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Discontinued Operations | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 27, 2012
Discontinued Operations [Abstract] |
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block] | Discontinued Operations In September 2012, the Company announced its commitment to pursue the sale of PSD, a component of the Company's International Operations segment, which operates in five countries in Europe and focuses on the sale, rental and servicing of printing machinery. The Company is actively marketing the business and currently expects to complete the sale within one year. The Company does not plan to have continued involvement in the operations of PSD after the completion of the sale, and subsequent to the sale all cash flows related to PSD are expected to be eliminated from the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the Company has presented PSD's results of operations as discontinued operations in its condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income for all periods presented. The Company has classified certain assets and liabilities of PSD as a disposal group and accounted for the group as held-for-sale in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet as of October 27, 2012. Given that the Company expects to complete the sale within one year, the Company has presented the disposal group within current assets and current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The following table shows the carrying amounts of the major classes of the assets and liabilities included in the disposal group as of October 27, 2012 (in thousands):
|  | October 27, 2012
ASSETS |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 641 |
Receivables, net |  | 119,876 |
Merchandise inventories, net |  | 52,039 |
Deferred income tax assets |  | 3,749 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | 3,919 |
Non-current assets |  | 5,725 |
Total assets of discontinued operations |  | $ | 185,949 |
LIABILITIES |  |
Accounts payable |  | $ | 75,501 |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |  | 50,235 |
Debt maturing within one year |  | 2,492 |
Other long-term obligations |  | 15,683 |
Total liabilities of discontinued operations |  | $ | 143,911 |
As discussed in Note C - Restructuring Charges, in connection with the planned sale of PSD, the Company incurred restructuring charges of approximately $18.4 million in the third quarter of 2012 related to costs associated with employee severance and benefit costs, which is included in (Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes in the condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income. The condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the third quarter and year-to-date 2012 and 2011 include certain indirect corporate overhead costs in Selling, general and administrative which had previously been allocated to PSD. These indirect corporate overhead costs do not qualify for classification within discontinued operations, and therefore they continue to be included in Selling, general and administrative in continuing operations on the condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income. The following table details PSD's results of operations during the third quarter and year-to-date periods in 2012 and 2011, which have been reported in discontinued operations (in thousands):
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 39 Weeks Ended
|  | October 27, 2012 |  | October 29, 2011 |  | October 27, 2012 |  | October 29, 2011
Sales |  | $ | 67,231 |  |  | $ | 88,904 |  |  | $ | 211,162 |  |  | $ | 272,031 |
Restructuring charges |  | 18,433 |  |  | — |  |  | 18,433 |  |  | — |
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, before income taxes |  | (23,404 | ) |  | 3,923 |  |  | (38,994 | ) |  | (5,398 | )
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | 4,155 |  |  | 1,313 |  |  | (910 | ) |  | (1,903 | )
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |  | $ | (27,559 | ) |  | $ | 2,610 |  |  | $ | (38,084 | ) |  | $ | (3,495 | )

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the facts and circumstances leading to the completed or expected disposal, manner and timing of disposal, the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the segment in which the disposal group was reported, and the classification (whether sold or classified as held for sale) and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group. Includes all disposal groups, including those classified as components of the entity (discontinued operations). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1474-107760 Reference 2: 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 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 144 -Paragraph 43-48 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e957-107759 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1436-107760 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2941-110230 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=8077374&loc=d3e2443-110228 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e1012-107759 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1510-107760 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e1020-107759 + Details
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