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ShopHQ Private Label Consumer Credit Card Program
12 Months Ended
Feb. 02, 2013
Private Label Consumer Credit Card Program [Abstract]  
ShopNBC Private Label Consumer Credit Card Program
Private Label Consumer Credit Card Program
The Company has a private label consumer credit card program (the "Program"). The Program is made available to all qualified consumers for the financing of purchases of products from ShopHQ. The Program provides a number of benefits to customers including deferred billing options and free or reduced shipping promotions throughout the year. Use of the ShopHQ credit card furthers customer loyalty, reduces total credit card expense and reduces the Company’s overall bad debt exposure since the credit card issuing bank bears the risk of loss on ShopHQ credit card transactions that do not utilize the Company's ValuePay installment payment program. In December 2011, the Company entered into a Private Label Consumer Credit Card Program Agreement Amendment with GE Capital Retail Bank extending the Program for an additional seven years until 2019. The Company received a $500,000 signing bonus as an incentive for the Company to extend the Program. The signing bonus has been recorded as deferred revenue in the accompanying financial statements and is being recognized as revenue over the seven-year term of the agreement.
GE Capital Retail Bank, the issuing bank for the Program, is indirectly wholly-owned by the General Electric Company ("GE"), which is also the parent company of GE Equity. As of March 28, 2014, GE Equity has an approximate 11% beneficial ownership in the Company and has the right to select three members of the Company’s board of directors.