Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

May 02, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Rent Expense [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes lease expense for the 53 weeks ended May 2, 2020:

	53 weeks ended May 2, 2020
Variable lease expense	$	73,455
Operating lease expense	159,289
Net lease expense	$	232,744

The expense related to our college and university contracts for physical bookstores, including rent expense, and other facility costs in the consolidated statements of operations for periods prior to adoption of ASC 842 in Fiscal 2020 are as follows: 

	Fiscal 2019		Fiscal 2018
Minimum contract expense	$	169,131	$	170,351
Percentage contract expense	73,368		80,630
Total expense	$	242,499	$	250,981

Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations Disclosure [Table Text Block]

Purchase obligations, which includes information technology contracts and inventory purchase commitments, as of May 2, 2020 are as follows: 

Less Than 1 Year	$	10,650
1-3 Years	8,026
3-5 Years	3,154
Total	$	21,830