2.4.0.8060100 - Disclosure - Basis of Presentationtruefalsefalse1falsefalsefalsec20130204to20130804http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000030302duration2013-02-04T00:00:002013-08-04T00:00:001true1us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse02false2us-gaap_BusinessDescriptionAndBasisOfPresentationTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalselabel1falsefalsefalse00<div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><tr valign="top"><td align="right" style="width: 18pt;"><div style="display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">(1)  </div></td><td><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; margin-left: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0pt; text-decoration: underline;">Basis of Presentation</div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; margin-left: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0pt;">The accompanying unaudited financial statements of ALCO Stores, Inc. (the "Company") are for interim periods and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.  The accompanying unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included in the Company's fiscal 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management of the Company, the accompanying unaudited financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations and cash flows for the interim periods. Because the Company's business is moderately seasonal, the results from interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.</div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; margin-left: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0pt;">The Company's fiscal year ends on the Sunday nearest to January 31.  Fiscal 2014 is a 52-week period consisting of four thirteen week periods, with each period referred to as a quarter.  Fiscal 2013 was a 53-week period consisting of three thirteen week periods and one fourteen week period.  During Fiscal 2013, the fourteen week period occurred in the fourth quarter.  The thirteen weeks ended August 4, 2013 and July 29, 2012 are referred to herein as the second quarter of fiscal 2014 and 2013, respectively.</div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; margin-left: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0pt;">Same-stores are those stores which were open at the end of the reporting period, had reached their fourteenth month of operation, and include store locations, if any, that had experienced a remodel, an expansion, or relocation.  Same-stores also include the Company's transactional website.</div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; margin-left: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0pt;">Non same-stores are those stores which have not reached their fourteenth month of operation.</div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; margin-left: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 0pt;">The depreciation and amortization amounts from the Statements of Operations may not agree to the related amounts in the Statements of Cash Flows due to the fact that a portion of the depreciation and amortization is included in loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit line of the Statements of Operations.</div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the business description and basis of presentation concepts. Business description describes the nature and type of organization including but not limited to organizational structure as may be applicable to holding companies, parent and subsidiary relationships, business divisions, business units, business segments, affiliates and information about significant ownership of the reporting entity. Basis of presentation describes the underlying basis used to prepare the financial statements (for example, US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Other Comprehensive Basis of Accounting, IFRS).No definition available.false0falseBasis of PresentationUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://alcostores.com/role/BasisOfPresentation12