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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Nov. 02, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Projected Effective Tax Rate for the Periods | The Company’s effective tax rates for income from continuing operations based on the projected effective tax rate for the full year, are as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
Fiscal 2014 |  |  | 36.9 | % |  |  | 34.7 | %
Fiscal 2013 |  |  | 40.0 | % |  |  | 25.4 | %

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