Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 01, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

Income tax expense consists of the following:

	Fiscal Year
	2013			2012		2011
	($ in thousands)
Federal – current		($10	)	$	18		($15	)
State – current		178			230		165
Deferred		—			—		—
Income tax expense	$	168		$	248	$	150

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the Company’s effective income tax rate with the federal statutory rate is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2013			2012			2011
Federal statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax effect		1.4	%		0.5	%		4.6	%
Change in valuation allowance		(30.9	%)		(34.3	%)		(32.8	%)
Cash surrender value – insurance/ benefit programs		(4.2	%)		(0.6	%)		(1.1	%)
Other		0.7	%		0.1	%		0.8	%
Effective income tax rate		2.0	%		0.7	%		6.5	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets are as follows:

	February 1, 2014			February 2, 2013
	($ in thousands)
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
Accrued expenses	$	846		$	999
Inventory		345			278
Retirement and compensation related accruals		7,323			10,290
Fixed assets		9,103			10,374
Federal and state net operating loss and credit carryforwards		75,665			74,642
Real estate leases, including deferred rent		2,492			2,299
Losses on investments		1,234			1,221
Goodwill		522			1,160
Other		963			926
Gross deferred tax assets before valuation allowance		98,493			102,189
Less: valuation allowance		(98,493	)		(102,189	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	—		$	—
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES		—			—
NET DEFERRED TAX ASSET	$	—		$	—

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

Amounts presented excluded interest and penalties, where applicable, on unrecognized tax benefits:

	Fiscal 2013			Fiscal 2012		Fiscal 2011
	($ in thousands)
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of the year	$	2,078		$	2,078	$	2,308
Increases in tax positions from prior years		—			—		—
Decreases in tax positions from prior years		—			—		—
Increases in tax positions for current year		—			—		—
Settlements		—			—		—
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations		(60	)		—		(230	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of the year	$	2,018		$	2,078	$	2,078