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Accounts Receivable
 9 Months Ended
Jan. 29, 2012
Accounts Receivable
4.  Accounts Receivable

A summary of accounts receivable follows:
 
             
(dollars in thousands)
  
January 29, 2012
  
May 1, 2011
Customers   $ 23,113     $ 21,562  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
     (561 )      (776 ) 
Reserve for returns and allowances and discounts
     (540 )      (577 ) 
    $ 22,012     $ 20,209  
 
A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts follows:
 
 
  
Nine months ended
(dollars in thousands)
   January 29, 2012   January 30, 2011
Beginning balance
   $ (776 )   $ (1,322 )
Provision for bad debts
     18       295  
Net write-offs, net of recoveries
     197       (19 ) 
Ending balance
   $ (561 )   $ (1,046 )
 
A summary of the activity in the allowance for returns and allowances and discounts accounts follows:
 
    Nine months ended
(dollars in thousands)
   January 29, 2012   January 30, 2011
Beginning balance   $ (577 )    $ (534 ) 
Provision for returns, allowances and discounts
     (1,929 )     (1,606 ) 
Credits issued     1,966       1,550  
Ending balance
   $ (540 )   $ (590 )