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Segment Reporting Segment Reporting (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2020 USD ($) Store	Jan. 26, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 25, 2020 USD ($) Store segment	Jan. 26, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 27, 2019 segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 502,292	$ 548,008	$ 1,594,177	$ 1,700,258
Number of Reportable Segments \| segment			3		3
Number of Stores \| Store	1,436		1,436
Gross Profit	$ 118,535	132,953	$ 377,142	410,323
Depreciation and amortization expense	15,117	16,374	46,542	49,333
Operating Income (Loss)	(2,971)	3,021	9,648	32,428
Interest expense, net	1,904	2,546	5,882	7,904
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Equity Method Investments, Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest	$ (4,875)	475	$ 3,766	24,524
Number of System Customers \| Store	400		400
Retail Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 457,988	498,146
Gross Profit	99,790	106,244
Depreciation and amortization expense	11,699	12,769
Operating Income (Loss)	(3,747)	(4,920)
BNC [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues			$ 1,474,413	1,569,137
Gross Profit			322,869	341,466
Depreciation and amortization expense			35,372	39,061
Operating Income (Loss)			$ 11,478	18,180
Wholesale [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	66,996	78,508
Gross Profit	14,235	22,739
Depreciation and amortization expense	1,483	1,496
Operating Income (Loss)	8,440	15,845
Number of Wholesale Customers \| Store			3,500
MBS [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues			$ 179,515	209,282
Gross Profit			41,688	56,559
Depreciation and amortization expense			4,531	4,455
Operating Income (Loss)			23,493	35,703
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization expense	31	37	96	119
Operating Income (Loss)	(5,412)	(6,234)	(17,832)	(17,862)
DSS [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	6,435	5,237	17,024	15,848
Gross Profit	5,283	4,969	13,838	15,312
Depreciation and amortization expense	1,904	2,072	6,543	5,698
Operating Income (Loss)	(1,608)	(678)	(6,420)	(627)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	(29,127)	(33,883)	(76,775)	(94,009)
Gross Profit	(773)	(999)	(1,253)	(3,014)
Operating Income (Loss)	$ (644)	$ (992)	$ (1,071)	$ (2,966)
Physical Stores [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| Store	772		772
Virtual Stores [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Stores \| Store	664		664