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Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 28, 2012

Inventory by Brand

Inventories substantially consist of finished goods merchandise. Inventory by brand is set forth below:

		July 28, 2012				July 30, 2011
		(millions)
Justice		$	154.1			$	148.3
Lane Bryant (a)			139.3				—
maurices			94.1				90.8
dressbarn			111.1				126.2
Catherines (a)			34.8				—
Total inventories		$	533.4			$	365.3

^(a) The Charming Shoppes Acquisition was consummated on June 14, 2012 and, therefore, inventory amounts for Lane Bryant and Catherines are not included as of July 30, 2011.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Topic

-SubTopic

-Publisher SEC

-Number 210

-Article 5

-Subparagraph a,b,c

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Paragraph 6

-Section 2

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