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DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS AND CUSTOMER ALLOWANCES
12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2024
Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]  
Allowance for Credit Losses [Text Block]

NOTE 5 DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS AND CUSTOMER ALLOWANCES

 

The activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts was:

 

   

Fifty-Two Weeks Ended

 
   

January 28,

   

January 29,

   

January 30,

 
   

2024

   

2023

   

2022

 

Balance at beginning of year

  $ 1,769     $ 2,016     $ 2,338  

Non-cash charges to cost and expenses

    (157 )     109       (76 )
Increase / (decrease) in allowance, net of recoveries     205       (356 )     (246 )

Balance at end of year

  $ 1,817     $ 1,769     $ 2,016  

 

The activity in customer allowances was:

 

   

Fifty-Two Weeks Ended

 
   

January 28,

   

January 29,

   

January 30,

 
   

2024

   

2023

   

2022

 

Balance at beginning of year

  $ 3,702     $ 7,284     $ 6,993  

Charges to cost and expenses

    8,376       11,983       23,766  

Less allowances applied

    (10,541 )     (15,364 )     (23,305 )
Increase / (decrease) in allowance, net of recoveries     263       (201 )     (170 )

Balance at end of year

  $ 1,800     $ 3,702     $ 7,284