Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2017

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

16.	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company leases its retail facilities and certain equipment under various non-cancelable operating leases. Certain of these leases have renewal options. Total rent expense (including related occupancy costs, such as insurance and maintenance, paid to landlords) under operating leases amounted to $56,830,000, $58,120,000, $58,682,000 and $19,350,000 in fiscal 2016, 2015, 2014 and the four months ended January 31, 2015, respectively. Such amounts exclude contingent rentals based upon a percentage of sales totaling $977,000, $1,359,000, $1,735,000 and $454,000 in fiscal 2016, 2015, 2014 and the four months ended January 31, 2015, respectively.

The Company completed the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Moorestown, New Jersey in January 2015 and completed the relocation of its distribution operations to Florence, New Jersey in August 2015. The lease for the new corporate headquarters building was signed in September 2013 and rent payments commenced in March 2015. The lease for the new Florence distribution center building was signed in December 2013. In December 2014 the Company received notice of substantial completion and lease commencement from the landlord for the distribution center building. Accordingly, the Florence lease commenced effective January 2015, with the first rent payment paid as of March 2015. Future minimum payments for the two leases are included in the table below.

Store, office and distribution facility leases generally provide for payment of direct operating costs in addition to rent.

Future annual minimum lease payments, for facilities leases excluding such direct operating costs, as well as leases for equipment rental, as of January 28, 2017, are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year

2017	$	40,303
2018		33,360
2019		27,848
2020		21,701
2021		18,288
2022 and thereafter		57,163
	$	198,663

From time to time, the Company is named as a defendant in legal actions arising from normal business activities. Litigation is inherently unpredictable and although the amount of any liability that could arise with respect to currently pending actions cannot be accurately predicted, the Company does not believe that the resolution of any pending action will have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.