CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 38,044	$ 33,431
Accounts receivable, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $1,604 and $1,320	31,013us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	25,152us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Merchandise inventories	656,957us-gaap_InventoryNet	672,354us-gaap_InventoryNet
Prepaid expenses	27,952us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent	29,282us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent
Other current assets	55,986us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent	63,405us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Assets held for disposal	2,648	2,013
Total current assets	812,600us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	825,637us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,251,797 and $1,227,121	604,380us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	625,525us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Goodwill	32,869us-gaap_Goodwill	56,794us-gaap_Goodwill
Deferred income taxes	56,571us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent	57,686us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent
Other long-term assets	35,321us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent	39,839us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total assets	1,541,741us-gaap_Assets	1,605,481us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	227,132us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent	256,031us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Trade payable program liability	140,904pby_TradePayableProgramLiability	129,801pby_TradePayableProgramLiability
Accrued expenses	226,176us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	237,403us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Deferred income taxes	61,216us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent	69,373us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent
Current maturities of long-term debt	2,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent	2,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Total current liabilities	657,428us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	694,608us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term debt less current maturities	211,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent	199,500us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Other long-term liabilities	45,567us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	48,485us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Deferred gain from asset sales	103,596	114,823
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, par value $1 per share: authorized 500,000,000 shares; issued 68,557,041 shares	68,557us-gaap_CommonStockValue	68,557us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Additional paid-in capital	298,299	297,009
Retained earnings	397,890	432,332
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(391)	379
Treasury stock, at cost - 14,988,205 shares and 15,358,872 shares	(240,205)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue	(250,212)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Total stockholders' equity	524,150us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	548,065us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 1,541,741	$ 1,605,481

This element represents the liability towards a program which is funded by various bank participants who have the ability but not the obligation to purchase the account receivables owed by the company directly from its vendors and in the turn the company makes its scheduled full vendor payments to the bank participants.

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