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Letter Of Credit Fee Percentage

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Letters of Credit Outstanding, Borrowing Capacity

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Letters Of Credit Sublimit Under Credit Facility

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Line of Credit Facility Borrowing Base Percentage of Net Recovery Percentage of Eligible Inventory

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Line Of Credit Facility Collateral Amount

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Percentage Of Average Borrowing Availability Under Credit Facility

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Percentage Of Borrowing Base Of Line Of Credit Facility

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Percentage Of Unused Line Of Credit Facility Fee

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Period Prior to Expiration of Term Facility for Expiration of Revolving Line of Credit

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Servicing Fees

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The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Reflects the calculation as of the balance sheet date of the average interest rate weighted by the amount of debt outstanding by type or by instrument at that time.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, the carrying amount (net of accumulated amortization) as of the balance sheet date of capitalized costs associated with the issuance of debt instruments (for example, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs) that will be charged against earnings over the life of the debt instruments to which such costs pertain.

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The cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest that was charged against earnings during the period.

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Increase for additional borrowings on the credit facility during the period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Financing Transactions (Line of Credit) - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 24, 2012	Feb. 02, 2013	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Jan. 29, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	May 31, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Jan. 28, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Greater Than Or Equal To 75% [Member] Prime Rate [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Greater Than Or Equal To 75% [Member] Prime Rate [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Greater Than Or Equal To 75% [Member] Prime Rate [Member] Minimum [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Greater Than Or Equal To 75% [Member] Prime Rate [Member] Minimum [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Greater Than Or Equal To 75% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Greater Than Or Equal To 75% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Greater Than Or Equal To 75% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member] Minimum [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Greater Than Or Equal To 75% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member] Minimum [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member] Minimum [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member] Minimum [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member] Maximum [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member] Maximum [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member] Minimum [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member] Minimum [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member] Maximum [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 75% But Greater Than Or Equal To 33% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member] Maximum [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member] Maximum [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 33% [Member] Prime Rate [Member] Maximum [Member]	May 04, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 33% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Excess Availability Less Than 33% [Member] LIBOR Plus [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility maximum borrowings			$ 20,000,000	$ 20,000,000	$ 8,200,000		$ 20,000,000
Period prior to expiration of term facility for expiration of revolving line of credit (days)			45 days	45 days
Increase in revolving credit facility			30,000,000	30,000,000
Issuance of letters of credit			5,000,000	5,000,000
Borrowing base percentage (percent)			90.00%	90.00%
Recovery percentage of eligible inventory			90.00%	90.00%
Deferred financing costs						50,000
Interest rate on borrowings (percent)								0.75%	0.75%			1.75%	1.75%			1.00%	1.00%					2.00%	2.00%					1.25%	1.25%			2.25%	2.25%
Excess interest on available borrowings										75.00%	75.00%			75.00%	75.00%			33.00%	33.00%	75.00%	75.00%			33.00%	33.00%	75.00%	75.00%			33.00%	33.00%
Percentage of unused credit facility fee (percent)			0.375%	0.375%
Servicing fee			12,000	12,000
Letters of credit, borrowing capacity			600,000	300,000
Excess collateral availability percentage (percent)			10.00%	10.00%
Revolving credit facility collateral amount			3,000,000	3,000,000
Letter of credit fee (percentage)			2.00%	2.00%
Line of credit, amount available			19,400,000	19,700,000
Weighted average interest rate (percent)					4.85%
Interest expense	$ 700,000	$ 2,400,000			$ 53,000