Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 02, 2013

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

Income tax expense (benefit) consists of the following:

	Fiscal Year
	2012		2011			2010
	($ in thousands)
Federal – current	$	18		($15	)	$	30
State – current		230		165			245
Deferred		—		—			—
Income tax expense	$	248	$	150		$	275

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the Company’s effective income tax rate with the Federal statutory rate is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Federal statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax effect		0.5	%		4.6	%		(0.5	%)
Change in valuation allowance		(34.3	%)		(32.8	%)		(35.7	%)
Cash surrender value – insurance/ benefit  programs		(0.6	%)		(1.1	%)		0.8	%
Other		0.1	%		0.8	%		(0.5	%)
Effective income tax rate		0.7	%		6.5	%		(0.9	%)

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets are as follows:

	February 2,			January 28,
	2013			2012
	($ in thousands)
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
Accrued expenses	$	999		$	1,120
Inventory		278			601
Retirement and compensation related accruals		10,290			9,058
Fixed assets		10,374			13,996
Federal and state net operating loss and credit carryforwards		74,642			83,849
Real estate leases, including deferred rent		2,299			3,117
Losses on investments		1,221			1,623
Goodwill		1,160			2,018
Other		926			913
Gross deferred tax assets before valuation allowance		102,189			116,295
Less: valuation allowance		(102,189	)		(116,295	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	—		$	—
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES		—			—
NET DEFERRED TAX ASSET	$	—		$	—

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

Amounts presented excluded interest and penalties, where applicable, on unrecognized tax benefits:

	Fiscal		Fiscal			Fiscal
	2012		2011			2010
	($ in thousands)
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of the year	$	2,078	$	2,308		$	2,360
Increases in tax positions from prior years		—		—			29
Decreases in tax positions from prior years		—		—			—
Increases in tax positions for current year		—		—			—
Settlements		—		—			—
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations		—		(230	)		(81	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of the year	$	2,078	$	2,078		$	2,308