05	$ 2.61		$ 2.90		$ 2.91
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	23,789		24,293	24,249	24,691	25,033		25,279	25,738	26,387	24,276		25,668		27,436
Performace Based Expense						7,800,000
Provision (benefit) for income taxes						5,600,000
State						2,200,000					5,230,000		6,462,000		7,240,000
Depreciation						900,000
Business Exit Costs	6,622,000		570,000	3,062,000	834,000						11,088,000
Share-based Compensation											$ 14,253,000		$ 9,286,000		$ 8,045,000

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