Document And Entity Information
Note To Financial Statement Details Textual
Significant Accounting Policies
Note 3 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Note 4 - Property and Equipment, Net
Note 5 - Other Intangible Assets
Note 6 - Accrued Expenses
Note 7 - Income Taxes
Variable Rate [Domain]
Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies
Variable Rate [Axis]
Note 10 - Net Income Per Share
Note 11 - Stock Incentive Plans
Note 12 - Stockholders' Equity
Note 15 - Segment Information
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
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Revenues
Total revenues
Note 3 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets - Summary of Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Details)
Note 4 - Property and Equipment, Net - Property and Equipment (Details)
Note 5 - Other Intangible Assets - Other Intangible Assets (Details)
Note 6 - Accrued Expenses - Summary of Accrued Expenses (Details)
Note 7 - Income Taxes - Income Before Income Taxes From Domestic and Foreign Operations (Details)
Note 7 - Income Taxes - Components of the Provision for Income Taxes (Details)
Note 7 - Income Taxes - Reconciliation Between the Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate and Effective Income Tax Rate (Details)
Note 7 - Income Taxes - Reconciliation Between the Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate and Effective Income Tax Rate (Details) (Parentheticals)
Note 7 - Income Taxes - Temporary Differences That Gave Rise to Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details)
Note 7 - Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)
Note 7 - Income Taxes - Open Tax Year (Details)
Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies - Future Minimum Lease Payments (Details)
Note 10 - Net Income Per Share - Computation Basic and Diluted Earnings per Common Share (Details)
Note 11 - Stock Incentive Plans - Activity for Stock Options (Details)
Note 11 - Stock Incentive Plans - Assumptions Used in the Option Pricing Model (Details)
Note 11 - Stock Incentive Plans - Activity for Time-based and Performance-based Restricted Stock (Details)
Note 12 - Stockholders' Equity - Summary Changes in Outstanding Shares of Common Stock (Details)
Note 15 - Segment Information - Financial Information for the Company's Reportable Segments (Details)
Note 15 - Segment Information - Sales to External Customers and Long-lived Assets by Geographic Area (Details)
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts - Summary of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Details)
Notes To Financial Statements
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]
Cash flows from investing activities:
Interim Period, Costs Not Allocable [Domain]
Nature of Expense [Axis]
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
Deferred revenue
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Comprehensive income (loss)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
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Start-up Activities, Cost Policy [Policy Text Block]
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Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity
Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)
Shares outstanding (in shares)
Shares outstanding (in shares)
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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Related Party Transaction [Domain]
Related Party Transaction [Axis]
Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Subsequent Event [Member]
Related Party [Axis]
Subsequent Event Type [Domain]
Fiscal Period, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Subsequent Event Type [Axis]
Related Party [Domain]
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
Subsequent Events [Text Block]
Franchise fees
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Number of Stores
Stock-based compensation
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Concentration Risk, Percentage
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member]
Gift cards and customer deposits
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Concentration Risk Type [Domain]
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Repurchase of shares (in shares)
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Share repurchase and retirement
Concentration Risk Type [Axis]
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Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares
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Stock Repurchased During Period, Value
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Prepaid expenses and other assets
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
Vesting at End of Three-year Performance Period [Member]
Equity awards that vest at the end of their three-year performance period.
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Performance Period
Period from grant date that an equity-based award is conditional upon certain performance measures, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.
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Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense
Concentration Risk Benchmark [Domain]
Concentration Risk Benchmark [Axis]
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Receivables
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Exercised (in shares)
Shares issued under employee stock plans, net of shares withheld in lieu of tax withholding (in shares)
Shares issued under employee stock plans
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Forfeited (in shares)
The 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member]
Represents information about the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the Incentive Plan).
Granted (in shares)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Member]
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Interest expense (income), net
Canceled, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)
The weighted average fair value grant date for shares canceled or expired shares during the period on the other than stock or unit option plans.
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Canceled (in shares)
The number of canceled or expired shares during the period on the other than stock or unit option plans.
