Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2011

Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

1.           Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) of Stage Stores, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Stage Stores” or the "Company") have been prepared in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP” or “U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements.  Those adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods have been made.  The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for a full year.  The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) should be read in conjunction with the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto filed with Stage Stores’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2011.  References to a particular year are to Stage Stores’ fiscal year, which is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to January 31st of the following calendar year.  For example, a reference to “2010” is a reference to the fiscal year ended January 29, 2011 and a reference to "2011" is a reference to the fiscal year ending January 28, 2012.  References to “current year” pertain to the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2011, and references to “prior year” pertain to the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2010.

Stage Stores is a Houston, Texas-based, specialty department store retailer offering moderately priced, nationally recognized brand name and private label apparel, accessories, cosmetics and footwear for the entire family.  As of October 29, 2011, the Company operated 810 stores located in 40 states under the five names of Bealls, Goody’s, Palais Royal, Peebles and Stage.  The Company also has an eCommerce website.

Correction of Statement of Cash Flows.  The Company has corrected an error in the supplemental disclosure of cash paid for income taxes for the period ended October 30, 2010.  The amount previously presented was $2.4 million and only represented state income taxes.  The correction had no effect on any of the categories presented in the statement of cash flows.

Recent Accounting Standards.In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs, to improve the comparability of fair value measurements presented and disclosed in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).  ASU 2011-04 clarifies existing fair value measurement and disclosure requirements, amends certain fair value measurement principles and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements.  For public companies, the amendments in ASU 2011-04 will be effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company does not expect the adoption of the provisions under ASU 2011-04 to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, Presentation of Comprehensive Income, which eliminates the current option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statements of changes in stockholders’ equity and requires entities to present comprehensive income in either a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements.  The amendments do not change the components of other comprehensive income.  For public companies, the new disclosure requirements will be effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption permitted and will have presentation changes only.