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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 29, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of property and equipment | Property and equipment consisted of the following at July 29, 2017 and July 30, 2016:
| Original Estimated Useful Lives (Years) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| (In thousands, except years)
Land |  |  | $ | 52,989 |  |  | $ | 52,641 |
Buildings and improvements | 20-40 |  | 396,733 |  |  | 403,822 |
Leasehold improvements | 5-20 |  | 138,466 |  |  | 136,758 |
Warehouse equipment | 3-30 |  | 173,591 |  |  | 163,494 |
Office equipment | 3-10 |  | 95,794 |  |  | 55,915 |
Computer software | 3-7 |  | 147,647 |  |  | 146,766 |
Motor vehicles | 3-7 |  | 4,657 |  |  | 4,597 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 17,968 |  |  | 15,018 |
|  |  | 1,027,845 |  |  | 979,011 |
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | 425,755 |  |  | 362,406 |
Net property and equipment |  |  | $ | 602,090 |  |  | $ | 616,605 |
Schedule of amortization of intangible assets with definite lives on a straight-line basis | Goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized. Intangible assets with definite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over the following lives:
Customer relationships |  | 7-20 years
Non-competition agreements |  | 1-10 years
Trademarks and tradenames |  | 4-10 years
Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill and the amount allocated by reportable segment | The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill and the amount allocated by reportable segment for the years presented are as follows (in thousands):
| Wholesale |  | Other |  | Total
Goodwill as of August 2, 2015 | $ | 248,909 |  |  | $ | 17,731 |  |  | $ | 266,640 |
Goodwill from prior fiscal year business combinations | 99,142 |  |  | 294 |  |  | 99,436 |
Change in foreign exchange rates | 92 |  |  | — |  |  | 92 |
Goodwill as of July 30, 2016 | $ | 348,143 |  |  | $ | 18,025 |  |  | $ | 366,168 |
Goodwill from current fiscal year business combinations | 10,102 |  |  | — |  |  | 10,102 |
Goodwill adjustment for prior fiscal year business combinations | (6,093 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6,093 | )
Change in foreign exchange rates | 1,082 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,082 |
Goodwill as of July 29, 2017 | $ | 353,234 |  |  | $ | 18,025 |  |  | $ | 371,259 |
Schedule of entity's other intangible assets | The following table presents the detail of the Company's other intangible assets (in thousands):
| July 29, 2017 |  | July 30, 2016
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Amortizing intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships | $ | 197,852 |  |  | $ | 48,044 |  |  | $ | 149,808 |  |  | $ | 196,313 |  |  | $ | 33,447 |  |  | $ | 162,866 |
Non-compete agreements | 2,900 |  |  | 1,334 |  |  | 1,566 |  |  | 2,900 |  |  | 753 |  |  | 2,147 |
Trademarks and tradenames | 1,700 |  |  | 548 |  |  | 1,152 |  |  | 1,700 |  |  | 115 |  |  | 1,585 |
Total amortizing intangible assets | 202,452 |  |  | 49,926 |  |  | 152,526 |  |  | 200,913 |  |  | 34,315 |  |  | 166,598 |
Indefinite lived intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks and tradenames | 55,763 |  |  | — |  |  | 55,763 |  |  | 55,716 |  |  | — |  |  | 55,716 |
Total | $ | 258,215 |  |  | $ | 49,926 |  |  | $ | 208,289 |  |  | $ | 256,629 |  |  | $ | 34,315 |  |  | $ | 222,314 |
Schedule of estimated future amortization expense | The estimated future amortization expense for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter on definite lived intangible assets existing as of July 29, 2017 is shown below:
Fiscal Year: | (In thousands)
2018 | $ | 14,981 |
2019 | 14,440 |
2020 | 13,813 |
2021 | 12,908 |
2022 | 11,582 |
2023 and thereafter | 84,802 |
| $ | 152,526 |
Schedule of fair value of financial instruments |
| July 29, 2017 |  | July 30, 2016
| Carrying Value |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Value |  | Fair Value
| (In thousands)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 15,414 |  |  | $ | 15,414 |  |  | $ | 18,593 |  |  | $ | 18,593 |
Accounts receivable | 525,636 |  |  | 525,636 |  |  | 489,708 |  |  | 489,708 |
Notes receivable | 2,359 |  |  | 2,359 |  |  | 3,709 |  |  | 3,709 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable | 534,616 |  |  | 534,616 |  |  | 445,430 |  |  | 445,430 |
Notes payable | 223,612 |  |  | 223,612 |  |  | 426,519 |  |  | 426,519 |
Long-term debt, including current portion | 161,991 |  |  | 169,058 |  |  | 173,593 |  |  | 182,790 |
Schedule of reconciliation of the weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the computation of the basic and diluted earnings per share | reconciliation of the weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the computation of the basic and diluted earnings per share for all periods presented follows:
| Fiscal year ended
| July 29, 2017 |  | July 30, 2016 |  | August 1, 2015
| (In thousands)
Basic weighted average shares outstanding | 50,570 |  |  | 50,313 |  |  | 50,021 |
Net effect of dilutive common stock equivalents based upon the treasury stock method | 205 |  |  | 86 |  |  | 246 |
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 50,775 |  |  | 50,399 |  |  | 50,267 |
Potential anti-dilutive share-based payment awards excluded from the computation above | 44 |  |  | 84 |  |  | 7 |

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