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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 01, 2020 | Feb. 02, 2019 | Feb. 03, 2018
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  |  |  |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Balance at Beginning of Period |  | $ 78 | $ 99 | $ 262
Charged to Costs & Expenses |  | 992 | 122 | 411
Accounts Written Off or Deductions | [1] | 275 | 143 | 574
Balance at End of Period |  | 795 | 78 | 99
Sales Reserves |  |  |  |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Balance at Beginning of Period | [2] | 9,451 | 3,768 | 3,419
Charged to Costs & Expenses | [2] |  | (19) | (524)
Charged to Other Accounts | [2],[3] | 362,764 | 359,711 | 335,675
Accounts Written Off or Deductions | [1],[2] | 360,546 | 354,009 | 334,802
Balance at End of Period | [2] | 11,669 | 9,451 | 3,768
Valuation allowances on deferred tax assets |  |  |  |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Balance at Beginning of Period |  | 10,268 | 8,376 | 7,388
Charged to Other Accounts | [3] | (426) | 1,892 | 988
Balance at End of Period |  | $ 9,842 | $ 10,268 | $ 8,376
[1] | Actual returns and allowances.
[2] | During Fiscal 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” which requires the Company’s sales return reserve to be established at the gross sales value with an asset established for the value of the expected merchandise returned. The liability and asset related to the sales return reserve were $11.7 million and $7.0 million, respectively, as of February 1, 2020, and $9.5 million and $5.7 million, respectively, as of February 2, 2019, and were included in the lines “Other current liabilities” and “Prepaid and other current assets,” respectively, on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. Prior period amounts have not been adjusted. As of February 3, 2018, the net sales return reserve was $3.8 million and was included in the line “Other current liabilities” on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.
[3] | Amounts related to sales reserves are charged to net sales and cost of sales, and amounts related to valuation allowances on deferred taxes are charged to income tax expense.

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