Business Segments (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Feb. 01, 2025 USD ($) segment item	Feb. 03, 2024 USD ($) segment item	Jan. 28, 2023 USD ($) segment item
Business Segments
Number of reportable segments \| segment	2	2	2
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Retail operations
Business Segments
Number of reportable segments \| segment	1	1	1
Number of store formats \| item	1	1	1
Contract liabilities	$ 76,667	$ 85,227	$ 83,909
Contract liabilities, revenue recognized	$ 56,300	$ 55,000
Retail operations \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service Benchmark
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	96.00%	96.00%	98.00%
Construction
Segment Reporting
Accounts Receivable, Construction Segment	$ 46,646	$ 47,240	$ 44,286
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, construction segment	3,913	1,695	798
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts, construction segment	6,983	6,307	$ 10,909
Revenue Recognized, previously recorded in Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings	6,000	10,300
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount, construction segment	$ 202,800	$ 163,700
Construction \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service Benchmark
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	4.00%	4.00%	2.00%
Cosmetics \| Retail operations \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service Benchmark
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	16.00%	16.00%	15.00%
Ladies' Apparel \| Retail operations \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service Benchmark
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	20.00%	20.00%	21.00%
Ladies' Accessories and Lingerie \| Retail operations \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service Benchmark
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	14.00%	14.00%	14.00%
Juniors' and Children's Apparel \| Retail operations \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service Benchmark
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	9.00%	9.00%	9.00%
Men's Apparel and Accessories \| Retail operations \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service Benchmark
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	19.00%	19.00%	20.00%
Shoes \| Retail operations \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service Benchmark
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	14.00%	14.00%	15.00%
Home and Furniture \| Retail operations \| Product Concentration Risk \| Revenue, Product and Service Benchmark
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%

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