OPERATING LEASES

12 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2016

Leases [Abstract]

OPERATING LEASES

NOTE 11 - OPERATING LEASES

We lease stores, our corporate headquarters, one distribution center and equipment under operating leases. The majority of store leases, which are typically for an initial 10-year term and often with two renewal options of five years each, provide for our payment of base rent plus expenses, such as common area maintenance, utilities, taxes and insurance.  Certain store leases provide for contingent rents that are not measurable at inception.  These contingent rents are primarily based on a percentage of sales that are in excess of a predetermined level. A number of store leases provide for escalating minimum rent. As part of the consolidation of our corporate headquarters, we entered into an agreement to sublease our former corporate office building beginning in February 2016 through our remaining lease term.

Minimum rental commitments on long-term, non-cancelable operating leases at January 30, 2016, are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year	Commitments		Sublease Income			Net Minimum Lease Commitments
2016	$	94,196	$	(1,325	)	$	92,871
2017	87,610		(1,365		)	86,245
2018	77,592		(1,447		)	76,145
2019	61,992		(1,447		)	60,545
2020	53,518		(1,492		)	52,026
Thereafter	165,715		(4,218		)	161,497
Total	$	540,623	$	(11,294	)	$	529,329

Rental expense for operating leases, net of sublease income, consisted of the following for each period presented (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2015			2014			2013
Minimum rentals	$	84,170		$	77,141		$	76,813
Contingent rentals	3,067			3,642			3,904
Sublease income	(5		)	(6		)	(6		)
	$	87,232		$	80,777		$	80,711