Borrowings and Capital Lease Obligations (Details) (USD $)											9 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2011	Jan. 29, 2011	Oct. 29, 2011 Eurodollar Rate Loans LIBOR rate	Oct. 29, 2011 Base Rate Loans, domestic, federal funds rate	Oct. 29, 2011 Base Rate Loans, adjusted LIBOR rate	Oct. 29, 2011 Base Rate Loans	Oct. 29, 2011 European capital lease, maturing quarterly through 2016	Jan. 29, 2011 European capital lease, maturing quarterly through 2016	Oct. 29, 2011 Other	Jan. 29, 2011 Other	Oct. 29, 2011 Credit Facility Y	Oct. 29, 2011 Short-term borrowing facility	Jul. 06, 2011 Prior revolving credit facility
Borrowings and capital lease obligations
Borrowings and capital lease obligations, total	$ 13,503,000	$ 14,395,000					$ 13,157,000	$ 13,871,000	$ 346,000	$ 524,000
Less current installments	2,131,000	2,177,000
Long-term capital lease obligations	11,372,000	12,218,000
Fixed rate of interest rate swap designated as non-hedging instruments (as a percent)							3.55%
Fair value of interest rate swap liability							900,000
Maximum borrowing capacity											200,000,000		85,000,000
Debt maturity period (in years)											5
Sublimit on the amount of incremental revolving commitments and incremental term loans											100,000,000
Percentage of equity interests in foreign subsidiaries (as a percent) in which the entity must pledge as security											65.00%
Interest rate margin, low end of range (as a percent)			1.15%			0.15%
Interest rate margin, high end of range (as a percent)			1.65%			0.65%
Interest rate margin (as a percent)				0.50%	1.00%
Maximum current borrowing capacity based on applicable accounts receivable balances												204,100,000
Letters of credit outstanding											1,000,000	10,700,000
Interest rate, low end of the range (as a percent)												0.70%
Interest rate, high end of the range (as a percent)												3.90%
Number of credit facilities subject to minimum net equity requirement												1
Maximum borrowing capacity of the credit facility which is subject to a minimum net equity requirement												$ 49,500,000