Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended															3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	May 04, 2013 hour Store		Feb. 02, 2013	Apr. 28, 2012		May 04, 2013 Lids Sports Group [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Lids Sports Group [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Lids Sports Group [Member]	May 04, 2013 Schuh Group [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Schuh Group [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Schuh Group [Member]	May 04, 2013 Licensed Brands [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 Licensed Brands [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Licensed Brands [Member]	May 04, 2013 Lids Teams Sports [Member]	May 04, 2013 Director [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Director [Member]	May 04, 2013 Retainer Stock [Member] Director [Member]	Oct. 27, 2012 Restricted Stock [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Restricted Stock [Member]	Oct. 29, 2011 Restricted Stock [Member] Director [Member]	May 04, 2013 Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member] customer	May 04, 2013 Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member] Cistomer 1 [Member]	May 04, 2013 Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member] Cistomer 2 [Member]	May 04, 2013 Maximum [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]	May 04, 2013 Schuh Group [Member]		Apr. 28, 2012 Schuh Group [Member]		May 04, 2013 Corporate & Other [Member]		Apr. 28, 2012 Corporate & Other [Member]
Summary of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total number of retail stores operated by company	2,458
Net sales	$ 591,388,000			$ 600,144,000																						$ 68,323,000		$ 70,312,000		$ 237,000		$ 177,000
Operating income	32,268,000			36,007,000																						(3,026,000)		(2,951,000)		(7,613,000)		(12,866,000)
Total assets	1,307,219,000	[1]	1,333,789,000	1,260,373,000	[2]																					230,003,000	[1]	217,501,000	[2]	144,897,000	[1]	175,363,000	[2]
Depreciation and amortization	16,429,000			15,253,000																						2,709,000		2,242,000		692,000		563,000
Capital expenditures	17,781,000			14,118,000																						2,792,000		2,573,000		427,000		959,000
Pretax accruals for environmental contingencies included in provision for discontinued operations	200,000			300,000
Deferred tax valuation allowance	3,500,000
Revenue recognition, gift cards, breakage	(100,000)			100,000
Effective tax rate, deferred purchase price	40.80%			40.40%
Minimum number of hours of service of full time employees	1,000
Restricted stock expense	2,898,000			2,211,000
Shares issued																0	336	4,790
Granted, shares																			0	0	14,643
Grant date fair value (USD per share)																		$ 59.53	$ 57.58	$ 45.14	$ 43.01
Vesting term																		1 year
Cash equivalents	0		200,000	200,000
Excess of outstanding checks drawn on zero-balance accounts at domestic banks exceeded book cash balances	17,800,000		36,100,000	44,600,000
Concentration risk, number of significant customers																						2
Concentration risk percentage																							8.00%	7.00%
Concentration risk benchmark percentage																									4.00%
Tenant allowances	20,000,000		20,000,000	18,000,000
Deferred rent	38,400,000		37,900,000	36,200,000
Goodwill	272,086,000		273,827,000	263,062,000		172,300,000	172,300,000	159,100,000	99,000,000	100,700,000	103,200,000	800,000	800,000	800,000	14,000,000											99,000,000		103,200,000
Goodwill impairment analysis, fair value in excess of carrying value															2,800,000
Amount of reduction in fair value pending increases of 100 basis points in weighted average cost of capital															7,400,000
Amount of reduction in fair value pending decrease of 100 basis points in projected annual revenues															400,000
Wholesale and unallocated retail costs of distribution	2,000,000
Accrued liability for gift cards	11,800,000		13,100,000	9,200,000
Advertising costs	12,700,000			10,700,000
Prepaid advertising	1,700,000		1,400,000	1,600,000
Cooperative advertising costs	1,000,000
Vendor reimbursements of cooperative advertising costs	500,000			900,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income pension liability adjustments	25,000,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income post retirement liability adjustment	300,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income, foreign currency translation adjustment	$ 4,300,000

[1] Total assets for the Lids Sports Group, Schuh Group and Licensed Brands include $172.3 million, $99.0 million and $0.8 million of goodwill, respectively. The Schuh Group goodwill decreased by $1.7 million from February 2, 2013 due to foreign currency translation adjustment.

[2] Total assets for the Lids Sports Group, Schuh Group and Licensed Brands include $159.1 million, $103.2 million and $0.8 million of goodwill, respectively.