Employee Retirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2012

Employee Retirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Schedule of Costs of Retirement Plans [Table Text Block]

The total expenses for our employee retirement benefit plans are as follows:

	Year Ended
(In thousands)	January 28, 2012		January 29, 2011			January 30, 2010
401(k) plan	$	88	$	0		$	145
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	253		(138		)	248
Non-qualified supplemental retirement plan	0		36			357
Total retirement benefit plans expenses/(income)	$	341	$	(102	)	$	750

Schedule of Accrued Benefit Liabilities for Non Qualified Benefit Plans [Table Text Block]

The accrued benefits liabilities for our non-qualified plans were as follows:

(In thousands)	January 28, 2012		January 29, 2011
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	$	8,911	$	10,279
Non-qualified supplemental retirement plan	—		671
Total accrued non-qualified plan benefits	$	8,911	$	10,950