4. Accounts Receivable
A summary of accounts receivable follows:
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
January 29, 2017
|
|
|
January 31, 2016
|
|
|
May 1, 2016
|
|
|
Customers
|
|
$
|
24,339
|
|
|
$
|
28,684
|
|
|
$
|
25,531
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
(397
|
)
|
|
|
(814
|
)
|
|
|
(1,088
|
)
|
|
Reserve for returns and allowances and discounts
|
|
|
(1,216
|
)
|
|
|
(1,086
|
)
|
|
|
(962
|
)
|
| |
|
$
|
22,726
|
|
|
$
|
26,784
|
|
|
$
|
23,481
|
|
A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts
follows:
| |
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
January 29, 2017
|
|
|
January 31, 2016
|
|
|
Beginning balance
|
|
$
|
(1,088
|
)
|
|
$
|
(851
|
)
|
|
Provision for bad debts
|
|
|
239
|
|
|
|
(93
|
)
|
|
Net write-offs, net of recoveries
|
|
|
452
|
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
Ending balance
|
|
$
|
(397
|
)
|
|
$
|
(814
|
)
|
A summary of the activity in the allowance for returns and
allowances and discounts accounts follows:
| |
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
January 29, 2017
|
|
|
January 31, 2016
|
|
|
Beginning balance
|
|
$
|
(962
|
)
|
|
$
|
(738
|
)
|
|
Provision for returns, allowances
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and discounts
|
|
|
(2,357
|
)
|
|
|
(2,389
|
)
|
|
Credits issued
|
|
|
2,103
|
|
|
|
2,041
|
|
|
Ending balance
|
|
$
|
(1,216
|
)
|
|
$ |
(1,086
|
)
|
|