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Litigation
9 Months Ended
Oct. 27, 2012
Litigation [Abstract]  
Litigation
Litigation
The Company is involved from time to time in various claims and lawsuits in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the claims and suits individually and in the aggregate will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations or consolidated financial statements.
In the third quarter of fiscal 2009, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency commenced an investigation into an undervaluation and corresponding underpayment of the customs duty owed by one of the Company's vendors relating to a particular shipment of goods to the Company. After a lengthy investigation, the vendor was criminally charged and recently pleaded guilty in federal court to using fraudulent invoices to defraud U.S. Customs of duties. Because of the potential risk to the Company arising out of the shipments, the Company has been withholding funds from the vendor under contractual indemnification provisions, to cover any potential costs, penalties or fees that the Company might incur as a result of the investigation. After the vendor refused a request by the Company to indemnify it for this risk, in December 2009, through the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, the Company commenced litigation against the vendor for breach of contract. The vendor then filed counterclaims for payments it claimed were owed by the Company. The case has been stayed by the district court pending the final outcome of the U.S. Customs investigation. The Company believes that the funds it is withholding from the vendor will be sufficient to cover any costs or possible liabilities against it that may result from the investigation.