Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets consisted of the following:



	Estimated Useful Life (In Years)	January 28, 2012			January 29, 2011
Land and improvements	—	$	3,399,000		$	3,399,000
Buildings and improvements	5-40	23,283,000			22,462,000
Transmission and production equipment	5-10	8,416,000			8,292,000
Office and warehouse equipment	3-15	9,818,000			11,065,000
Computer hardware, software and telephone equipment	3-7	90,447,000			83,106,000
Leasehold improvements	3-5	2,733,000			3,105,000
Less — Accumulated depreciation		(110,104,000		)	(105,654,000		)
		$	27,992,000		$	25,775,000

Depreciation expense in fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009 was $8,949,000, $10,111,000 and $10,937,000, 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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