PREFERRED STOCK AND SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 02, 2013

PREFERRED STOCK AND SHARE BASED COMPENSATION PLANS [ABSTRACT]

Summary of stock option activity

	Number of Shares			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Options outstanding at January 28, 2012		1,314,422		$	22.61
Granted		100,349		$	40.13
Exercised		(335,576	)	$	17.35
Forfeited		(54,105	)	$	32.40
Expired		(322	)	$	17.62
Outstanding at February 2, 2013		1,024,768		$	25.54	5.5 Years	$	6,065
Exercisable at February 2, 2013		537,172		$	23.89	4.7 Years	$	3,719

Weighted-average assumptions used to calculate fair value of stock options

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011			2010
Risk-free interest rates		1.09	%		2.16	%		1.80	%
Expected lives		5.0 years			5.0 years			5.0 years
Dividend yield		2.07	%		1.70	%		1.65	%
Expected volatility		58.67	%		53.67	%		57.03	%

Summary of deferred stock units activity

	Shares			Weighted- Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 28, 2012		539,749		$	28.10
Granted		350,284			39.37
Vested(1)		(383,588	)		28.00
Forfeited		(35,076	)		32.67
Nonvested at February 2, 2013		471,369		$	36.22

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Includes 123,566 shares relinquished for tax payments related to vested deferred stock units in fiscal 2012.

Summary of restricted stock activity

	Shares			Weighted- Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 28, 2012		119,081		$	28.45
Granted		22,407			31.23
Vested		(41,641	)		29.72
Forfeited		—			—
Nonvested at February 2, 2013		99,847		$	28.55