RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details)					3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May 01, 2023 director shares	Apr. 30, 2023 corporateEntity	Mar. 09, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 15, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 25, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2023 USD ($) shares	Jun. 06, 2023 shares	Feb. 25, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 14, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares) | shares					0		0			0
Less: Preferred dividends on Series C redeemable preferred stock					$ 537,000	$ 537,000	$ 1,073,000	$ 1,074,000
Ownership percentage, prior approval of equity securities, threshold percentage		49.60%
Series E Contingently Redeemable Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares) | shares					3,500,000		3,500,000			3,500,000
SPHG Holdings | SPHG Note Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Initial conversion price (in usd per share) | $ / shares														$ 22.16
SPHG Holdings | Convertible note investment
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount					$ 12,900,000		$ 12,900,000			$ 12,900,000				$ 14,900,000
Debt instrument, repaid, principal								2,000,000
SPHG Holdings | Convertible note investment | SPHG Note Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Initial conversion price (in usd per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.0451356
Debt instrument, conversion portion amount			$ 1,000
Related Party | Series E Contingently Redeemable Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Conversion of stock, shares converted (in shares) | shares	3,500,000
Related Party | Series E Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, convertible, shares issuable (in shares) | shares											19,800,000
Related Party | Purchase agreement | Series C convertible preferred stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares) | shares				35,000
Price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares				$ 1,000
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock				$ 35,000,000
Related Party | Stockholders' Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Board of directors, number of directors | director	7
Board of directors, number of directors under SEC | director	3
Board of directors, number of directors in independent audit committee | director	3
Board of directors, number of directors in disinterested audit committee | director	1
Litigation settlement, proceeds required to be distributed to stockholders, percentage		70.00%
Ownership percentage, prior approval of equity securities, threshold percentage		100.00%
Related Party | Management Services Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) on monthly fee									$ 131,000			$ 101,900	$ 282,800
Monthly fixed fee									$ 80,000
Management services agreement, duration									1 year
Related Party | ModusLink Management Services Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
General and administrative expense					700,000	600,000	1,300,000	1,200,000
Accounts payable					500,000	700,000	500,000	700,000
Related Party | Air Travel
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
General and administrative expense					100,000		100,000
Related Party | SPHG Holdings | Purchase agreement | Series C convertible preferred stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Less: Preferred dividends on Series C redeemable preferred stock					$ 500,000	$ 500,000	$ 1,100,000	$ 1,100,000
Related Party | SPHG Holdings | Convertible note investment | SPHG Note Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, repaid, principal			1,000,000
Debt instrument, periodic payment, principal			1,000,000
Long-term debt, cash amendment fee amount			100,000
Long-term debt, derecognized debt discount amount			$ 200,000
Related Party | Steel Holdings | Convertible debt | SPHG Note Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount														$ 14,900,000
Steel Connect, Inc. | Steel Connect, Inc. | Related Party | SPHG Holdings
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage					85.90%		85.90%
Steel Connect, Inc. | Steel Connect, Inc. | Related Party | SP Group | Stockholders' Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage, prior approval required for transfer of equity interests, threshold percentage		80.00%
Number of corporate entity | corporateEntity		1