PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2012

B. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consisted of the following at the dates indicated:


(in thousands)	January 28, 2012		January 29, 2011
Furniture and fixtures	$	40,103	$	37,921
Equipment		13,141		12,578
Leasehold improvements		30,645		25,116
Hardware and software		43,732		38,411
Construction in progress		5,654		4,566

		133,275		118,592
Less accumulated depreciation		87,342		79,541

Total property and equipment	$	45,933	$	39,051

Depreciation expense related to continuing operations for fiscal 2011, 2010 and 2009 was $12.1 million, $12.7 million and $14.9 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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