Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 01, 2014

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information

	Quarter Ended
	June 1, 2013				August 31, 2013				November 30, 2013				March 1, 2014
	(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Statement of Operations Data:
Net sales	$	351,053	100.0	%	$	436,030	100.0	%	$	364,455	100.0	%	$	518,872	100.0	%
Cost of sales (including occupancy costs)	244,058		69.5		289,693		66.4		256,607		70.4		332,609		64.1
Gross profit	106,995		30.5		146,337		33.6		107,848		29.6		186,263		35.9
Selling, general and administrative expenses	99,356		28.3		103,455		23.8		104,092		28.6		117,668		22.7
Store closing costs	186		0.1		17		—		166		—		344		0.1
Impairment charges	—		—		—		—		841		0.2		1,213		0.2
Operating income	7,453		2.1		42,865		9.8		2,749		0.8		67,038		12.9
Interest income, net	14		—		10		—		3		—		10		—
Gain on sale of investment	—		—		—		—		—		—		2,076		0.4
Income before income taxes	7,467		2.1		42,875		9.8		2,752		0.8		69,124		13.3
Income tax expense	2,953		0.8		16,682		3.8		1,161		0.4		26,370		5.1
Net income	4,514		1.3		26,193		6.0		1,591		0.4		42,754		8.2
Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	561		0.1		314		0.1		727		0.2		249		0.1
Net income attributable to The Finish Line, Inc.	$	5,075	1.4	%	$	26,507	6.1	%	$	2,318	0.6	%	$	43,003	8.3	%
Basic earnings per share attributable to The Finish Line, Inc.(a)	$	0.10			$	0.54			$	0.05			$	0.88
Diluted earnings per share attributable to The Finish Line, Inc.(a)	$	0.10			$	0.54			$	0.05			$	0.87
Dividends declared per share	$	0.07			$	0.07			$	0.07			$	0.08

(a) Earnings per share is computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly amounts may not equal the total for the fiscal year.

	Quarter Ended
	June 2, 2012				September 1, 2012				December 1, 2012					March 2, 2013
	(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Statement of Operations Data:
Net sales	$	319,049	100.0	%	$	385,011	100.0	%	$	296,623		100.0	%	$	442,682	100.0	%
Cost of sales (including occupancy costs)	214,390		67.2		250,461		65.0		206,833			69.7		287,237		64.9
Gross profit	104,659		32.8		134,550		35.0		89,790			30.3		155,445		35.1
Selling, general and administrative expenses	84,818		26.6		94,711		24.6		91,447			30.8		94,907		21.4
Store closing costs	95		—		325		0.1		1			—		250		0.1
Impairment charges	28		—		—		—		—			—		5,565		1.2
Operating income (loss)	19,718		6.2		39,514		10.3		(1,658		)	(0.5	)	54,723		12.4
Interest income, net	71		—		58		—		38			—		31		—
Income (loss) before income taxes	19,789		6.2		39,572		10.3		(1,620		)	(0.5	)	54,754		12.4
Income tax expense (benefit)	7,708		2.4		15,136		3.9		(811		)	(0.3	)	21,281		4.8
Net income (loss)	12,081		3.8		24,436		6.4		(809		)	(0.2	)	33,473		7.6
Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	197		0.1		537		0.1		702			0.2		856		0.2
Net income (loss) attributable to The Finish Line, Inc.	$	12,278	3.9	%	$	24,973	6.5	%	$	(107	)	—	%	$	34,329	7.8	%
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to The Finish Line, Inc.(a)	$	0.24			$	0.49			$	—				$	0.70
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to The Finish Line, Inc.(a)	$	0.24			$	0.49			$	—				$	0.69
Dividends declared per share	$	0.06			$	0.06			$	0.06				$	0.07

(a) Earnings (loss) per share is computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly amounts may not equal the total for the fiscal year.

The following tables set forth quarterly operating data of the Company, including such data as a percentage of net sales, for 2014 and 2013.