Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - Pending Litigation [Member]		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 14, 2018	Feb. 02, 2019
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Description Of Filed Claim	On November 14, 2018, three consumersfiled a putative class action complaint against Trans World Entertainment Corporation and Synapse Group, Inc. in the United StatesDistrict Court for the District of Massachusetts Boston Division (Case No.1:18-cv-12377-DPW) concerning enrollment in the Company’sBackstage Pass VIP loyalty program and associated magazine subscriptions. The complaint alleges, among other things, that theCompany’s “negative option marketing” misled consumers into enrolling for membership and subscriptions withoutobtaining the consumers’ consent. The complaint seeks statutory and actual damages.The Company has filed a motion to dismissthe case which remains pending; however the court has already dismissed the plaintiffs’ only claim under federal law. Thecourt has not yet decided the rest of the motion, but has indicated its preliminary agreement with significant portions of thatmotion, including that the case should not be able to proceed as a class action. The Company believes it has meritorious defensesto the plaintiffs’ claims and, if the court does not grant the Company’s motion to dismiss in full, the Company intendsto vigorously defend the action
Roper v. Trans World Entertainment Corp.
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Description Of Filed Claim		There aretwo pending class actions. The first, Spack v. Trans World Entertainment Corp. was originally filed in the Districtof New Jersey, April 2017 (the “Spack Action”). The Spack Action alleges that Trans World misclassified Store Managersas exempt nationwide. It also alleges violations of New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Law with respect to the Trans World’suse of the fluctuating workweek method to pay Senior Assistant Managers at stores located in those two states, and that managersand assistant managers worked “off-the-clock.” The second, Roper v. Trans World Entertainment Corp., wasfiled in the Northern District of New York, May 2017 (the “Roper Action”). The Roper Action also asserts a nationwidemisclassification claim on behalf of Store Managers. Both actions were consolidated into the Northern District of New York, withthe Spack Action being the lead case.Plaintiffsmoved for conditional certification, June 2018 and partially granted in January 2019. The opt-in period for the collective thatwas certified closed on April 6, 2019. Once the scope of the conditionally certified collective is known, opt-in discovery relatingto that collective will commence. Company plans to move to decertify that collective.