DEBT - Components (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Apr. 29, 2023	Apr. 30, 2022	Jan. 28, 2023
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Average end of day loan balance during the period	$ 297,100,000	$ 251,200,000	$ 274,900,000
Highest end of day loan balance during the period	$ 305,900,000	$ 308,600,000	$ 297,700,000
Average interest rate	5.90%	2.00%	3.70%
ABL Credit Facility and Previous ABL Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings	$ 300,800,000	$ 249,500,000	$ 287,000,000.0
Utilization of credit facility at end of period	308,200,000	256,900,000	294,400,000
Availability	$ 41,800,000	$ 93,100,000	$ 55,600,000
Interest rate at end of period	6.50%	2.00%	5.90%
ABL Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Availability	$ 6,800,000
Revolving credit facility \| ABL Credit Facility and Previous ABL Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total borrowing base availability	408,900,000	$ 420,000,000.0	$ 404,200,000
Credit facility maximum	350,000,000.0	350,000,000.0	350,000,000.0
Standby \| ABL Credit Facility and Previous ABL Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding—standby	7,400,000	7,400,000	7,400,000
Sublimit Letter Of Credit \| ABL Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Availability	$ 42,600,000	$ 42,600,000	$ 42,600,000

Line Of Credit Facility, Including Interest Expense

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Line Of Credit Facility, Utilization

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- Definition

The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
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Average amount borrowed under the credit facility during the period.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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The effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum amount borrowed under the credit facility at any time during the period.

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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 borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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