INCOME TAXES	6 Months Ended
Jul. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	INCOME TAXES The effective income tax rates for the thirteen weeks ended July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016 were 20.8% and 21.2%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016 were 19.5% and 15.3%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016 were lower than the United States statutory rate due to the benefit of overall lower tax rates in certain international jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns. Also contributing to the lower effective income tax rate for the twenty-six weeks ended July 31, 2016 was the benefit of certain discrete items, including the lower tax rate applicable to the pre-tax gain recorded to write-up the Company’s equity investment in TH China to fair value that resulted in a 10.1% benefit to the Company’s effective income tax rate. The Company files income tax returns in more than 40 international jurisdictions each year. All of the international jurisdictions in which the Company files tax returns, with the exception of Japan, have lower statutory tax rates than the United States statutory tax rate. A substantial amount of the Company’s earnings come from international operations, largely attributable to earnings in the Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, Korea and Canada. The lower statutory income tax rates in these jurisdictions, as compared to the United States statutory rate, coupled with special rates levied on income from certain of the Company’s jurisdictional activities, significantly reduce the Company’s consolidated effective income tax rate.

INCOME TAXES

The effective income tax rates for the thirteen weeks ended July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016 were 20.8% and 21.2%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016 were 19.5% and 15.3%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016 were lower than the United States statutory rate due to the benefit of overall lower tax rates in certain international jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns. Also contributing to the lower effective income tax rate for the twenty-six weeks ended July 31, 2016 was the benefit of certain discrete items, including the lower tax rate applicable to the pre-tax gain recorded to write-up the Company’s equity investment in TH China to fair value that resulted in a 10.1% benefit to the Company’s effective income tax rate.

The Company files income tax returns in more than 40 international jurisdictions each year. All of the international jurisdictions in which the Company files tax returns, with the exception of Japan, have lower statutory tax rates than the United States statutory tax rate. A substantial amount of the Company’s earnings come from international operations, largely attributable to earnings in the Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, Korea and Canada. The lower statutory income tax rates in these jurisdictions, as compared to the United States statutory rate, coupled with special rates levied on income from certain of the Company’s jurisdictional activities, significantly reduce the Company’s consolidated effective income tax rate.