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Less: Valuation allowance
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Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Retained earnings
Net retail sales
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
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Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
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Inventories
Deferred tax assets
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Total deferred tax liabilities
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Total gross deferred tax assets
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Net deferred tax assets
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Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), before Tax
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Other
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Deferred Compensation Plan Assets
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]
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Deferred revenue
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Intangible assets
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Number of Reportable Segments
us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Number of Operating Segments
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Inventories
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
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Accrued rents
us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
Beginning Balance
Ending Balance
Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Charged to cost and expenses
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total
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Accrued compensation
us-gaap_DisclosureTextBlockAbstract
Notes to Financial Statements
us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsAllowanceForDoubtfulAccounts
Receivable write-offs
Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations Policy [Policy Text Block]
Lessee, Leases [Policy Text Block]
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Table Text Block]
Revenues:
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Deferred compensation
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Inventory, Supplies, Net of Reserves
Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Domain]
Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Valuation Allowances and Reserves Type [Axis]
Valuation Allowance of Deferred Tax Assets [Member]
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used, Asset Name [Domain]
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Carryforward of tax credits
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used by Type [Axis]
Comprehensive Income, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block]
Commercial revenue
Revenue earned during the period from consideration received for transactions with other businesses, mainly through wholesale transactions and licensing of intellectual properties for third-party use.
Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Change in assets and liabilities:
Trademarks And Intellectual Property [Member]
Trademarks and intellectual property member.
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Franchise Extension Period
Franchise extension period.
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]
Sales Tax Policy [Policy Text Block]
Sales tax policy policy text block.
Property And Equipment [Member]
Property and equipment member.
Trade credit utilization
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Net operating loss carryforwards
us-gaap_DeferredRevenuePeriodIncreaseDecrease
Deferred Revenue, Period Increase (Decrease)
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]
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Other
Deferred taxes
Share-based Compensation, Option and Incentive Plans Policy [Policy Text Block]
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Pledge Of Ownership Interest In Foreign Subsidiaries
Pledge of ownership interest in foreign subsidiaries.
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Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Contingent Rentals
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Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Minimum Rentals
Amendment Flag
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Deferred expense
Deferred Revenue [Domain]
Deferred Revenue Arrangement Type [Axis]
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercised in Period, Grant Date Fair Value
The grant date fair value of options exercised during the reporting period.
Common stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 50,000,000; Issued and outstanding: 15,515,960 and 15,856,927 shares, respectively
Increase Deferred Tax Assets [Member]
The increase of deferred tax assets from a recent accounting pronouncement.
Increase Retained Earning [Member]
The increase in retained earnings from recent accounting pronouncements.
Decreases Taxes Payable [Member]
The decrease in taxes payable from recent accounting pronouncements.
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)
Increase Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
The increase in additional paid in capital from a recent accounting pronouncement.
bbw_NumberOfMajorVendors
Number Of Major Vendors
Number of major vendors.
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)
Other assets, net
Decrease Other Assets [Member]
The decrease in other assets from recent accounting pronouncements.
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Three
Retail [Member]
Represents information pertaining to the retail operating segment.
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Two
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)
Commercial [Member]
Represents information pertaining to the commercial segment.
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Five
Stock-based compensation
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
International Franchising [Member]
Represents information pertaining to the international franchising segment.
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Four
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Other Geographic Region [Member]
Represents information pertaining to other geographic regions.
Advertising Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Decrease Retained Earnings [Member]
The decrease in retained earnings from recent accounting pronouncements.
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Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Next Twelve Months
Current Fiscal Year End Date
Cost of Sales, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Document Fiscal Period Focus
Document Fiscal Year Focus
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Litigation Receivable, Gross
The amount of receivables before reserves in a litigation dispute.
Document Period End Date
Preferred stock, par value $0.01, Shares authorized: 15,000,000; No shares issued or outstanding at December 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016
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Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life
us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Depreciation
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)
bbw_LitigationReceivablesReserve
Litigation Receivables, Reserve
The amount of reserve receivables in a litigation dispute.
Document Type
bbw_LitigationReceivablesNet
Litigation Receivables, Net
The amount of receivables after reserve in a litigation dispute.
