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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 03, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments | A summary of cash and equivalents on the Consolidated Balance Sheets follows:
(in thousands) | February 3, 2024 |  | January 28, 2023
Cash (1) | $ | 524,735 |  |  | $ | 467,238 |
Cash equivalents: (2) |  |  |
Time deposits | 26,975 |  |  | — |
Money market funds | 349,174 |  |  | 50,364 |
Cash and equivalents | $ | 900,884 |  |  | $ | 517,602 |
(1) Primarily consists of amounts on deposit with financial institutions. (2) Investments with original maturities of less than three months.
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures | Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Reconciliation The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and equivalents and restricted cash and equivalents to the amounts shown on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:
(in thousands) | Location |  | February 3, 2024 |  | January 28, 2023 |  | January 29, 2022
Cash and equivalents | Cash and equivalents |  | $ | 900,884 |  |  | $ | 517,602 |  |  | $ | 823,139 |
Long-term restricted cash and equivalents (1) | Other assets |  | 8,801 |  |  | 9,967 |  |  | 11,229 |
Cash and equivalents and restricted cash and equivalents |  |  | $ | 909,685 |  |  | $ | 527,569 |  |  | $ | 834,368 |
Schedule of Stock by Class | A summary of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value, and Class B Common Stock, $0.01 par value, follows:
(in thousands) | February 3, 2024 |  | January 28, 2023
Class A Common Stock |  |  |
Shares authorized | 150,000 |  |  | 150,000 |
Shares issued | 103,300 |  |  | 103,300 |
Shares outstanding | 50,500 |  |  | 49,002 |
Class B Common Stock (1) |  |  |
Shares authorized | 106,400 |  |  | 106,400 |
(1) No shares were issued or outstanding as of each of February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2023.
Shipping & Handling Costs | A summary of shipping and handling costs, which includes costs incurred to store, move and prepare product for shipment and costs incurred to physically move product to our customers across channels, follows:
(in thousands) | Fiscal 2023 |  | Fiscal 2022 |  | Fiscal 2021
Shipping and handling costs | $ | 362,545 |  | $ | 356,280 |  | $ | 306,220
Other operating income, net | A summary of foreign-currency-denominated transaction gains (losses), including those related to derivative instruments, follows:
(in thousands) | Fiscal 2023 |  | Fiscal 2022 |  | Fiscal 2021
Foreign-currency-denominated transaction gains (losses) | $ | 1,936 |  |  | $ | (1,626) |  |  | $ | 4,232 |
Advertising Cost | A summary of advertising costs follows:
(in thousands) | Fiscal 2023 |  | Fiscal 2022 |  | Fiscal 2021
Advertising costs | $ | 217,276 |  |  | $ | 189,347 |  |  | $ | 204,575 |
Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares | Additional information pertaining to net income per share attributable to A&F follows:
(in thousands) | Fiscal 2023 |  | Fiscal 2022 |  | Fiscal 2021
Shares of Common Stock issued | 103,300 |  |  | 103,300 |  |  | 103,300 |
Weighted-average treasury shares | (53,050) |  |  | (52,993) |  |  | (43,703) |
Weighted-average — basic shares | 50,250 |  |  | 50,307 |  |  | 59,597 |
Dilutive effect of share-based compensation awards | 2,476 |  |  | 2,020 |  |  | 3,039 |
Weighted-average — diluted shares | 52,726 |  |  | 52,327 |  |  | 62,636 |
Anti-dilutive shares (1) | 541 |  |  | 2,233 |  |  | 1,002 |

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