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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2012

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices

Schedule of useful lives of property and equipment and purchased intangibles

Building and building improvements including properties under capital lease		10 to 33 years
Land improvements		5 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		2 to 10 years
Purchased intangibles		4 to 20 years

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Tabular disclosure of the useful life of long-lived, physical assets, that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and are not intended for resale, and intangible assets acquired in business acquisition.

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