Deferred Lease Credits

12 Months Ended

Feb. 02, 2013

Deferred lease credits are derived from payments received from landlords to wholly or partially offset store construction costs and are classified between current and long-term liabilities. The amounts, which are amortized as a reduction of rent expense over the respective lives of the related leases, consisted of the following (in thousands):



	February 2, 2013			January 28, 2012
Deferred lease credits	$	550,527		$	551,468
Amortized deferred lease credits	(343,076		)	(327,399		)
Total deferred lease credits, net	$	207,451		$	224,069