Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

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

Income tax expense consists of the following:

	Fiscal Year
	2015		2014			2013
	($ in thousands)
Federal – current	$	0		($46	)		($10	)
State – current		181		162			178
Deferred		—		—			—
Income tax expense	$	181	$	116		$	168

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
	2015			2014			2013
Federal statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax effect		4.1	%		5.6	%		1.4	%
Change in valuation allowance		(39.0	%)		(25.8	%)		(30.9	%)
Cash surrender value – insurance/ benefit programs		5.3	%		(7.6	%)		(4.2	%)
Other		.9	%		(1.1	%)		0.7	%
Effective income tax rate		6.3	%		6.1	%		2.0	%

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

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

	January 30,			January 31,
	2016			2015
	($ in thousands)
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
Accrued expenses	$	393		$	675
Inventory		311			287
Retirement and compensation related accruals		9,393			7,966
Fixed assets		5,830			8,352
Federal and state net operating loss and credit carryforwards		74,516			75,964
Real estate leases, including deferred rent		2,724			2,268
Losses on investments		1,226			1,228
Goodwill		0			223
Other		916			982
Gross deferred tax assets before valuation allowance		95,309			97,945
Less: valuation allowance		(95,309	)		(97,945	)
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
	2015		2014			2013
	($ in thousands)
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of the year	$	1,930	$	2,018		$	2,078
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		0		(88	)		(60	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of the year	$	1,930	$	1,930		$	2,018