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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Aug. 04, 2019
Receivables [Abstract] |
Summary of the Activity in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts follows:
|  | Three months ended |
(dollars in thousands) |  | August 4, 2019 |  |  | July 29, 2018 |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 393 |  |  | $ | 357 |
Provision for bad debts |  |  | (30 | ) |  |  | 9 |
Net write-offs, net of recoveries |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Ending balance |  | $ | 363 |  |  | $ | 366 |

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