Joint Venture, Affiliate Ownership Threshold to Sell Outstanding Shares

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Joint Venture, Affiliate Percentage Ownership Threshold to Sell Outstanding Shares, Upper Threshold

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Joint Venture, Maximum Aggregate Transfer of Beneficial Ownership to Individual, Percentage

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Minimum Beneficial Ownership to Retain Board Seat

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Number of Board Members Appointed by Affiliates who Hold Upper Limit Beneficial Ownership

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Registration Rights Agreement, Number of Aggregate Demand Registrations

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Related Party, Ownership Interest in Company

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Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation.

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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Purchases during the period (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and have not been retired and are not held in treasury. Some state laws may govern the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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Equity impact of the value of stock that has been repurchased during the period and has not been retired and is not held in treasury. Some state laws may mandate the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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Related Party Transactions (Details)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details)	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($) board_members $ / shares shares	Oct. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 03, 2018 USD ($) shares	Jan. 28, 2017 USD ($) shares	Jan. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2016 $ / shares shares	Jul. 10, 2015	Feb. 25, 2009 demand_registration
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common Stock, shares owned by related party \| shares			65,290,458	65,192,314
Related party, ownership interest in Company repurchased, percentage							4.99%
Common stock repurchased from NBCU, Value			$ 5,055,000
Registration Rights Agreement, number of aggregate demand registrations \| demand_registration								5
GE [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common Stock, shares owned by related party \| shares						3,545,049
Sale of stock, price per share \| $ / shares						$ 2.15
NBCU [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party cash payment for right to use a specified channel in the Boston market area		$ 500,000
Common Stock, shares owned by related party \| shares	2,741,849
Percentage of ownership in Company after transaction	4.50%
Related party, ownership interest in Company repurchased, percentage	6.70%
Sale of stock, price per share \| $ / shares	$ 1.12
Number of board members appointed by affiliates who hold beneficial ownership, Upper limit \| board_members	1
Minimum beneficial ownership to retain board seat, percentage	5.00%
Affiliate ownership percentage threshold to sell outstanding shares, Lower threshold	5.00%
Affiliate ownership percentage threshold to sell outstanding shares, Upper threshold	90.00%
Maximum aggregate transfer of beneficial ownership to individual, percentage	20.00%
Common stock repurchased from NBCU, Shares \| shares	4,400,000
Common stock repurchased from NBCU, Value	$ 5,000,000
Newgistics, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases from related party			4,474,000	$ 4,910,000	$ 4,517,000
On Air Food Supplier [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases from related party			$ 1,156,000	$ 1,866,000	$ 3,467,000