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NOTE 8 - INVENTORIES
12 Months Ended
Feb. 03, 2019
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 8 – INVENTORIES


   

February 3,

   

January 28,

 
   

2019

   

2018

 

Finished furniture

  $ 112,847     $ 92,502  

Furniture in process

    1,825       1,440  

Materials and supplies

    10,896       8,780  

   Inventories at FIFO

    125,568       102,722  

Reduction to LIFO basis

    (20,364

)

    (18,263

)

   Inventories

  $ 105,204     $ 84,459  

If the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method had been used in valuing all inventories, net income would have been $41.5 million in fiscal 2019, $28.1 million in fiscal 2018, and $24.2 million in fiscal 2017. We recorded LIFO expense of $2.1 million in fiscal 2019, LIFO income of $225,000 in fiscal 2018 and $1.6 million in fiscal 2017.


At February 3, 2019 and January 28, 2018, we had $1.3 million and $3.2 million, respectively, in consigned inventories, which are included in the “Finished furniture” line in the table above.


At February 3, 2019, we held $8.1 million in inventory outside of the United States, in China and in Vietnam. At January 28, 2018, we held $10.5 million in inventory outside of the United States, in China and in Vietnam.