5. Accounts Receivable

6 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]

5.             Accounts Receivable

	July 31,			January 30,
	2011			2011
Trade accounts receivable	$	21,959		$	24,540
Receivable from factor		6,283			5,212
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(1,828	)		(2,082	)
Accounts receivable	$	26,414		$	27,670

“Receivable from factor” represents amounts due with respect to factored accounts receivable. We factor substantially all of our upholstery division accounts receivable without recourse to us.

Under our factoring agreement, invoices for upholstery products are generated and transmitted to our customers, with copies to the factor on a daily basis, as products are shipped to our upholstery customers.  The factor collects the amounts due and remits collected funds, less factoring fees, to us semi-weekly. We retain ownership of the accounts receivable until the invoices are 90 days past due. At that time, the factor pays us the net invoice amount, less factoring fees, and takes ownership of the accounts receivable. The factor is then entitled to collect the invoices on its own behalf and retain any subsequent remittances. The invoiced amounts are reported as accounts receivable on our condensed consolidated balance sheets when the merchandise is shipped to our customer until payment is received from the factor.

A limited number of our upholstery accounts receivable are factored with recourse to us. The amounts of these receivables at July 31, 2011 and January 30, 2011 were $142,000 and $27,000, respectively. If the factor is unable to collect the amounts due, invoices are returned to us for collection. We include an estimate for these potentially uncollectible receivables in our calculation of our allowance for doubtful accounts.