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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) |  | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 04, 2022 USD ($) ft² | Apr. 29, 2023 USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Area of Land | ft² | 34,460 |  |
Goodwill |  | $ 14,760,000 | $ 14,658,000
Royalty expense |  | 100,000 | 100,000
Royalty guarantee commitement due current and non current discounted value |  | 500,000 | 500,000
Royalty Payments Due In Next Twelve Months [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Royalty guarantee commitement amount |  | 100,000 |
Royalty Payments Due Year Two [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Royalty guarantee commitement amount |  | 200,000 |
Royalty Payments Due Year Three [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Royalty guarantee commitement amount |  | 233,000 |
Royalty Payments Due Year Four [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Royalty guarantee commitement amount |  | 233,000 |
Royalty Payments Due Year Five [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Royalty guarantee commitement amount |  | 234,000 |
Non Current Liability [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Royalty guarantees commitments amount non current |  | $ 100,000 |
Measurement Input Royalty Rate [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair Value Of Intangible Assets Measurement Input |  | 0.0075 |
Measurement Input Customer Attrition Rate [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair Value Of Intangible Assets Measurement Input |  | 0.18 |
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair Value Of Intangible Assets Measurement Input |  | 0.19 |
Agreement With Astro Machine For Asset Acquisitions [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Purchase price of acquisition | $ 15,600,000 |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred | $ 17,100,000 |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross | 100.00% |  |
Purchase price into an escrow account | $ 300,000 |  |
Payments to Acquire Additional Interest in Subsidiaries | $ 1,500,000 |  |
Number of Acres of land |  | 1.26 |
Goodwill |  | $ 2,730,000 |
Agreement With Astro Machine For Asset Acquisitions [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs |  |  | $ 700,000

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