Dividend share equivalents on unvested shares.

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Amount of paid and unpaid cash, stock, and paid-in-kind (PIK) dividends declared, for example, but not limited to, common and preferred stock.

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of cash outflow to satisfy an employee's income tax withholding obligation as part of a net-share settlement of a share-based award.

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-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 15

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For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased and retired during the period.

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Equity impact of the value of stock that has been repurchased and retired during the period. The excess of the purchase price over par value can be charged against retained earnings (once the excess is fully allocated to additional paid in capital).

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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Equity impact of the cost of common and preferred stock that were repurchased during the period. Recorded using the cost method.

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			2 Months Ended
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) (USD $)	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014	Feb. 02, 2013	Mar. 24, 2015
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 200,000,000	$ 150,000,000
Shares repurchases related to:
Shares repurchased (in shares)	(1,493,000)	(1,298,000)	(1,800,000)
Number of shares exchanged in payment of withholding taxes (in shares)	21,788	2,089	2,200
Share-based compensation withholding tax payments	1,249,000	139,000	146,000
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired	2,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired	9,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired	10,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
Treasury Stock, Value, Acquired, Cost Method	107,000	456,000	521,000
Number of shares deferred into deferred compensation plan (in shares)	2,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired	9,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired	10,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
Shares deferred into deferred compensation plan, aggregate cost	107,000	456,000	521,000
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount	39,800,000
Dividends	12,000,000us-gaap_Dividends
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	11,500,000us-gaap_DividendsCommonStockCash
Dividendsunvestedshares	500,000plce_Dividendsunvestedshares
2011 Share Repurchase Program
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value	0	0	(19,236,000)
Shares repurchases related to:
Shares repurchased (in shares)	0	0	377,000
2012 $50 Share Repurchase Program [Member] [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value			(50,000,000)
Shares repurchases related to:
Shares repurchased (in shares)			1,001,000
2012 $100 Share Repurchase Program [Member] [Member] [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value	(14,671,000)	(65,691,000)	(19,638,000)
Shares repurchases related to:
Shares repurchased (in shares)	282,000	1,296,000	420,000
Retained Earnings [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value	(60,380,000)	(53,145,000)	(73,020,000)
Shares repurchases related to:
Dividendsunvestedshares	506,000
2014 Share Repurchase Program [Member] [Member]
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value	$ (73,500,000)			$ (13,300,000)
Shares repurchases related to:
Shares repurchased (in shares)				200,000