Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	Related Party Transactions Charles C. Anderson, Chairman Emeritus and a former director of the Company, Terry C. Anderson, a director of the Company, and Clyde B. Anderson, Executive Chairman of the Company, have controlling ownership interests in other entities with which the Company conducts business. Significant transactions between the Company and these various other entities (“related parties”) are summarized in the following paragraphs. The Company purchases a portion of its in-store merchandise from a subsidiary of Anderson Media Corporation (“Anderson Media”), an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. During fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, purchases of these items from Anderson Media totaled $19.5 million and $17.5 million, respectively. Amounts payable to Anderson Media at January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014 were $6.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively. Amounts receivable from Anderson Media at January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014 were $31,000 and $66,000, respectively. The Company purchases certain of its collectibles, gifts and books from Anderson Press, Inc. (“Anderson Press”), an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. During fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, such purchases from Anderson Press totaled $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Amounts payable to Anderson Press at January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014 were $0.2 million. The Company utilizes import sourcing and consolidation services from Anco Far East Importers Limited (“Anco Far East”), an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. The total amount paid to Anco Far East was $1.9 million and $1.6 million for fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, respectively. These amounts paid to Anco Far East included the actual cost of the product, as well as fees for sourcing and consolidation services. All other costs, other than the sourcing and consolidation service fees, were passed through from other vendors. Anco Far East fees, net of the passed-through costs, for fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014 were $0.1 million in each year. Amounts payable to Anco Far East at January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014 were $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The Company leases its principal executive offices from a trust, which was established for the benefit of the grandchildren of Mr. Charles C. Anderson, Chairman Emeritus and a former director of the Company. The lease was renewed on June 1, 2014 and will end on May 31, 2024. During fiscal year 2015, the Company paid annual rent of approximately $0.1 million to the trust under this lease and paid rent of approximately $0.2 million in fiscal 2014. Anderson & Anderson LLC (“A&A”), which is an affiliate of the Company through common ownership, also leases two buildings to the Company. During each of fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, the Company paid A&A a total of $0.4 million in connection with such leases. The total of minimum future rental payments under all of these related party leases was $2.0 million at January 31, 2015. The Company also subleases a portion of its leased corporate office space in Birmingham, Alabama to Anderson Growth Partners, an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. During fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014 the Company received approximately $0.1 million in rental payments from Anderson Growth Partners. Total future minimum rent payments to the Company under this lease were $0.7 million as of January 31, 2015. The Company leases certain property to Hibbett Sports, Inc. (“Hibbett”), a sporting goods retailer in the United States. The Company’s lease on the property with Hibbett expires in February 1, 2017. Terrance G. Finley, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, is a member of Hibbett’s board of directors. During fiscal 2015 and 2014, the Company received approximately $0.1 million in rental payments from Hibbett. Total future minimum rent payments to the Company under this lease were $0.2 million as of January 31, 2015. Until December 2014, the Company, A&A, American Promotional Events, Inc., Anderson Growth Partners and Anderson Press (collectively the “Co-ownership Group”) co-owned two airplanes that were used by the Company in its business, with the Company owning a 19.7% interest in each of the airplanes. During fiscal 2015 (through December 2014) and fiscal 2014, the Company was billed $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively, by the Co-ownership Group under a cost sharing arrangement for the Company’s use of the airplanes. The expenses that the Company paid for airplane use covered all of the variable costs attributable to the Company’s use of the airplanes and a portion of the fixed costs. Additionally, in conjunction with the acquisition of one of the previously mentioned, on July 31, 2013, the Company, along with other members of the Co-ownership group, entered into a promissory note with Aircraft SPE 2013, LLC for the purpose of repaying the indebtedness incurred by Aircraft SPE 2013, LLC for the acquisition of the airplane. The principal amount of the Company's note is $0.6 million and matures on September 1, 2018. The note bears interest equal to the thirty-day LIBOR rate plus 2.75%. The Company is required to make periodic payments of principal and interest over the term of the loan, which is amortized over fifteen years an includes a balloon payment for the remaining principal balance at the end of the term. The outstanding balance of the note at January 31, 2015 was approximately $0.6 million. In December 2014, the Co-ownership Group determined to sell the two airplanes. One was sold by the Co-ownership Group in December 2014; the second remains for sale. On January 26, 2015, the Co-ownership Group entered into a reverse 1031 exchange transaction, whereby the Co-ownership Group used the airplane sale proceeds and additional proceeds contributed by A&A to purchase a new airplane. The Company currently has a note payable to A&A in the amount of $1,022,173 in connection with the additional proceeds contributed by A&A for the new airplane purchase, which note will be satisfied upon the sale of the second airplane and the completion of the 1031 exchange transaction, expected to occur in the next 180 days. Upon completion, the Company will own a 20.892% interest in the new airplane. The Company and Anderson Private Capital Partners I, L.P. (“APCP”) each held a 50% ownership interest in Yogurt Mountain as of February 1, 2014. On December 23, 2014 the Company acquired an additional .001% of Yogurt Mountain from APCP. APCP is an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. See Note 14, “Variable Interest Entities,” for additional information regarding the Company’s ownership interest in Yogurt Mountain. All related party transactions between the Company and Yogurt Mountain subsequent to the Company’s consolidation of Yogurt Mountain have been eliminated for the fifty-two weeks ended January 31, 2015. The Company and Anco Far East have equity interests in IF of 25% and 45%, respectively. See Note 13, “Equity Method Investment,” for additional information regarding the Company’s investment in IF. During fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, the Company had purchased items from IF in the amount of $1.0 million and $0.5 million, respectively. The Company had amounts payable to IF of $73,000 at January 31, 2015 and $39,000 at February 1, 2014. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company sold units of limited liability company interests (“units”) of its PGP subsidiary to four investors, three of whom serve as executive officers of the Company, Terrance G. Finley, Chief Executive Officer and President, R. Todd Noden, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and James F. Turner, Executive Vice President/Real Estate and Business Development. A total of 100 units, valued at $10,000 each, were sold to the four investors, 40 units purchased by Mr. Finley for $0.4 million, 20 units purchased by Mr. Noden for $0.2 million, 20 units purchased by Mr. Turner for $0.2 million, and 20 units purchased by a non-executive employee for $0.2 million. The 100 units equated to a 5.1% interest in PGP, with the Company owning the remaining 94.9% of PGP. The equity of PGP owned by the four investors is presented as a component of noncontrolling interest within the consolidated financial statements. During fiscal 2015 a total of $61,000 was paid in dividends to these four private investors.

