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Concentration of vendors supplying Raw materials that the Company purchased to produce finished goods.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, this concept represents the concentration percentage of inventory purchases sourced from Bangladesh.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, this concept represents the concentration percentage of inventory purchases sourced from China.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, this concept represents the concentration percentage of inventory purchases sourced from India.

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Discloses a concentration risk that represents the percentage of raw material purchased from one or more supplier(s).

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Concentration Risk Percentage, Malaysia

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, this concept represents the concentration percentage of inventory purchases sourced from Mexico.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, this concept represents the concentration percentage of inventory purchases from the Philippines.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, this concept represents the concentration percentage of inventory purchases sourced from suppliers from countries other than US.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, this concept represents the concentration percentage of inventory purchases sourced from US suppliers.

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Concentration Risk Perecentage, No other country represented more than this percentage of total product purchases in the fiscal year.

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Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Current - For unopened stores

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Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due in Five Years - For unopened stores.

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Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due in Four Years - For unopened stores.

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Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due in Three Years - For unopened stores.

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Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due in Two Years - for unopened stores

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Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due thereafter - For unopened stores.

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Percentage of raw materials the company purchased for our finished goods.

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Severance Oblications, Aggregate

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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- Definition

Rental expense incurred for leased assets including furniture and equipment which has not been recognized in costs and expenses applicable to sales and revenues; for example, cost of goods sold or other operating costs and expenses.

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The increases or decreases in lease payments that result from changes occurring after the inception of the lease in the factors (other than the passage of time) on which lease payments are based, except that any escalation of minimum lease payments relating to increases in construction or acquisition cost of the leased property or for increases in some measure of cost or value during the construction or preconstruction period, are excluded from contingent rentals. Contingent rentals also may include amounts for which the triggering events have not yet occurred or the specified targets for which have not yet been achieved (such as sales based percentage rent), but which events are considered probable of occurring or which specified targets are considered probable of being achieved.

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Amount of payroll tax expense, compensation, postemployment and benefit-related expenses not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy (such as health plan, profit sharing, incentives, tuition reimbursement, other fringe benefits and perquisites) incurred in the period.

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A fee charged for services from professionals such as doctors, lawyers and accountants. The term is often expanded to include other professions, for example, pharmacists charging to maintain a medicinal profile of a client or customer.

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Amount of expense related to royalty payments under a contractual arrangement such as payment for mineral and drilling rights and use of technology or intellectual property.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011
Employment Agreements and Performance-Based Incentive Compensation [Abstract]
Base compensation agreement commitment, Aggregate				$ 5.9
Severance Oblications, Aggregate				4.3
Performance-based incentive compensation expense				2.1	7.8	9.2
Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments Due [Abstract]
Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Current				0.5
Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due in Two Years				0.8
Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due in Three Years				0.8
Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due in Four Years				0.8
Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due in Five Years				0.8
Operating Leases, Future Contingent Rental Payments, Due Thereafter				4.5
Operating Leases, Rent Expense				68.0	62.8	57.0
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Contingent Rentals				4.0	3.6	2.5
Other Commitments [Abstract]
Professional Fees	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Royalty Expense			$ 0.2	$ 0.2	$ 0.2	$ 0.2
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk Percentage, US				1.00%
Concentration Risk Percentage, Sourced from Other Countries				99.00%
Concentration Risk Percentage, China				28.00%
Concentration Risk Percentage, Mexico				28.00%
Concentration Risk Percentage, Malaysia				9.00%
Concentration Risk Percentage, India				8.00%
Concentration Risk Percentage, Bangladesh				6.00%
Concentration Risk Percentage, Philippines				6.00%
Concentration Risk Perecentage, No other				5.00%
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage				53.00%
Percentage of Raw Materials Purchased for Finished Goods				9.00%
Number of Vendors Supplying Raw Materials				5
Concentration Risk Percentage, Major Raw Materials Suppliers				63.00%