Pension Plans (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 30, 2011

Payless Plan [Member]

Components Of Pension Expense For Plan

	13 Weeks Ended				26 Weeks Ended
	July 30,		July 31,		July 30,		July 31,
(dollars in millions)	2011		2010		2011		2010
Components of pension expense:
Service cost	$	0.2	$	0.1	$	0.4	$	0.3
Interest cost		0.4		0.5		0.9		1.0
Amortization of prior service cost		0.4		0.4		0.8		0.8
Amortization of actuarial loss		0.4		0.4		0.8		0.7
Total	$	1.4	$	1.4	$	2.9	$	2.8

PLG Plan [Member]

Components Of Pension Expense For Plan

	13 Weeks Ended						26 Weeks Ended
	July 30,			July 31,			July 30,			July 31,
(dollars in millions)	2011			2010			2011			2010
Components of pension expense:
Interest cost	$	1.2		$	1.2		$	2.4		$	2.3
Expected return on net assets		(1.4	)		(1.3	)		(2.7	)		(2.5	)
Amortization of actuarial loss		0.3			0.4			0.6			0.7
Total	$	0.1		$	0.3		$	0.3		$	0.5