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Accounts Receivable
9 Months Ended
Feb. 01, 2015
Receivables [Abstract]  
Accounts Receivable
5.  Accounts Receivable

A summary of accounts receivable follows:

 
                   
(dollars in thousands)
 
February 1, 2015
   
January 26, 2014
   
April 27, 2014
 
Customers
  $ 31,952     $ 27,424     $ 28,461  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    (449 )     (484 )     (573 )
Reserve for returns and allowances and discounts
    (729 )     (548 )     (479 )
    $ 30,774     $ 26,392     $ 27,409  

A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts follows:
 
             
   
Nine months ended
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
February 1, 2015
   
January 26, 2014
 
Beginning balance
  $ (573 )   $ (780 )
Provision for bad debts
    (20 )     235  
Net write-offs, net of recoveries
    144       61  
Ending balance
  $ (449 )   $ (484 )

A summary of the activity in the allowance for returns and allowances and discounts accounts follows:
 
    Nine months ended
(dollars in thousands)
 
February 1, 2015
 
January 26, 2014
Beginning balance
  $ (479 )     $ (543 )
Provision for returns, allowances and discounts
    (2,065 )     (1,579 )
Credits issued
    1,815       1,574  
Ending balance
  $ (729 )   $ (548 )