Leases

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2017

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Leases

11.  Leases:

The Company has operating lease arrangements for store facilities and equipment. Facility leases generally are at a fixed rate for periods of five years with renewal options. For leases with landlord capital improvement funding, the funded amount is recorded as a deferred liability and amortized over the term of the lease as a reduction to rent expense on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income. Equipment leases are generally for one to three year periods.

The minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases are (in thousands):

The following schedule shows the composition of total rental expense for all leases (in thousands):