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Line of Credit and Note Receivable - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 03, 2013 Installment	Jan. 31, 2013	Jan. 30, 2012
Credit Facilities [Line Items]
Net sales price		$ 18,600,000	$ 1,000,000
United States prime and interest commencement date	Jan. 30, 2013
Promissory note interest rate	6.00%
Interest installments	16
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Credit Facilities [Line Items]
Revolving line of credit	600,000
Extended revolving line of credit	$ 300,000
Prime Rate [Member]
Credit Facilities [Line Items]
Interest rate on outstanding credit balance	0.50%
Prime Rate [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Credit Facilities [Line Items]
Interest rate on outstanding credit balance	2.00%

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Loan receivable date considered for interest payments.

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- Definition

Loan receivable interest rate stated percentage.

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- Definition

Payable period for interest on note receivable.

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- Definition

Revolving line of credit facility issued amount outstanding.

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- Definition

Revolving line of credit facility issued maximum capacity.

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- Definition

The percentage points (also referred to as 'margin') added to the reference rate as stated in the loan agreement and used to compute the variable rate on the loans receivable. For instance, the loan agreement might state that the interest rate the borrower is obligated to pay is the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus three quarters (3/4) of a percentage point adjusted quarterly (each three months). LIBOR in this example is the index or reference rate, 3/4 percentage point is the margin, the reference rate plus the margin is the fully indexed rate. This element would be used to report separately the margin.

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- Definition

The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 12

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3179-108585

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