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Income Taxes - Valuation Allowance - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2020	Aug. 04, 2019
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Income tax charge	$ 4,324,000	$ 1,692,000
Valuation Allowance, Tax Credit Carryforward [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Income tax charge	271,000
GILTI [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Non-cash income tax benefit/charges	(3,500,000)
COVID-19 [Member] | GILTI [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Non-cash income tax benefit/charges	$ 7,000,000.0

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