Related Party Transactions

Charles C. Anderson, Chairman Emeritus and a former director of the Company, Terry C. Anderson, a director of the Company, and Clyde B. Anderson, Executive Chairman of the Company, have controlling ownership interests in other entities with which the Company conducts business. Significant transactions between the Company and these various other entities (“related parties”) are summarized in the following paragraphs.

The Company purchases a portion of its in-store merchandise from a subsidiary of Anderson Media Corporation (“Anderson Media”), an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. During fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, purchases of these items from Anderson Media totaled $19.5 million and $17.5 million, respectively. Amounts payable to Anderson Media at January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014 were $6.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively. Amounts receivable from Anderson Media at January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014 were $31,000 and $66,000, respectively. The Company purchases certain of its collectibles, gifts and books from Anderson Press, Inc. (“Anderson Press”), an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. During fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, such purchases from Anderson Press totaled $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Amounts payable to Anderson Press at January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014 were $0.2 million. The Company utilizes import sourcing and consolidation services from Anco Far East Importers Limited (“Anco Far East”), an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. The total amount paid to Anco Far East was $1.9 million and $1.6 million for fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, respectively. These amounts paid to Anco Far East included the actual cost of the product, as well as fees for sourcing and consolidation services. All other costs, other than the sourcing and consolidation service fees, were passed through from other vendors. Anco Far East fees, net of the passed-through costs, for fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014 were $0.1 million in each year. Amounts payable to Anco Far East at January 31, 2015 and February 1, 2014 were $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

The Company leases its principal executive offices from a trust, which was established for the benefit of the grandchildren of Mr. Charles C. Anderson, Chairman Emeritus and a former director of the Company. The lease was renewed on June 1, 2014 and will end on May 31, 2024. During fiscal year 2015, the Company paid annual rent of approximately $0.1 million to the trust under this lease and paid rent of approximately $0.2 million in fiscal 2014. Anderson & Anderson LLC (“A&A”), which is an affiliate of the Company through common ownership, also leases two buildings to the Company. During each of fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, the Company paid A&A a total of $0.4 million in connection with such leases. The total of minimum future rental payments under all of these related party leases was $2.0 million at January 31, 2015. The Company also subleases a portion of its leased corporate office space in Birmingham, Alabama to Anderson Growth Partners, an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. During fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014 the Company received approximately $0.1 million in rental payments from Anderson Growth Partners. Total future minimum rent payments to the Company under this lease were $0.7 million as of January 31, 2015. The Company leases certain property to Hibbett Sports, Inc. (“Hibbett”), a sporting goods retailer in the United States. The Company’s lease on the property with Hibbett expires in February 1, 2017. Terrance G. Finley, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, is a member of Hibbett’s board of directors. During fiscal 2015 and 2014, the Company received approximately $0.1 million in rental payments from Hibbett. Total future minimum rent payments to the Company under this lease were $0.2 million as of January 31, 2015.

