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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Apr. 28, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 2 — Income Taxes

An estimate of the annual effective tax rate is used at each interim period based on the facts and circumstances available at that time, while the actual effective tax rate is calculated at year-end. For the 13-week period ended April 28, 2012, the Company recorded income tax expense of 38.4% of income before income taxes. In the prior year period, the Company recorded income tax expense of 38.2% of income before income taxes. The slight increase in the rate reflects the lower amount of pretax income versus the prior year.