OPERATING LEASES

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2017

Leases [Abstract]

OPERATING LEASES

NOTE 11 - OPERATING LEASES

We lease stores, our corporate headquarters, one distribution center and equipment under operating leases. The majority of store leases, which are typically for an initial 10-year term and often with two renewal options of five years each, provide for our payment of base rent plus expenses, such as common area maintenance, utilities, taxes and insurance.  Certain store leases provide for contingent rents that are not measurable at inception.  These contingent rents are primarily based on a percentage of sales that are in excess of a predetermined level. A number of store leases provide for escalating minimum rent. As part of the consolidation of our corporate headquarters, we entered into an agreement to sublease our former corporate office building beginning in February 2016 through our remaining lease term.

Minimum rental commitments on long-term, non-cancelable operating leases at January 28, 2017, are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year	Commitments		Sublease Income			Net Minimum Lease Commitments
2017	$	93,607	$	(1,365	)	$	92,242
2018	83,883		(1,447		)	82,436
2019	69,065		(1,447		)	67,618
2020	60,474		(1,492		)	58,982
2021	50,097		(1,582		)	48,515
Thereafter	136,632		(2,636		)	133,996
Total	$	493,758	$	(9,969	)	$	483,789

Rental expense for operating leases, net of sublease income, consisted of the following for each period presented (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2016			2015			2014
Minimum rentals	$	85,538		$	84,170		$	77,141
Contingent rentals	2,365			3,067			3,642
Sublease income	(1,436		)	(5		)	(6		)
Total	$	86,467		$	87,232		$	80,777