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Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operations By Segment

		Fiscal Year
		2012				2011				2010
Net sales
Retail operations		$	2,340,794			$	2,153,792			$	1,833,733
Wholesale operations			140,657				124,768				109,269
Intersegment elimination			(7,650	)			(4,458	)			(5,187	)
Total net sales		$	2,473,801			$	2,274,102			$	1,937,815
Income from operations
Retail operations		$	276,581			$	418,403			$	338,114
Wholesale operations			26,919				23,372				22,164
Intersegment elimination			(709	)			(389	)			(202	)
Total segment operating income			302,791				441,386				360,076
General corporate expenses			(18,066	)			(27,183	)			(21,092	)
Total income from operations		$	284,725			$	414,203			$	338,984
Depreciation expense for property and equipment
Retail operations		$	99,645			$	91,267			$	85,077
Wholesale operations			1,094				1,136				1,069
Total depreciation expense for property and equipment		$	100,739			$	92,403			$	86,146
Inventories
Retail operations		$	237,825			$	213,420
Wholesale operations			12,248				16,141
Total inventories		$	250,073			$	229,561
Property and equipment, net
Retail operations		$	681,501			$	582,241
Wholesale operations			3,478				4,105
Total property and equipment, net		$	684,979			$	586,346
Cash paid for property and equipment
Retail operations		$	189,311			$	142,791			$	107,941
Wholesale operations			699				851				1,319
Total cash paid for property and equipment		$	190,010			$	143,642			$	109,260

Schedule Of Revenues And Long-Lived Assets, By Domestic And Foreign Operations Segment

		Fiscal Year
		2012				2011				2010
Net sales
Domestic operations		$	2,169,976			$	2,027,074			$	1,752,787
Foreign operations			303,825				247,028				185,028
Total net sales		$	2,473,801			$	2,274,102			$	1,937,815
Property and equipment, net
Domestic operations		$	557,512			$	497,521
Foreign operations			127,467				88,825
Total property and equipment, net		$	684,979			$	586,346

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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