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| OTHER COMMENTS                |  OTHER COMMENTSIncluded in accrued expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets are certain incentive compensation accruals of $60,070 and $54,828 as of January 29, 2012 and January 30, 2011, respectively, and certain wholesale sales allowance accruals of $51,976 and $53,143 as of January 29, 2012 and January 30, 2011, respectively.The Company’s asset retirement obligations are included in other liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and relate to the Company’s obligation to dismantle or remove leasehold improvements from leased office or retail store locations at the end of a lease term in order to restore a facility to a condition specified in the lease agreement. The Company records the fair value of the liability for asset retirement obligations in the period in which it is legally or contractually incurred. Upon initial recognition of the asset retirement liability, an asset retirement cost is capitalized by increasing the carrying amount of the asset by the same amount as the liability. In periods subsequent to initial measurement, the asset retirement cost is recognized as expense through depreciation over the asset’s useful life. Changes in the liability for the asset retirement obligations are recognized for the passage of time and revisions to either the timing or the amount of estimated cash flows. Accretion expense is recognized for the impacts of increasing the discounted fair value to its estimated settlement value.The following table presents the activity related to the Company’s asset retirement obligations: Year Ended January 29, 2012 January 30, 2011Beginning balance$9,385 $1,034Business acquisitions— 7,311Liabilities incurred3,252 373Liabilities settled (payments)(879) (391)Accretion expense133 284Revisions in estimated cash flows(474) (149)Currency translation adjustment292 923Ending balance$11,709 $9,385The Company is a party to certain litigation which, in management’s judgment, based in part on the opinions of legal counsel, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position. |

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