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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Goodwill (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 9 Months Ended
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Jan. 24, 2015 | Jan. 25, 2014
Goodwill |  |
Cash paid to acquire dealer assets | $ 1,774 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | $ 801 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Roll-forward of goodwill |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 13,923 us-gaap_Goodwill |
Acquisitions | 1,241 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod |
Balance at end of period | 15,164 us-gaap_Goodwill |
Independent dealer assets acquired |  |
Goodwill |  |
Number of dealers whose assets were acquired | 1 us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = lzb_DealershipAssetAcquisitionsMember |
Cash paid to acquire dealer assets | $ 1,800 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = lzb_DealershipAssetAcquisitionsMember |
Number of stores | 1 us-gaap_NumberOfStores / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = lzb_DealershipAssetAcquisitionsMember |

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- Definition Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 + Details
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