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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Oct. 30, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

The effective income tax rates for the thirteen weeks ended October 30, 2016 and November 1, 2015 were 25.3% and 1.9%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2016 and November 1, 2015 were 18.4% and 12.2%, respectively.
The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2016 were lower than the United States statutory rate due to the benefit of overall lower tax rates in international jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns and the benefit of discrete items, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of the tax expense recorded in the third quarter of 2016 on the assets held for sale in anticipation of the Mexico deconsolidation. Also contributing to the lower effective income tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2016 was the lower tax rate applicable to the pre-tax gain recorded to write-up the Company’s existing equity investment in TH China to fair value.
The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2015 were lower than the United States statutory rate due to the benefit of overall lower tax rates in international jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns and the benefit of discrete items, including the favorable impact on certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions from the expiration of applicable statutes of limitation.