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Income Taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Aug. 03, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Projected Effective Tax Rate for the Periods | The Company’s effective tax rates for income (loss) from continuing operations based on the projected effective tax rate for the full year, are as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended |
Fiscal 2014 |  |  | 38.4 | % |  |  | 10.7 | %
Fiscal 2013 |  |  | 39.5 | % |  |  | 4.9 | %

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