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Segment Information (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2017 store segment item
Upholstery Segment
Segment Information
Number of operating units | segment	2
Casegoods Segment
Segment Information
Number of brands | item	3
Retail Segment
Segment Information
Number of stores | store	142

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- Definition

Represents the number of brands.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Represents the number of operating units within a segment.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Represents the number of stores.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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No definition available.

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- Details

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- Details

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- Details

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