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
	Jan. 31, 2015		Nov. 01, 2014	Aug. 02, 2014	May 03, 2014	Feb. 01, 2014		Nov. 02, 2013	Aug. 03, 2013	May 04, 2013	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014	Feb. 02, 2013
Net sales	$ 479,243,000	[1]	$ 487,304,000	$ 384,628,000	$ 410,149,000	$ 467,497,000	[2]	$ 492,680,000	$ 382,448,000	$ 423,164,000	$ 1,761,324,000	$ 1,765,789,000	$ 1,809,486,000
Gross profit	164,810,000	[1]	190,111,000	119,118,000	148,261,000	164,310,000	[2]	201,761,000	126,182,000	163,268,000	622,300,000	655,521,000	691,440,000
Selling, general and administrative expenses	123,735,000	[1]	116,120,000	117,111,000	113,720,000	118,716,000	[2]	123,521,000	124,408,000	119,008,000	470,686,000	485,653,000	510,918,000
Asset impairment charges	4,794,000	[1]	3,306,000	3,045,000	0	7,867,000	[2]	0	21,766,000	0	11,145,000	29,633,000	2,284,000
Other costs (income)	85,000		(286,000)	(98,000)	231,000	(144,000)		200,000	61,000	(1,023,000)	(68,000)	(906,000)	11,088,000
Depreciation and amortization	15,542,000	[1]	15,168,000	15,557,000	14,227,000	15,968,000	[2]	16,473,000	15,593,000	16,824,000	60,494,000	64,858,000	77,435,000
Operating income (loss)	20,654,000	[1]	55,803,000	(16,497,000)	20,083,000	21,903,000	[2]	61,567,000	(35,646,000)	28,459,000	80,043,000	76,283,000	89,715,000
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	20,609,000	[1]	55,721,000	(16,557,000)	20,102,000	22,026,000	[2]	61,649,000	(35,646,000)	28,519,000	79,875,000	76,548,000	89,695,000
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	3,572,000	[1]	18,779,000	(5,870,000)	6,506,000	6,375,000	[2]	19,910,000	(12,010,000)	9,247,000	22,987,000	23,522,000	26,452,000
Income (loss) from continuing operations	17,037,000	[1]	36,942,000	(10,687,000)	13,596,000	15,651,000	[2]	41,739,000	(23,636,000)	19,272,000
Diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations	$ 0	[1]	$ 1.70	$ (0.49)	$ 0.61	$ 0.69	[2]	$ 1.84	$ 0	$ 0.83	$ 2.59	$ 2.32	$ 2.61
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	21,512		21,756	21,837	22,419	22,652		22,628	22,514	23,289	21,924	22,835	24,276
State											3,691,000	4,371,000	5,230,000
Share-based Compensation											17,783,000	21,210,000	14,253,000
Cash dividends declared and paid per common share	$ 0.1325		$ 0.1325	$ 0.1325	$ 0.1325						$ 0.15
Disposition stores [Member]
Asset impairment charges											4,800,000	7,900,000
Severance Costs											$ 3,200,000	$ 2,000,000

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