Description of Business and Basis of Presentation (Policies) |
9 Months Ended |
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Nov. 03, 2018 | |
| Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Abstract] | |
| Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year The Company’s fiscal year ends on the Saturday closest to January 31. Fiscal years are referred to by the calendar year in which the fiscal year commences. References herein to “2018” and “2017” represent the 52-week period ended February 2, 2019 and the 53-week period ended February 3, 2018, respectively. All references herein to “the third quarter of 2018“ and “the third quarter of 2017“ represent the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2018 and October 28, 2017, respectively. |
| Basis of Presentation | Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and therefore do not include all of the information or footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments (which are of a normal recurring nature) necessary to state fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the interim periods, but are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be anticipated for 2018. Therefore, these statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto for the year ended February 3, 2018, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on April 4, 2018. |
| Principles of Consolidation | Principles of Consolidation The unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Express, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. |
| Segment Reporting | Segment Reporting The Company defines an operating segment on the same basis that it uses to evaluate performance internally. The Company has determined that, together, its President and Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Operating Officer are the Chief Operating Decision Maker, and that there is one operating segment. Therefore, the Company reports results as a single segment, which includes the operation of its Express brick-and-mortar retail and outlet stores, e-commerce operations, and franchise operations. |
| Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements | Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period, as well as the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. Actual results may differ from those estimates. The Company revises its estimates and assumptions as new information becomes available. |
| Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Adopted/Not Yet Adopted | Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - Adopted In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASC 606”). ASC 606 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605)”, and requires entities to recognize revenue in a way that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The Company adopted ASC 606 in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 under the full retrospective method, which required the adjustment of each prior period presented. The primary impact of ASC 606 relates to the accounting for points earned under the Company’s customer loyalty program, the timing of revenue recognition for e-commerce sales, and the classification on the income statement of funds received and certain costs incurred related to our private label credit card program. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - Not Yet Adopted In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” ASU 2016-02 requires entities to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. Under ASU 2016-02, a lessee should recognize a liability to make lease payments and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term on its balance sheet. The new standard is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, “Leases: Targeted Improvements,” as an amendment to ASU 2016-02, which provides entities with an additional transition method to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company will adopt the new leasing standard in the first quarter of 2019 and is finalizing its review of lease agreements, including system requirements. While the Company continues to assess all potential impacts of the standard, the Company currently believes the most significant impact relates to recording lease assets and related liabilities on the Consolidated Balance sheets. This will have a material impact on both Total assets and Total liabilities. The Company also continues to evaluate the potential impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income of the standard as a whole and more specifically as it relates to the available practical expedients. |
| Fair Value Measurements | Fair Value Measurements Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified using the following hierarchy, which is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. Level 1-Valuation is based upon quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. Level 2-Valuation is based upon quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or other inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 3-Valuation is based upon other unobservable inputs that are significant to the fair value measurement. |
| Lease Financing Obligations | Lease Financing Obligations In certain lease arrangements, the Company is involved in the construction of the building. To the extent the Company is involved in the construction of structural improvements or takes construction risk prior to commencement of a lease, it is deemed the owner of the project for accounting purposes. Therefore, the Company records an asset in property and equipment on the unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets, including any capitalized interest costs, and related liabilities in accrued interest and lease financing obligations in other long-term liabilities on the unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets, for the replacement cost of the Company’s portion of the pre-existing building plus the amount of construction costs incurred by the landlord as of the balance sheet date. |
| Share-Based Compensation | Restricted Stock Units During the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018, the Company granted restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the 2010 Plan and the 2018 Plan. The fair value of RSUs is determined based on the Company’s closing stock price on the day prior to the grant date in accordance with the 2010 Plan and 2018 Plan. The RSUs granted in 2018 vest ratably over four years and the expense related to these RSUs will be recognized using the straight-line attribution method over this vesting period. Share-Based Compensation The Company records the fair value of share-based payments to employees in the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income as compensation expense, net of forfeitures, over the requisite service period. |