Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

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

Income tax expense (benefit) consists of the following:

	Fiscal Year
	2016			2015		2014
	($ in thousands)
Federal – current	$	—		$	—		($46	)
State – current		215			181		162
Deferred		($6,988	)		—		—
Income tax expense (benefit)		($6,773	)	$	181	$	116

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
	2016			2015			2014
Federal statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax effect		(6.0	%)		4.1	%		5.6	%
Change in valuation allowance		(57.2	%)		(39.0	%)		(25.8	%)
Cash surrender value – insurance/ benefit programs		4.0	%		5.3	%		(7.6	%)
Contingent consideration		19.1	%		—			—
Deferred tax benefit – acquisition		196.1	%		—			—
Other		(0.90	%)		.9	%		(1.1	%)
Effective income tax rate		190.1	%		6.3	%		6.1	%

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

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

	January 28,			January 30,
	2017			2016
	($ in thousands)
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
Accrued expenses	$	400		$	393
Inventory		347			311
Retirement and compensation related accruals		9,063			9,393
Fixed assets		1,718			5,830
Federal and state net operating loss and credit carryforwards		83,221			74,516
Real estate leases, including deferred rent		4,141			2,724
Losses on investments		1,268			1,226
Other		901			916
Gross deferred tax assets before valuation allowance		101,059			95,309
Less: valuation allowance		(89,443	)		(95,309	)
Total deferred tax assets	$	11,616		$	—
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES
Intangibles		(11,616	)		—
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
	2016		2015		2014
	($ in thousands)
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of the year	$	1,930	$	1,930	$	2,018
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		—		—		(88	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of the year	$	1,930	$	1,930	$	1,930