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Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2011
Basis of Presentation
Basis of Presentation	1. Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2011. The Company's business is subject to seasonal variations in which a greater percentage of the Company's annual net sales and net income typically occur during the period from August 1 through December 31 of the fiscal year. Accordingly, the results of operations for the three months ended April 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. The Company's fiscal year ends on January 31. All references in these notes to the Company's fiscal years refer to the fiscal years ended on January 31 in those years. For example, the Company's fiscal year 2012 will end on January 31, 2012.

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Describes the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings). Disclosures about the nature of operations need not be quantified; relative importance could be conveyed by use of terms such as "predominately", "about equally", or "major and other". This element is also referred to as "Business Description".

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