Until December 2014, the Company, A&A, American Promotional Events, Inc., Anderson Growth Partners and Anderson Press (collectively the “Co-ownership Group”) co-owned two airplanes that were used by the Company in its business, with the Company owning a 19.7% interest in each of the airplanes. During fiscal 2015 (through December 2014) and fiscal 2014, the Company was billed $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively, by the Co-ownership Group under a cost sharing arrangement for the Company’s use of the airplanes. The expenses that the Company paid for airplane use covered all of the variable costs attributable to the Company’s use of the airplanes and a portion of the fixed costs. Additionally, in conjunction with the acquisition of one of the previously mentioned, on July 31, 2013, the Company, along with other members of the Co-ownership group, entered into a promissory note with Aircraft SPE 2013, LLC for the purpose of repaying the indebtedness incurred by Aircraft SPE 2013, LLC for the acquisition of the airplane. The principal amount of the Company's note is $0.6 million and matures on September 1, 2018. The note bears interest equal to the thirty-day LIBOR rate plus 2.75%. The Company is required to make periodic payments of principal and interest over the term of the loan, which is amortized over fifteen years an includes a balloon payment for the remaining principal balance at the end of the term. The outstanding balance of the note at January 31, 2015 was approximately $0.6 million. In December 2014, the Co-ownership Group determined to sell the two airplanes. One was sold by the Co-ownership Group in December 2014; the second remains for sale. On January 26, 2015, the Co-ownership Group entered into a reverse 1031 exchange transaction, whereby the Co-ownership Group used the airplane sale proceeds and additional proceeds contributed by A&A to purchase a new airplane. The Company currently has a note payable to A&A in the amount of $1,022,173 in connection with the additional proceeds contributed by A&A for the new airplane purchase, which note will be satisfied upon the sale of the second airplane and the completion of the 1031 exchange transaction, expected to occur in the next 180 days. Upon completion, the Company will own a 20.892% interest in the new airplane.

The Company and Anderson Private Capital Partners I, L.P. (“APCP”) each held a 50% ownership interest in Yogurt Mountain as of February 1, 2014. On December 23, 2014 the Company acquired an additional .001% of Yogurt Mountain from APCP. APCP is an affiliate of the Company through common ownership. See Note 14, “Variable Interest Entities,” for additional information regarding the Company’s ownership interest in Yogurt Mountain. All related party transactions between the Company and Yogurt Mountain subsequent to the Company’s consolidation of Yogurt Mountain have been eliminated for the fifty-two weeks ended January 31, 2015.

The Company and Anco Far East have equity interests in IF of 25% and 45%, respectively. See Note 13, “Equity Method Investment,” for additional information regarding the Company’s investment in IF. During fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, the Company had purchased items from IF in the amount of $1.0 million and $0.5 million, respectively. The Company had amounts payable to IF of $73,000 at January 31, 2015 and $39,000 at February 1, 2014.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company sold units of limited liability company interests (“units”) of its PGP subsidiary to four investors, three of whom serve as executive officers of the Company, Terrance G. Finley, Chief Executive Officer and President, R. Todd Noden, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and James F. Turner, Executive Vice President/Real Estate and Business Development. A total of 100 units, valued at $10,000 each, were sold to the four investors, 40 units purchased by Mr. Finley for $0.4 million, 20 units purchased by Mr. Noden for $0.2 million, 20 units purchased by Mr. Turner for $0.2 million, and 20 units purchased by a non-executive employee for $0.2 million. The 100 units equated to a 5.1% interest in PGP, with the Company owning the remaining 94.9% of PGP. The equity of PGP owned by the four investors is presented as a component of noncontrolling interest within the consolidated financial statements. During fiscal 2015 a total of $61,000 was paid in dividends to these four private investors.