FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 28, 2012

10. Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

In accordance with the fair value hierarchy described above, the following table shows the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are required to be remeasured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	October 28, 2012							January 29, 2012							October 30, 2011
	Level 1	Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1	Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1	Level 2		Level 3	Total
Assets:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	N/A	$	3,725	N/A		$	3,725	N/A	$	13,581	N/A		$	13,581	N/A	$	1,724	N/A	$	1,724
Interest rate contracts	N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A	211		N/A		211		N/A	281		N/A	281
Total Assets	N/A	$	3,725	N/A		$	3,725	N/A	$	13,792	N/A		$	13,792	N/A	$	2,005	N/A	$	2,005
Liabilities:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	N/A	$	2,687	N/A		$	2,687	N/A	$	2,855	N/A		$	2,855	N/A	$	10,621	N/A	$	10,621
Interest rate contracts	N/A	6,066		N/A		6,066		N/A	7,907		N/A		7,907		N/A	8,106		N/A	8,106
Contingent purchase price payments related to reacquisition of the perpetual rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in India	N/A	N/A		$	9,639	9,639		N/A	N/A		$	9,559	9,559		N/A	N/A		N/A	N/A
Total Liabilities	N/A	$	8,753	$	9,639	$	18,392	N/A	$	10,762	$	9,559	$	20,321	N/A	$	18,727	N/A	$	18,727

Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the change in the Level 3 contingent purchase price payment liability for the thirty-nine weeks endedOctober 28, 2012:                

Balance as of January 29, 2012	$	9,559
Payments	(185		)
Adjustments included in earnings	265
Balance as of October 28, 2012	$	9,639

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Table Text Block]

Additional information with respect to assumptions used to value the contingent purchase price payment liability is as follows:

Unobservable Inputs	Amount
Approximate compounded annual net sales growth rate	36.0	%
Approximate discount rate	20.0	%

A five percentage point decrease in the discount rate would increase the liability by approximately $1,500, while a five percentage point increase in the discount rate would decrease the liability by approximately $1,000.

A five percentage point increase or decrease in the compounded annual net sales growth rate would change the liability by approximately $1,500.

Fair Value Measurements, Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]

The following table shows the fair value of the Company’s non-financial assets and liabilities that were required to be remeasured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis (consisting of property, plant and equipment and other long-lived assets) during the thirty-nine weeks ended October 28, 2012 and the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2011, and the total impairments recorded as a result of the remeasurement process:

	Fair Value Measurement Using
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3		Fair Value As Of Impairment Date		Total Impairments
Thirty-nine weeks ended 10/28/12	N/A	N/A	$	—	$	—	$	259
Thirty-nine weeks ended 10/30/11	N/A	N/A	$	—	$	—	$	2,213

Long-lived assets with a carrying amount of $259 were written down to a fair value of zero during the thirty-nine weeks ended October 28, 2012 in connection with the exit of a facility as part of the Company’s integration of Tommy Hilfiger. Such assets were deemed to have no future use or economic benefit based on the Company’s analysis using market participant assumptions, and therefore no expected future cash flows. The impairment charge was included in selling, general and administrative expenses in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segment.

Long-lived assets with a carrying amount of $1,151 were written down to a fair value of zero during the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2011 as a result of management’s decision to permanently discontinue the use of one of its software systems. The Company ceased use of the software during the third quarter of 2011. Such assets were deemed to have no future use or economic benefit based on the Company’s analysis using market participant assumptions, and therefore no expected future cash flows. The impairment charge was included in selling, general and administrative expenses in corporate expenses not allocated to any reportable segment.

Long-lived assets with a carrying amount of $1,062 were written down to a fair value of zero during the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2011 in connection with the Company’s negotiated early termination of its license to market sportswear under the Timberland brand. Such assets were deemed to have no future use or economic benefit based on the Company’s analysis using market participant assumptions, and therefore no expected future cash flows. The impairment charge was included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Heritage Brand Wholesale Sportswear segment.

Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping [Table Text Block]

The carrying amounts and the fair values of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, short-term borrowings and long-term debt as of October 28, 2012 and October 30, 2011 were as follows:

	10/28/12				10/30/11
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents	$	276,630	$	276,630	$	159,981	$	159,981
Short-term borrowings	142,514		142,514		12,820		12,820
Long-term debt (including portion classified as current)	1,731,596		1,831,695		2,091,556		2,142,679

The fair values of cash and cash equivalents and short-term borrowings approximate their carrying values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The Company estimates the fair value of its long-term debt using quoted market prices as of the last business day of the applicable quarter. The Company classifies the measurement of its long-term debt as a Level 1 measurement.