Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

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

Income tax expense consists of the following:

	Fiscal Year
	2014			2013			2012
	($ in thousands)
Federal – current	($ 46		)	($ 10		)	$	18
State – current		162			178			230
Deferred		—			—			—
Income tax expense	$	116		$	168		$	248

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
	2014			2013			2012
Federal statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax effect		5.6	%		1.4	%		0.5	%
Change in valuation allowance		(25.8	%)		(30.9	%)		(34.3	%)
Cash surrender value – insurance/ benefit programs		(7.6	%)		(4.2	%)		(0.6	%)
Other		(1.1	%)		0.7	%		0.1	%
Effective income tax rate		6.1	%		2.0	%		0.7	%

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

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

	January 31,			February 1,
	2015			2014
	($ in thousands)
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
Accrued expenses	$	675		$	846
Inventory		287			345
Retirement and compensation related accruals		7,966			7,323
Fixed assets		8,352			9,103
Federal and state net operating loss and credit carryforwards		75,964			75,665
Real estate leases, including deferred rent		2,268			2,492
Losses on investments		1,228			1,234
Goodwill		223			522
Other		982			963
Gross deferred tax assets before valuation allowance		97,945			98,493
Less: valuation allowance		(97,945	)		(98,493	)
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
	2014			2013			2012
	($ in thousands)
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of the year	$	2,018		$	2,078		$	2,078
Increases in tax positions from prior years		—			—			—
Decreases in tax positions from prior years		—			—			—
Increases in tax positions for current year		—			—			—
Settlements		—			—			—
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations		(88	)		(60	)		—
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of the year	$	1,930		$	2,018		$	2,078