Merchandise Inventories

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

Merchandise Inventories and Store Closing Reserve [Abstract]

Merchandise Inventories

(2) Merchandise Inventories

Merchandise inventories consist of the following:

	January 31,
	2012		2011
Books	$	51,013	$	50,027
Videos		36,334		35,848
Video Games		19,745		19,534
Music		21,371		22,402
Trends		17,897		16,338
Consumer Electronics		7,258		6,528
Other		2,890		2,147
		156,508		152,824
Less allowance for inventory shrinkage and obsolescence		5,142		6,188
	$	151,366	$	146,636

During both fiscal 2011 and 2010, we purchased approximately 19% and 20%, respectively, of all products (defined herein as merchandise inventories and rental assets) from our top three vendors.