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PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS Prepaid Expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 02, 2013
PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES [Abstract] |
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Table Text Block] | Prepaid expenses and other current assets are comprised of the following (in thousands):
|  | February 2, 2013 |  | January 28, 2012
Prepaid property expense |  | $ | 21,789 |  |  | $ | 22,272 |
Prepaid income taxes |  | 9,617 |  |  | 17,970 |
Prepaid maintenance contracts |  | 4,493 |  |  | 4,086 |
Prepaid insurance |  | 2,471 |  |  | 2,163 |
Other |  | 2,557 |  |  | 2,693 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | $ | 40,927 |  |  | $ | 49,184 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer; the aggregate carrying amount of current assets, not separately presented elsewhere in the balance sheet; and other deferred costs. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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