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Information [Table]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_Depreciation
Depreciation
us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Total current assets
Entity Public Float
Entity Filer Category
Entity Current Reporting Status
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]
Entity Voluntary Filers
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer
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Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Expense
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Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount
us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
U.S. State
Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]
Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Table Text Block]
Tabular disclosure of a schedule of allowance and reserve accounts where the valuation and qualifying accounts are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs.
us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Foreign
us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit
U.S. State
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Revenue Recognition, Services, Franchise Fees [Policy Text Block]
Entity Central Index Key
Entity Registrant Name
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U.S. Federal
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Foreign
Entity [Domain]
Legal Entity [Axis]
us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
U.S. Federal
Other
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)
Additional paid-in capital
Prepaid rent
First Target Number of Performance Shares [Member]
Represents the first target number of shares or units awarded to employees for meeting certain performance targets.
Second Target Number of Performance Shares [Member]
Represents the second target number of shares or units awarded to employees for meeting certain performance targets.
Inventories
Stockholders' equity:
Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Trading Symbol
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Inventory Valuation Reserves
Deferred Charges, Policy [Policy Text Block]
us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total stockholders' equity
Balance
Balance
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Intangible Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Commitments and contingencies
Receivables
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Cost of merchandise sold
Cash flows from operating activities:
Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable, Current
us-gaap_DeferredCompensationLiabilityCurrentAndNoncurrent
Deferred Compensation Liability, Current and Noncurrent
Statement [Line Items]
Costs and expenses:
Total costs and expenses
AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]
us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentUsefulLife
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life
Current assets:
Software and Software Development Costs [Member]
Construction in Progress [Member]
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
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Cash flow used in financing activities
Foreign currency translation adjustment
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Cash flow used in investing activities
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Net cash provided by operating activities
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Effect of exchange rates on cash
Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Domain]
Domestic
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Axis]
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member]
Land [Member]
Foreign
Income before income taxes
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest
Total income before income taxes
Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]
us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue
Total
us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter
Subsequent to 2022
us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears
2021
us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears
2022
us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears
2019
Type of Adoption [Domain]
Adjustments for New Accounting Pronouncements [Axis]
us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears
2020
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Deferred Revenue
us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent
2018
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Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock
Purchases of Company's common stock
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Proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options, net of withholding tax payments
The cash outflow or inflow resulting from the exercised employee stock options, net of the tax payments for withholding.
Lease related liabilities
bbw_IncreaseDecreaseInLeaseRelatedLiabilities
Change in liability related to deferred and accrued rent in the reporting period.
Retained Earnings [Member]
us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Long-term Line of Credit
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets [Text Block]
The entire disclosure for prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Equity Component [Domain]
Common Stock [Member]
Equity Components [Axis]
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member]
Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member]
Other Assets [Policy Text Block]
Information about other assets policy.
Diluted (in shares)
us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - dilutive (in shares)
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Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount
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Income Tax Examination, Penalties and Interest Expense
Diluted (in dollars per share)
Diluted income per common share attributable to Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. stockholders (in dollars per share)
Computer Equipment [Member]
us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermCapitalLeaseObligations
Payments made under capital leases
Basic (in shares)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic (in shares)
Balance Sheet Location [Domain]
Basic (in dollars per share)
Basic income per common share attributable to Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. stockholders (in dollars per share)
Balance Sheet Location [Axis]
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Scenario, Unspecified [Domain]
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Scenario [Axis]
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Tax Authority, Name [Domain]
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) [Member]
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax Authority, Name [Axis]
Schedule of Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]
Summary of Income Tax Examinations [Table Text Block]
Income Tax Authority [Domain]
Income Tax Authority [Axis]
Cost of Sales [Member]
Income Statement Location [Domain]
Receivables, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Income Statement Location [Axis]
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Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Amount of Unrecorded Benefit
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Maximum [Member]
Range [Domain]
Open tax year
Minimum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]
Range [Axis]
us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Would Impact Effective Tax Rate
us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
Balance
Balance
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Increases for current year tax positions
us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities
Audit settlement release
us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions
Decreases for prior year tax positions
Increases for prior year tax positions
Charitable Contribution Collected on Behalf of Related Party [Member]
The amount of charitable contributions that were collected on behalf of the related party.
