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Accounts Receivable
 6 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2012
Accounts Receivable
4.  Accounts Receivable

A summary of accounts receivable follows:
        
   
(dollars in thousands)
October 28, 2012
  
April 29, 2012
  
Customers
   $ 21,790     $ 26,100  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
     (559 )     (567 )
Reserve for returns and allowances and discounts
     (553 )     (478 )
    $ 20,678     $ 25,055  
   
A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts follows:
 
                
        Six months ended  
(dollars in thousands)
October 28, 2012
  
October 30, 2011
  
Beginning balance
   $ (567 )   $ (776 )
Provision for bad debts
     (27 )     48  
Net write-offs, net of recoveries
     35       42  
Ending balance
   $ (559 )   $ (686 )
   
   
A summary of the activity in the allowance for returns and allowances and discounts accounts follows:  
   
        Six months ended  
(dollars in thousands)
October 28, 2012
  
October 30, 2011
  
Beginning balance
   $ (478 )   $ (577 )
Provision for returns, allowances
                
and discounts
     (1,551 )     (1,197 )
Credits issued
     1,476       1,354  
Ending balance
   $ (553 )   $ (420 )