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Property and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2013
Property and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block] | Property and Equipment Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
| December 29, 2013 |  | December 30, 2012
Computers and equipment | $ | 4,325 |  |  | $ | 4,275 |
Software and website development | 16,296 |  |  | 12,491 |
Leasehold improvements | 6,654 |  |  | 5,902 |
Furniture and fixtures | 1,255 |  |  | 976 |
Building | 940 |  |  | 940 |
| 29,470 |  |  | 24,584 |
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization | (19,282 | ) |  | (16,708 | )
Property and equipment, net | $ | 10,188 |  |  | $ | 7,876 |
Total depreciation expense was approximately $3.1 million, $3.3 million, and $3.3 million for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2013, December 30, 2012 and January 1, 2012, respectively. Capitalized software costs include external direct costs and internal direct labor and related employee benefits costs of developing software for internal use. Amortization begins in the period in which the software is ready for its intended use. The Company had approximately $4.9 million and $2.7 million of unamortized computer software and website development costs at December 29, 2013 and December 30, 2012, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense of capitalized software and website development costs was approximately $1.6 million, $2.0 million and $1.9 million in the fiscal years ended December 29, 2013, December 30, 2012 and January 1, 2012, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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