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Note 12 - Contingencies
 3 Months Ended
May 02, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
12.
Contingencies
 
In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to legal proceedings, government inquiries and claims, and other commercial disputes. If
one
or more of these matters has an unfavorable resolution, it is possible that the results of operations, liquidity or financial position of the Company could be materially affected in any particular period. The Company accrues a liability for these types of contingencies when it believes that it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and that it can reasonably estimate the amount of the loss. Gain contingencies are recorded when the underlying uncertainty has been settled.
  
Assessments made by the U.K. customs authority in
2012
were appealed by the Company, which has paid the disputed duty, strictly under protest, pending the outcome of the continuing dispute, and this is included in receivables, net in the DTC segment. The U. K. customs authority contested the Company's appeal. On
November 27, 2019,
the trial court issued a ruling that duty was due on some, but
not
all, of the products at issue. Both the Company and the U.K. customs authority have appealed that ruling, which was accepted by tribunal judge on
June 1, 2020.
The Company maintains a provision against the related receivable, based on a current evaluation of collectability, using the latest facts available in the dispute. As of
May 2, 2020
, the Company had a gross receivable balance of
$4.2
million and a reserve of
$3.4
 million, leaving a net receivable of
$0.8
 million. The Company believes that the outcome of this dispute will
not
have a material adverse impact on the results of operations, liquidity or financial position of the Company.