Income taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2012

Income Taxes

Schedule of income tax expense (benefit)

	Year Ended Jan. 28, 2012			Year Ended Jan. 29, 2011			Year Ended Jan. 30, 2010
Federal:
Current	$	84,994		$	59,720		$	60,106
Deferred		(3,136	)		11,484			(18	)
State:
Current		11,607			7,953			10,820
Deferred		(193	)		3,548			(500	)
Foreign:
Current		32,975			47,353			49,351
Deferred		2,444			(3,184	)		(4,160	)
Total	$	128,691		$	126,874		$	115,599

Schedule of difference between actual income tax expense and expected income tax expense

	Year Ended Jan. 28, 2012			Year Ended Jan. 29, 2011			Year Ended Jan. 30, 2010
Computed "expected" tax expense	$	139,769		$	147,482		$	126,675
State taxes, net of federal benefit		7,419			7,475			6,708
Incremental foreign taxes in excess of/(less than) federal statutory tax rate		(19,457	)		(27,822	)		(16,434	)
Other		960			(261	)		(1,350	)
Total	$	128,691		$	126,874		$	115,599

Schedule of total income tax expense (benefit)

	Year Ended Jan. 28, 2012			Year Ended Jan. 29, 2011			Year Ended Jan. 30, 2010
Operations	$	128,691		$	126,874		$	115,599
Stockholders' equity		(208	)		(8,234	)		(8,899	)
Total income taxes	$	128,483		$	118,640		$	106,700

Schedule of tax effects of the components of other comprehensive income

	Year Ended Jan. 28, 2012			Year Ended Jan. 29, 2011			Year Ended Jan. 30, 2010
Unrealized net gain (loss) on hedges	$	1,170		$	(399	)	$	(2,690	)
Unrealized (loss) gain on investments or reclassification of loss to income		(24	)		72			58
SERP		(2,057	)		(251	)		(1,435	)
Total income tax (income) expense	$	(911	)	$	(578	)	$	(4,067	)

Schedule of total earnings before income tax expense and noncontrolling interests

	Year Ended Jan. 28, 2012		Year Ended Jan. 29, 2011		Year Ended Jan. 30, 2010
Domestic operations	$	245,554	$	215,689	$	201,081
Foreign operations		153,787		205,688		160,848
Earnings before income tax expense and noncontrolling interests	$	399,341	$	421,377	$	361,929

Tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of current and non-current deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities

	Jan. 28, 2012			Jan. 29, 2011
Deferred tax assets:
SERP	$	23,255		$	18,514
Rent expense		13,829			13,394
Deferred compensation		11,748			11,498
Deferred income		9,386			10,944
Bad debt reserve		8,332			7,744
Fixed assets bases difference		7,903			6,694
Uniform capitalization		2,042			1,910
Accrued bonus		1,783			3,802
Net operating losses		1,675			5,098
Inventory valuation		690			1,546
Other		7,712			6,423
Total deferred assets		88,355			87,567
Deferred tax liabilities:
Goodwill amortization		(3,666	)		(3,265	)
Other		(9,090	)		(5,703	)
Valuation allowance		(1,984	)		(5,023	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	73,615		$	73,576

Schedule of changes that occurred in the amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties

	Year Ended Jan. 28, 2012		Year Ended Jan. 29, 2011			Year Ended Jan. 30, 2010
Beginning Balance	$	10,828	$	9,615		$	3,427
Additions:
Tax positions related to the prior year		4,782		1,002			5,608
Tax positions related to the current year		78		352			1,107
Reductions:
Tax positions related to the prior year		357		—			—
Settlements		—		(141	)		(294	)
Expiration of statutes of limitation		—		—			(233	)
Ending Balance	$	16,045	$	10,828		$	9,615