Revenue Revenue

12 Months Ended

Apr. 27, 2024

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table disaggregates the revenue associated with our major product and service offerings.

	52 weeks ended
	April 27, 2024		April 29, 2023
Retail
Course Materials Product Sales	$	971,950	$	927,915
General Merchandise Product Sales (a)	364,097		385,499
Service and Other Revenue (b)	42,191		41,759
Retail Product and Other Sales sub-total	1,378,238		1,355,173
Course Materials Rental Income	136,679		136,553
Retail Total Sales	$	1,514,917	$	1,491,726
Wholesale Sales	$	112,631	$	106,366
Eliminations (c)	$	(60,413)	$	(54,884)
Total Sales	$	1,567,135	$	1,543,208

(a)Logo general merchandise sales for the Retail Segment are recognized on a net basis as commission revenue in the consolidated financial statements.

(b)Service and other revenue primarily relates to brand marketing programs and other service revenues.

(c)The sales eliminations represent the elimination of Wholesale sales and fulfillment service fees to Retail and the elimination of Retail commissions earned from Wholesale.

Schedule of Deferred Revenue Rollforward and Balance Sheet Classification

The following table presents changes in deferred revenue associated with our contract liabilities:

	52 weeks ended
	April 27, 2024		April 29, 2023
Deferred revenue at the beginning of period	$	15,356	$	16,475
Additions to deferred revenue during the period	176,319		184,163
Reductions to deferred revenue for revenue recognized during the period	(176,783)		(185,282)
Deferred revenue balance at the end of period:	$	14,892	$	15,356
Balance Sheet classification:
Accrued liabilities	$	11,310	$	11,218
Other long-term liabilities	3,582		4,138
Deferred revenue balance at the end of period:	$	14,892	$	15,356

As of April 27, 2024, we expect to recognize $11,310 of the deferred revenue balance within the next 12 months.