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Non-cash income tax benefit.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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The amount of income tax expense or benefit for the period computed by applying the domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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Amount of income tax expense (benefit) for remeasurement of deferred tax from change in tax rate pursuant to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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Amount of income tax expense (benefit) from effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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Income Taxes - 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2020	May 02, 2021	May 03, 2020	Apr. 28, 2019
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Federal statutory income tax rate		21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Provisional income tax (benefit) expense of U.S. net deferred income taxes				$ (268,000)
Provisional income tax (benefit) expense Transition Tax				(282,000)
GILTI [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Income tax charge of during period			$ 1,900,000	$ 2,100,000
Non-cash income tax benefit	$ 3,600,000	$ 3,600,000