Lease Termination and Impairment Charges (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2013

Lease Termination and Impairment Charges

Schedule of amounts relating to lease termination and impairment charges

	Thirteen Week Period Ended				Twenty-Six Week Period Ended
	August 31, 2013		September 1, 2012		August 31, 2013		September 1, 2012
Impairment charges	$	265	$	47	$	4,866	$	543
Lease termination charges		11,125		7,736		17,496		19,383
	$	11,390	$	7,783	$	22,362	$	19,926

Schedule of closed store and distribution center charges related to new closures, changes in assumptions and interest accretion

	Thirteen Week Period Ended						Twenty-Six Week Period Ended
	August 31, 2013			September 1, 2012			August 31, 2013			September 1, 2012
Balance—beginning of period	$	312,011		$	358,583		$	323,758		$	367,864
Provision for present value of noncancellable lease payments of closed stores		5,981			678			6,374			4,252
Changes in assumptions about future sublease income, terminations and changes in interest rates		(308	)		1,269			213			3,326
Interest accretion		5,452			5,871			10,909			11,927
Cash payments, net of sublease income		(19,499	)		(21,130	)		(37,617	)		(42,098	)
Balance—end of period	$	303,637		$	345,271		$	303,637		$	345,271