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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jul. 30, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 2 — Income Taxes
An estimate of the annual effective tax rate is used at each interim period based on the facts and circumstances available at that time, while the actual effective tax rate is calculated at year-end. For the 13-week period ended July 30, 2011, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of 19.7% of the loss before income taxes. In the prior year period, the Company recorded income tax expense of 37.0% of income before income taxes. The decline in the tax rate was primarily the result of the proximity of pre-tax results to breakeven. For the 26-week period ended July 30, 2011, the Company recorded income tax expense of 40.6% of income before income taxes. In the prior year period, the Company recorded income tax expense of 39.5% of income before income taxes.