Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2011

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

8. Discontinued Operations

Of the twenty-four stores closed in the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2011, the Company closed five stores in markets where the Company does not expect another of its existing stores to absorb the closed store customers. The Company closed one store in fiscal year 2011 in a market where the Company does not expect another of its existing stores to absorb the closed store customers. The operating results of these stores are presented as discontinued in all periods presented. For the thirteen weeks ended October 29, 2011 and October 30, 2010, the closed stores had sales of $1.7 million and $2.1 million. The closed stores had pretax operating loss of $0.3 million in each of the thirteen weeks ended October 29, 2011 and October 30, 2010. For the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2011 and October 30, 2010, the closed stores had sales of $4.9 million and $6.5 million, and pretax operating loss of $0.5 million and $0.1 million, respectively. The Company continues to report in discontinued operations stores closed in prior periods where the Company does not expect to retain the closed stores’ customers at another store.