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Payment made during the reporting period for claims related to self-insured employee medical claims.

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The number of Aeropostale stores as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of International Stores

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Number of P.S. from Aeropostale stores as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of states with P.S. from Aeropostale stores as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of states with Aeropostale stores as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of Aeropostale stores in 50 states and Puerto Rico as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of Aeropostale stores in Canada as of the balance sheet date.

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Vendor rebates recorded as reduction of cost of sales when the related inventory is sold.

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Amount of vendor rebates recorded as reduction of merchandise inventory as the entity received inventory merchandise from the suppliers.

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Payment made during the reporting period for claims related to self-insured workers' compensation.

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Amount of intangible assets, excluding goodwill, acquired at the acquisition date.

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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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Amount debtor-in-possession financing arranged (but not necessarily all borrowed).

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Amount of debtor-in-possession borrowings outstanding.

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Duration of a fiscal period, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but not limited to, weeks in a year or quarter.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount by which inventory stated at last-in first-out (LIFO) is less than (in excess of) inventory stated at other inventory cost methods.

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Revenue earned during the period relating to consideration received from another party for the right to use, but not own, certain of the entity's intangible assets. Licensing arrangements include, but are not limited to, rights to use a patent, copyright, technology, manufacturing process, software or trademark. Licensing fees are generally, but not always, fixed as to amount and not dependent upon the revenue generated by the licensing party. An entity may receive licensing fees for licenses that also generate royalty payments to the entity.

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Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, including discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities.

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The number of positions eliminated as of the balance sheet date since inception of the restructuring plan(s).

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The amount of breakage recognized related to unredeemed gift cards. Breakage occurs when a customer pays in advance of vendor performance and does not demand full performance for various reasons.

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Carrying amount (including both current and noncurrent portions) of accrued known and estimated losses incurred as of the balance sheet date for which no insurance coverage exists, and for which a claim has been made or is probable of being asserted, typically arising from workmen's compensation-type of incidents and personal injury to nonemployees from accidents on the entity's property.

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