CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	May 02, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 42,166	$ 38,044
Accounts receivable, less allowance for uncollectible accounts of $1,680 and $1,604	29,101us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	31,013us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Merchandise inventories	651,461us-gaap_InventoryNet	656,957us-gaap_InventoryNet
Prepaid expenses	26,159us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent	27,952us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent
Other current assets	52,450us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent	55,986us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Assets held for disposal	2,377	2,648
Total current assets	803,714us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	812,600us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,264,412 and $1,251,797	597,783us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	604,380us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Goodwill	32,869us-gaap_Goodwill	32,869us-gaap_Goodwill
Deferred income taxes	51,666us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent	56,571us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent
Other long-term assets	34,696us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent	35,321us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total assets	1,520,728us-gaap_Assets	1,541,741us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	230,211us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent	227,132us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Trade payable program liability	139,279pby_TradePayableProgramLiability	140,904pby_TradePayableProgramLiability
Accrued expenses	208,794us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	226,176us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Deferred income taxes	64,357us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent	61,216us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrent
Current maturities of long-term debt	2,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent	2,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Total current liabilities	644,641us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	657,428us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term debt less current maturities	193,500us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent	211,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Other long-term liabilities	44,128us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	45,567us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Deferred gain from asset sales	100,360	103,596
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	297,563	298,299
Retained earnings	404,465	397,890
Accumulated other comprehensive income	(245)	(391)
Treasury stock, at cost - 14,693,191 shares and 14,988,205 shares	(232,241)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue	(240,205)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Total stockholders' equity	538,099us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	524,150us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 1,520,728	$ 1,541,741

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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