Lease Termination and Impairment Charges (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2013

Lease Termination and Impairment Charges

Schedule of amounts relating to lease termination and impairment charges

	Thirteen Week Period Ended				Thirty-Nine Week Period Ended
	November 30, 2013		December 1, 2012		November 30, 2013		December 1, 2012
Impairment charges	$	335	$	339	$	5,201	$	882
Lease termination charges		1,337		14,027		18,833		33,410
	$	1,672	$	14,366	$	24,034	$	34,292

Schedule of closed store and distribution center charges related to new closures, changes in assumptions and interest accretion

	Thirteen Week Period Ended						Thirty-Nine Week Period Ended
	November 30, 2013			December 1, 2012			November 30, 2013			December 1, 2012
Balance—beginning of period	$	303,637		$	345,271		$	323,758		$	367,865
Provision for present value of noncancellable lease payments of closed stores		4,522			7,270			10,896			11,522
Changes in assumptions about future sublease income, terminations and changes in interest rates		(8,112	)		1,062			(7,899	)		4,388
Interest accretion		5,225			5,729			16,133			17,655
Cash payments, net of sublease income		(10,127	)		(23,866	)		(47,743	)		(65,964	)
Balance—end of period	$	295,145		$	335,466		$	295,145		$	335,466