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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Nov. 01, 2015
Income Taxes [Line Items]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

The effective income tax rates for the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2015 and November 2, 2014 were 1.9% and 8.9%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2015 and November 2, 2014 were 12.2% and 7.1%, respectively.
The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2015 were lower than the United States statutory rate principally due to the benefit of lower tax rates in certain international jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns and the benefit of discrete items. The benefit of discrete items for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2015 included the favorable impact on certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions from the expiration of applicable statutes of limitation.

The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2014 were lower than the United States statutory rate principally due to the benefit of lower tax rates in certain international jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns, the recognition of foreign tax credits generated from Warnaco integration activities and the benefit of discrete items. The benefit of discrete items for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2014 included the favorable impact on certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions from the expiration of applicable statutes of limitation. The benefit of discrete items for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 2, 2014 also included the favorable resolution in the second quarter of 2014 of uncertain tax positions approximating $24.0 million in international jurisdictions, and of an uncertain tax position approximating $6.0 million related to European and United States transfer pricing arrangements.