Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2022	Oct. 30, 2021	Oct. 29, 2022	Oct. 30, 2021	Apr. 30, 2022	May 01, 2021
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 617,098	$ 626,977	$ 880,956	$ 867,771
Product sales and other	575,764	577,329	828,710	805,099
Deferred Revenue	51,046	34,290	51,046	34,290	$ 19,722	$ 18,139
Deferred Revenue, Current	46,610	29,820	46,610	29,820
Deferred Revenue, Noncurrent	4,436	4,470	4,436	4,470
Deferred Revenue, Additions			114,975	82,515
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized			(83,651)	(66,364)
Deferred Revenue, Additions			114,975	82,515
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized			(83,651)	(66,364)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	(11,097)	(11,923)	(30,013)	(34,385)
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues			(30,013)	(34,385)
Retail Segment [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	598,610	608,952	835,117	819,421
Retail Segment [Member] | Transferred at Point in Time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Product sales and other	557,276	559,304	782,871	756,749
Retail Segment [Member] | Transferred over Time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Rental income	41,334	49,648	52,246	62,672
Retail Segment [Member] | Service and Other [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	14,749	19,370	23,923	29,172
Retail Segment [Member] | Course Materials Product
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	419,879	433,734
Retail Segment [Member] | General Merchandise Product
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	122,648	106,200	211,472	171,623
Retail Segment [Member] | Retail Product [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues			547,476	555,954
Wholesale [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	21,120	21,669	58,203	66,153
DSS [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 8,465	$ 8,279	$ 17,649	$ 16,582