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Private Label Credit Card Portfolio
9 Months Ended
Oct. 27, 2012
Private Label Credit Card Portfolio [Abstract]  
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8.              Private Label Credit Card Portfolio
On August 8, 2012, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Private Label Credit Card Plan Agreement (the "Agreement") with World Financial Network Bank (now Comenity Bank) (the "Bank"), an affiliate of Alliance Data Systems Corporation. The Agreement supersedes, restates and amends in its entirety an Amended and Restated Private Label Credit Card Program Agreement dated March 5, 2004, and various subsequent amendments thereto, between the Company and the Bank.

Under the terms of the Agreement, which will remain in effect until July 31, 2021, the Bank will continue to provide private label credit card services for the Company's credit card program, including account acquisition and activation, receivables funding, card authorization, private label credit card issuance, statement generation, remittance processing, customer service functions and marketing services.  In addition, among other payments set forth in the Agreement, the Bank will pay the Company a monthly net portfolio yield payment and an annual portfolio performance bonus, if earned.