EQUITY INCENTIVE PLANS (Details 3) - Stock Option [Member] - Continuing Operations [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total fair value of stock options vested	$ 1,185	$ 361	$ 318
Total pretax intrinsic value of stock options exercised		85	1,333
Total fair value of stock options vested	121	3
Total pretax intrinsic value of stock options exercised

Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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The amount of share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award options expercised in period total intrinsic value operation.

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The amount of share based compensation arrangement of fair value operations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value of options vested. Excludes equity instruments other than options, for example, but not limited to, share units, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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