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Accounts Receivable (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Jan. 29, 2017
Receivables [Abstract]  
Summary of Accounts Receivable
A summary of accounts receivable follows:

(dollars in thousands)
  
January 29, 2017
    
January 31, 2016
    
May 1, 2016
  
Customers
  
$
24,339
    
$
28,684
    
$
25,531
  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    
(397
)
    
(814
)
    
(1,088
)
Reserve for returns and allowances and discounts
    
(1,216
)
    
(1,086
)
    
(962
)
   
$
22,726
    
$
26,784
    
$
23,481
  
Summary of the Activity in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts follows:

   
Nine months ended
  
(dollars in thousands)
  
January 29, 2017
    
January 31, 2016
  
Beginning balance
  
$
(1,088
)
  
$
(851
)
Provision for bad debts
    
239
      
(93
)
Net write-offs, net of recoveries
    
452
      
130
  
Ending balance
  
$
(397
)
  
$
(814
)
Summary of the Activity in the Allowance for Returns and Allowances and Discounts Accounts
A summary of the activity in the allowance for returns and allowances and discounts accounts follows:

   
Nine months ended
  
(dollars in thousands)
  
January 29, 2017
    
January 31, 2016
  
Beginning balance
  
$
(962
)
  
$
(738
)
Provision for returns, allowances
                
and discounts
    
(2,357
)
    
(2,389
)
Credits issued
    
2,103
      
2,041
  
Ending balance
  
$
(1,216
)
   $ 
(1,086
)