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Summary of Accounting Policies (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 01, 2014 store segment week | Feb. 01, 2014 week | Feb. 02, 2013 week segment | Jan. 28, 2012 week
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Number of reportable segments | 2 |  | 3 |
Number of stores opened | 124 |  |  |
Number of weeks in fiscal year | 52 | 52 | 53 | 52

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- Definition Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements. + References No definition available. + Details
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