Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
Jan. 29, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation	1. Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation Nature of Business—Zumiez Inc., including its wholly-owned subsidiaries, (“Zumiez”, the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “its” and “our”) is a global leading specialty retailer of apparel, footwear, accessories and hardgoods for young men and women who want to express their individuality through the fashion, music, art and culture of action sports, streetwear and other unique lifestyles. We operate under the names Zumiez, Blue Tomato and Fast Times. We operate ecommerce websites at zumiez.com, zumiez.ca, blue-tomato.com and fasttimes.com.au. At January 29, 2022, we operated 739 stores; 604 in the United States (“U.S.”), 52 in Canada, 66 in Europe and 17 in Australia. Fiscal Year—We use a fiscal calendar widely used by the retail industry that results in a fiscal year consisting of a 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to January 31. Each fiscal year consists of four 13-week quarters, with an extra week added to the fourth quarter every five or six years. The fiscal years ended January 29, 2022, January 30, 2021 and February 1, 2020 were 52-week periods. Basis of Presentation—The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Zumiez Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation. COVID-19—In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) was first identified, and in March 2020, the World Health Organization categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic. To help control the spread of the virus and protect the health and safety of our employees and customers, we began closing our retail stores across all markets that we operate in mid-March 2020. We began gradually re-opening stores at the end of the first fiscal quarter and into the second fiscal quarter of fiscal 2020, with the majority of our stores open through the third and fourth quarter of fiscal 2020. Changes in our operations due to COVID-19 resulted in material fluctuations to our results of operations during fiscal 2020 and in certain geographies in 2021. By quarter, our stores were open, on an aggregate basis, approximately 50.2%, 73.4%, 94.7% and 93.6%, respectively, of the possible days during each fiscal quarter in fiscal 2020, and approximately 93.4%, 96.3%, 98.6% and 99.4%, respectively, of the possible days during each fiscal quarter in fiscal 2021.

Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Jan. 29, 2022

Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

1. Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Nature of Business—Zumiez Inc., including its wholly-owned subsidiaries, (“Zumiez”, the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “its” and “our”) is a global leading specialty retailer of apparel, footwear, accessories and hardgoods for young men and women who want to express their individuality through the fashion, music, art and culture of action sports, streetwear and other unique lifestyles. We operate under the names Zumiez, Blue Tomato and Fast Times. We operate ecommerce websites at zumiez.com, zumiez.ca, blue-tomato.com and fasttimes.com.au. At January 29, 2022, we operated 739 stores; 604 in the United States (“U.S.”), 52 in Canada, 66 in Europe and 17 in Australia.

Fiscal Year—We use a fiscal calendar widely used by the retail industry that results in a fiscal year consisting of a 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to January 31. Each fiscal year consists of four 13-week quarters, with an extra week added to the fourth quarter every five or six years. The fiscal years ended January 29, 2022, January 30, 2021 and February 1, 2020 were 52-week periods.

Basis of Presentation—The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Zumiez Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.

COVID-19—In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) was first identified, and in March 2020, the World Health Organization categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic. To help control the spread of the virus and protect the health and safety of our employees and customers, we began closing our retail stores across all markets that we operate in mid-March 2020. We began gradually re-opening stores at the end of the first fiscal quarter and into the second fiscal quarter of fiscal 2020, with the majority of our stores open through the third and fourth quarter of fiscal 2020. Changes in our operations due to COVID-19 resulted in material fluctuations to our results of operations during fiscal 2020 and in certain geographies in 2021. By quarter, our stores were open, on an aggregate basis, approximately 50.2%, 73.4%, 94.7% and 93.6%, respectively, of the possible days during each fiscal quarter in fiscal 2020, and approximately 93.4%, 96.3%, 98.6% and 99.4%, respectively, of the possible days during each fiscal quarter in fiscal 2021.