Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	9 Months Ended
Oct. 30, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	Basis of Presentation As of October 30, 2021, Burlington Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries, the Company), through its indirect subsidiary Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation (BCFWC), operated 832 retail stores. These unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Burlington Stores, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are unaudited, but in the opinion of management reflect all adjustments (which are of a normal and recurring nature) necessary for the fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods presented. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 (Fiscal 2020 10-K). The balance sheet at January 30, 2021 presented herein has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Fiscal 2020 10-K. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic discussed below, and because the Company’s business is seasonal in nature, the operating results for the three and nine month periods ended October 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of results for the fiscal year. Accounting policies followed by the Company are described in Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” included in Part II, Item 8 of the Fiscal 2020 10-K.
Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year The Company defines its fiscal year as the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to January 31. The current fiscal year ending January 29, 2022 (Fiscal 2021) and the prior fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 (Fiscal 2020) both consist of 52 weeks.
COVID-19	COVID-19 On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (known as COVID-19) outbreak to be a global pandemic. As a result, the Company began the temporary closing of some of its stores, and effective March 22, 2020, it made the decision to temporarily close all of its stores, distribution centers (other than processing of received inventory) and corporate offices to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19. These developments caused significant disruptions to the Company’s business and had a significant adverse impact on its financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. The Company began re-opening stores on May 11, 2020, with substantially all stores re-opened by the end of the second quarter of Fiscal 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the temporary closing of stores, the Company provided two weeks of financial support to associates impacted by these store closures and by the shutdown of distribution centers. The Company temporarily furloughed most store and distribution center associates, as well as some corporate associates, but continued to provide benefits to its furloughed associates in accordance with its benefit plans. In addition, the Company paid 100% of their medical benefit premiums during the period they were furloughed. During the second quarter of Fiscal 2020, the Company recalled all furloughed associates at its re-opened stores, as well as its corporate and distribution facilities. In order to maintain maximum financial flexibility during the pandemic, the Company completed several debt transactions in the first quarter of Fiscal 2020. Refer to Note 4, “Long Term Debt,” for further discussion regarding these debt transactions. Additionally, the Company took the following steps to further enhance its financial flexibility:  Carefully managed operating expenses, working capital and capital expenditures, including ceasing substantially all buying activities while stores were closed. The Company subsequently resumed its buying activities, while continuing its conservative approach toward operating expenses and capital expenditures;  Negotiated rent deferral agreements with landlords;  Temporarily suspended the Company’s share repurchase program;  The Company’s CEO voluntarily agreed to not take a salary; the Company’s board of directors voluntarily forfeited their cash compensation; the Company’s executive leadership team voluntarily agreed to decrease their salary by 50%; and smaller salary reductions were temporarily put in place for all employees through a certain level. This compensation was reinstated once substantially all of the Company’s stores re-opened; and  The annual incentive bonus payments related to Fiscal 2019 performance were delayed to the second quarter of Fiscal 2020, and merit pay increases for Fiscal 2020 were delayed to the third quarter of Fiscal 2020. Due to the aging of inventory related to the temporary store closures discussed above, as well as the impact of seasonality on the Company’s merchandise, the Company recognized inventory markdown reserves of $271.9 million during the three month period ended May 2, 2020. These reserves covered markdowns taken during the second quarter of Fiscal 2020. These charges were included in “Cost of sales” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss). On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) was signed into law, which provided emergency economic assistance for American workers, families and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. For the year ended January 30, 2021, the Company will obtain a one-time tax refund of $245.5 million from the carryback of federal net operating losses (NOLs) as a result of the CARES Act, which is included in the line item “Prepaid and other current assets” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards	Recently Adopted Accounting Standards Convertible Debt On August 5, 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2020-06, “Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (ASU 2020-06), which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments. The new guidance removes from GAAP the separation models for convertible debt with a cash conversion feature. The Company elected to early adopt this ASU as of the beginning of Fiscal 2021, using the modified retrospective method of transition. Prior periods have not been restated. In April 2020, the Company issued $805.0 million of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (Convertible Notes). As a result of adopting the guidance, the Company is no longer separating the Convertible Notes into debt and equity components, and is instead accounting for it wholly as debt. As of the beginning of Fiscal 2021, this ASU resulted in a reduction in the line item “Additional paid-in capital” of $176.0 million, net of deferred financing costs, and an increase in the line item “Long term debt” of $153.0 million, which eliminated the debt discount and reallocated deferred financing costs that were previously allocated to the equity component. The changes noted above caused a decrease in the effective interest rate on the Convertible Notes from 8.2% to 2.8%, resulting in a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings of $23.0 million related to Fiscal 2020 interest expense, as well as a $7.9 million and $23.2 million reduction in interest expense for the three and nine month periods ended October 30, 2021, respectively. As of the beginning of Fiscal 2021, the tax effect of adopting this guidance resulted in a $44.1 million increase in the line item “Additional paid-in-capital,” a $38.3 million reduction in the line item “Deferred tax liabilities” and a $5.9 million reduction to retained earnings. The new guidance also requires use of the if-converted method when calculating the dilutive impact of the Convertible Notes on earnings per share. The Company used the treasury stock method prior to adoption of the ASU. This ASU resulted in an increase in net income as a result of the reduction of interest expense, as well as an increase in diluted shares caused by the application of the if-converted method, resulting in an increase to diluted net income per share of $0.08 and $0.20 during the three and nine month periods ended October 30, 2021, respectively. There were no other new accounting standards that had a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto during the three and nine month periods ended October 30, 2021, and there were no other new accounting standards or pronouncements that were issued but not yet effective as of October 30, 2021 that the Company expects to have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations upon becoming effective.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 30, 2021

As of October 30, 2021, Burlington Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries, the Company), through its indirect subsidiary Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation (BCFWC), operated 832 retail stores.

These unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Burlington Stores, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are unaudited, but in the opinion of management reflect all adjustments (which are of a normal and recurring nature) necessary for the fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods presented. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 (Fiscal 2020 10-K). The balance sheet at January 30, 2021 presented herein has been derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Fiscal 2020 10-K. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic discussed below, and because the Company’s business is seasonal in nature, the operating results for the three and nine month periods ended October 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of results for the fiscal year.

Accounting policies followed by the Company are described in Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” included in Part II, Item 8 of the Fiscal 2020 10-K.

Fiscal Year

The Company defines its fiscal year as the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to January 31. The current fiscal year ending January 29, 2022 (Fiscal 2021) and the prior fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 (Fiscal 2020) both consist of 52 weeks.

COVID-19

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (known as COVID-19) outbreak to be a global pandemic. As a result, the Company began the temporary closing of some of its stores, and effective March 22, 2020, it made the decision to temporarily close all of its stores, distribution centers (other than processing of received inventory) and corporate offices to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19. These developments caused significant disruptions to the Company’s business and had a significant adverse impact on its financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. The Company began re-opening stores on May 11, 2020, with substantially all stores re-opened by the end of the second quarter of Fiscal 2020.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the temporary closing of stores, the Company provided two weeks of financial support to associates impacted by these store closures and by the shutdown of distribution centers. The Company temporarily furloughed most store and distribution center associates, as well as some corporate associates, but continued to provide benefits to its furloughed associates in accordance with its benefit plans. In addition, the Company paid 100% of their medical benefit premiums during the period they were furloughed. During the second quarter of Fiscal 2020, the Company recalled all furloughed associates at its re-opened stores, as well as its corporate and distribution facilities.

In order to maintain maximum financial flexibility during the pandemic, the Company completed several debt transactions in the first quarter of Fiscal 2020. Refer to Note 4, “Long Term Debt,” for further discussion regarding these debt transactions.

Additionally, the Company took the following steps to further enhance its financial flexibility:

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Carefully managed operating expenses, working capital and capital expenditures, including ceasing substantially all buying activities while stores were closed. The Company subsequently resumed its buying activities, while continuing its conservative approach toward operating expenses and capital expenditures;

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Negotiated rent deferral agreements with landlords;

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Temporarily suspended the Company’s share repurchase program;

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The Company’s CEO voluntarily agreed to not take a salary; the Company’s board of directors voluntarily forfeited their cash compensation; the Company’s executive leadership team voluntarily agreed to decrease their salary by 50%; and smaller salary reductions were temporarily put in place for all employees through a certain level. This compensation was reinstated once substantially all of the Company’s stores re-opened; and

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The annual incentive bonus payments related to Fiscal 2019 performance were delayed to the second quarter of Fiscal 2020, and merit pay increases for Fiscal 2020 were delayed to the third quarter of Fiscal 2020.

Due to the aging of inventory related to the temporary store closures discussed above, as well as the impact of seasonality on the Company’s merchandise, the Company recognized inventory markdown reserves of $271.9 million during the three month period ended May 2, 2020. These reserves covered markdowns taken during the second quarter of Fiscal 2020. These charges were included in “Cost of sales” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss).

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) was signed into law, which provided emergency economic assistance for American workers, families and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. For the year ended January 30, 2021, the Company will obtain a one-time tax refund of $245.5 million from the carryback of federal net operating losses (NOLs) as a result of the CARES Act, which is included in the line item “Prepaid and other current assets” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

Convertible Debt

On August 5, 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2020-06, “Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (ASU 2020-06), which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments. The new guidance removes from GAAP the separation models for convertible debt with a cash conversion feature. The Company elected to early adopt this ASU as of the beginning of Fiscal 2021, using the modified retrospective method of transition. Prior periods have not been restated.

In April 2020, the Company issued $805.0 million of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (Convertible Notes). As a result of adopting the guidance, the Company is no longer separating the Convertible Notes into debt and equity components, and is instead accounting for it wholly as debt. As of the beginning of Fiscal 2021, this ASU resulted in a reduction in the line item “Additional paid-in capital” of $176.0 million, net of deferred financing costs, and an increase in the line item “Long term debt” of $153.0 million, which eliminated the debt discount and reallocated deferred financing costs that were previously allocated to the equity component.

The changes noted above caused a decrease in the effective interest rate on the Convertible Notes from 8.2% to 2.8%, resulting in a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings of $23.0 million related to Fiscal 2020 interest expense, as well as a $7.9 million and $23.2 million reduction in interest expense for the three and nine month periods ended October 30, 2021, respectively.

As of the beginning of Fiscal 2021, the tax effect of adopting this guidance resulted in a $44.1 million increase in the line item “Additional paid-in-capital,” a $38.3 million reduction in the line item “Deferred tax liabilities” and a $5.9 million reduction to retained earnings.

The new guidance also requires use of the if-converted method when calculating the dilutive impact of the Convertible Notes on earnings per share. The Company used the treasury stock method prior to adoption of the ASU. This ASU resulted in an increase in net income as a result of the reduction of interest expense, as well as an increase in diluted shares caused by the application of the if-converted method, resulting in an increase to diluted net income per share of $0.08 and $0.20 during the three and nine month periods ended October 30, 2021, respectively.

There were no other new accounting standards that had a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto during the three and nine month periods ended October 30, 2021, and there were no other new

accounting standards or pronouncements that were issued but not yet effective as of October 30, 2021 that the Company expects to have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations upon becoming effective.