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9 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2017

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Long Term Liabilities Table [Text Block]

Long-term liabilities were comprised of the following:

	January 28, 2017		January 30, 2016		April 30, 2016
Tax liabilities and reserves	$	69,371	$	63,459	$	69,345
Deferred contract obligations (a)	4,194		4,662		4,164
Other	2,631		1,816		1,871
Total other long-term liabilities	$	76,196	$	69,937	$	75,380

(a) Contract obligations primarily consist of the payments we make to the colleges and universities to operate their official bookstores (management service agreement costs), including rent expense.