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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified		0 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2014 reserve	Feb. 28, 2014 Gross trade receivable Concentrations of credit risk Two major customers customer	Feb. 28, 2013 Gross trade receivable Concentrations of credit risk Two major customers customer	Feb. 28, 2014 Gross trade receivable Concentrations of credit risk Five top customers customer	Feb. 28, 2013 Gross trade receivable Concentrations of credit risk Five top customers customer	Feb. 28, 2014 Allowances for doubtful accounts	Feb. 28, 2013 Allowances for doubtful accounts	Feb. 29, 2012 Allowances for doubtful accounts	Feb. 28, 2011 Allowances for doubtful accounts	Feb. 28, 2014 Allowances for back-to-stock returns	Feb. 28, 2013 Allowances for back-to-stock returns	Feb. 29, 2012 Allowances for back-to-stock returns	Feb. 28, 2011 Allowances for back-to-stock returns
Receivables
Number of receivables valuation reserves	2
Valuation reserve						$ 2,127	$ 1,764	$ 1,811	$ 2,108	$ 2,552	$ 3,267	$ 3,730	$ 2,040
Number of major customers		2	2	5	5
Percentage of concentration risk		10.00%	17.00%	44.00%	42.00%

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Risks that arise due to the volume of business transacted with a major customer, expressed as the number of major customers of the entity.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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