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Stock-based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2017
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Compensation Cost for Share-based Payment Arrangements, Allocation of Share-based Compensation Costs by Plan [Table Text Block] | Stock-based compensation expense consisted of the following:
| Fiscal
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (in thousands)
Stock options | $ | 5,788 |  |  | $ | 5,532 |  |  | $ | 5,827 |
Restricted stock units | 3,342 |  |  | 2,953 |  |  | 2,097 |
Performance-based restricted stock units | 2,317 |  |  | 3,979 |  |  | 1,324 |
Director stock units | 1,240 |  |  | 1,037 |  |  | 1,247 |
| $ | 12,687 |  |  | $ | 13,501 |  |  | $ | 10,495 |
Weighted-average Assumptions Used for Options Granted | The fair value for stock option awards was estimated at the grant date using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for options granted:
| Fiscal
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Assumptions: |  |  |  |  |
Risk-free interest rate | 1.5% |  | 1.4% |  | 1.8%
Expected volatility | 36.0% |  | 37.9% |  | 44.5%
Expected option term | 5.4 years |  | 5.1 years |  | 5.4 years
Dividend yield | 3.0% |  | 2.1% |  | 2.3%
Other Data: |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average grant date fair value | $6.58 |  | $8.87 |  | $11.82
Stock Option Plan Activity | The following table summarizes the activity for outstanding stock options for fiscal 2016:
| Shares Subject to Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
| (in thousands) |  |  |  | (in years) |  | (in thousands)
Outstanding - beginning of year | 3,849 |  |  | $ | 25.56 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 850 |  |  | $ | 26.89 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (410 | ) |  | $ | 15.30 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited | (490 | ) |  | $ | 29.80 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding - end of year | 3,799 |  |  | $ | 26.42 |  |  | 6.6 years |  | $ | 6,317 |
Vested and expected to vest - end of year | 3,590 |  |  | $ | 26.21 |  |  | 6.5 years |  | $ | 6,317 |
Exercisable - end of year | 1,986 |  |  | $ | 23.31 |  |  | 4.9 years |  | $ | 6,317 |
Restricted Stock Unit Activity | The following table summarizes the activity for unvested RSUs for fiscal 2016:
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
| (in thousands) |  |
Outstanding - beginning of year | 372 |  |  | $ | 31.83 |
Granted | 195 |  |  | $ | 26.52 |
Vested | (129 | ) |  | $ | 31.33 |
Forfeited | (87 | ) |  | $ | 29.97 |
Outstanding - end of year | 351 |  |  | $ | 29.60 |
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the activity for unvested PSUs for fiscal 2016:
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
| (in thousands) |  |
Outstanding - beginning of year | 293 |  |  | $ | 28.70 |
Granted | 116 |  |  | $ | 26.62 |
Vested | (133 | ) |  | $ | 25.76 |
Forfeited | (26 | ) |  | $ | 30.18 |
Outstanding - end of year | 250 |  |  | $ | 29.46 |
Director Stock Unit Activity | The following table summarizes the activity for unvested DSUs for fiscal 2016:
| Number of Shares
| (in thousands)
Outstanding - beginning of year | 305 |
Granted | 69 |
Exercised | (63 | )
Outstanding - end of year | 311 |

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