OTHER COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 01, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The Company’s change in benefit obligation based upon an actuarial valuation is as follows:

	For the Years Ended
(in thousands)	February 1, 2014		February 2, 2013		January 28, 2012
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	440	$	472	$	492
Service cost		29		22		25
Interest cost		17		15		20
Actuarial loss (gain)		122		(35)		(33)
Benefits paid		(49)		(33)		(32)
Benefit obligation at end of year	$	559	$	440	$	472

Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

The Company’s components of net accumulated other comprehensive income were as follows:

	For the Years Ended
(in thousands)	February 1, 2014		February 2, 2013		January 28, 2012
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$	1,045	$	1,246	$	1,306
Deferred tax		(342)		(452)		(442)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net	$	703	$	794	$	864

Schedule of Effect of One-Percentage-Point Change in Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates [Table Text Block]

The below table illustrates a one-percentage-point increase or decrease in the healthcare cost trend rate assumed for postretirement benefits:

(in thousands)	February 1, 2014		February 2, 2013		January 28, 2012
Effect of health care trend rate
1% increase effect on accumulated benefit obligations	$	43	$	36	40
1% increase effect on periodic cost		5		4	5
1% decrease effect on accumulated benefit obligations		(39)		(33)	(36)
1% decrease effect on periodic cost		(5)		(4)	(5)

Schedule of Costs of Retirement Plans [Table Text Block]

The annual net postretirement cost is as follows:

(in thousands)	February 1, 2014		February 2, 2013		January 28, 2012
Service cost	$	29	$	22	$	25
Interest cost		17		15		20
Amortization of prior service cost		(13)		(13)		(13)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service costs		(66)		(82)		(85)
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost	$	(33)	$	(58)	$	(53)

Schedule of Changes in Accumulated Postemployment Benefit Obligations [Table Text Block]

The Company’s policy is to fund claims as incurred. Information about the expected cash flows for the postretirement medical plan follows:

(in thousands)	Postretirement Medical Plan
Expected Benefit Payments, net of retiree contributions
2014	$	51
2015		50
2016		49
2017		48
2018		49
Next 5 years		249