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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] |
| Year Ended
| December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012 |  | January 2, 2011
Current income tax expense | $ | 6,111 |  |  | $ | 5,885 |  |  | $ | 4,564 |
Tax (deficiency) benefit from stock based compensation recorded in equity | (2,567 | ) |  | 771 |  |  | 4,595 |
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) | 1,030 |  |  | (761 | ) |  | (1,763 | )
Total income tax expense | $ | 4,574 |  |  | $ | 5,895 |  |  | $ | 7,396 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
| Year Ended
| December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012 |  | January 2, 2011
Statutory federal income tax rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Other, net | 0.3 | % |  | (0.8 | )% |  | (0.7 | )%
Effective tax rate | 35.3 | % |  | 34.2 | % |  | 34.3 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
| December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Current: |  |  |
Reserves and allowances | $ | 722 |  |  | $ | 583 |
Deferred rent | 86 |  |  | 74 |
Inventory | 295 |  |  | 244 |
Other | 141 |  |  | 18 |
Noncurrent: |  |  |
Stock-based compensation | 8,657 |  |  | 10,060 |
Deferred rent | 656 |  |  | 721 |
Financing obligation | 219 |  |  | 240 |
Other | 243 |  |  | 31 |
Gross deferred tax assets | $ | 11,019 |  |  | $ | 11,971 |
Valuation allowance | (27 | ) |  | — |
Gross deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance | $ | 10,992 |  |  | $ | 11,971 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Current: |  |  |
Prepaid expenses | $ | (301 | ) |  | $ | (230 | )
Other | (17 | ) |  | — |
Noncurrent: |  |  |
Leased building | (234 | ) |  | (251 | )
Excess of book over tax depreciation and amortization | (1,728 | ) |  | (1,748 | )
Gross deferred tax liabilities | (2,280 | ) |  | (2,229 | )
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 8,712 |  |  | $ | 9,742 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
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