Inventory Purchases [Member]
The amount of inventory purchase included in the concentration risk.
Charitable Foundations Controlled by Executive Officers [Member]
The amount of charitable foundations controlled by executive officers.
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Latest Tax Year [Member]
Earliest Tax Year [Member]
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit
Repayments under line of credit
Borrowings under line of credit
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
Tax Period [Domain]
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]
Tax Period [Axis]
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]
North America [Member]
Europe [Member]
Geographical [Domain]
Geographical [Axis]
Other liabilities
Schedule of Common Stock Outstanding Roll Forward [Table Text Block]
Income tax (benefit) expense
Income tax expense (benefit)
Effective tax rate
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Segments [Axis]
Segments [Domain]
us-gaap_PolicyTextBlockAbstract
Accounting Policies
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]
Deferred rent
Statement [Table]
Deferred franchise revenue
Income Statement [Abstract]
Cash flows from financing activities:
bbw_PerformanceBasedSharesPayoutOpportunityPercentage
Performance-based Shares, Payout Opportunity, Percentage
The percentage of payout from performance based shares.
Class of Stock [Axis]
Award Type [Axis]
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]
Equity Award [Domain]
New Accounting Principles, Early Adoption [Domain]
New Accounting Pronouncement, Early Adoption [Axis]
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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Grants In Period Shares Earned
The number of shares earned in regards to performance based restricted stock.
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Major Class Name [Domain]
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New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Effect of Adoption, Quantification
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Axis]
Other items, net
us-gaap_CumulativeEffectOnRetainedEarningsBeforeTax1
Cumulative Effect on Retained Earnings, before Tax
Adjustment for unrecognized tax positions
Federal tax rate
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent
U.S. federal rate change to 21%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Enacted Tax Rate, Amount
Valuation allowance
us-gaap_CumulativeEffectOnRetainedEarningsTax1
Cumulative Effect on Retained Earnings, Tax
us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]
Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]
Dividend yield
Risk-free rate
Historical volatility
Deferred revenue and other
Expected life (in years) (Year)
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value
Store preopening
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit
Income tax expense at statutory federal rate
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
Effect of lower foreign taxes
Forfeited, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)
Vested, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
Outstanding, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)
Outstanding, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
Outstanding (in shares)
Outstanding (in shares)
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Line of Credit [Member]
Granted, weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Granted (in shares)
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
Forfeited (in shares)
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
Vested (in shares)
Options exercisable, , aggregate intrinsic value
Options exercisable, weighted average remaining contractual term (Year)
Asset impairment
Asset Impairment Charges
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Options exercisable (in shares)
Current income taxes payable
Outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value
Adoption of new accounting standards
Amount of increase in additional paid in capital (APIC) and retained earnings resulting from the adoption of new accounting standards.
bbw_UnredeemedGiftCardsBreakage
Unredeemed Gift Cards, Breakage
The amount of breakage recognized related to unredeemed gift cards.
Outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term (Year)
Sales tax payable
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)
Accounts payable
Loyalty Program [Member]
Information pertaining to the loyalty program.
Accrued wages, bonuses and related expenses
Accrued expenses
Total
Long-term Debt, Type [Axis]
Long-term Debt, Type [Domain]
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of
Canceled or expired, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Forfeited, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_AmortizationOfDeferredCharges
Amortization of Deferred Charges
Granted, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Gift cards and customer deposits
Exercised, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Amortization of Intangible Assets
Dilutive effect of share-based awards: (in shares)
Shares used in computing common per share amounts:
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
Outstanding (in shares)
Outstanding (in shares)
Accrued rent and related expenses
bbw_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesAdditionsDeductionsForWriteoffsRecoveriesAndCurrencyTranslations
Other
Amount of increase (decrease) in the allowances and reserves, which consist of the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, from write-offs, recoveries and currency translations.
bbw_AdditionalStockPurchaseCommitmentToBeSettled
Additional Stock Purchase Commitment to be Settled
Represents the amount of additional stock purchase commitment to be settled.
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpirationsInPeriod
Canceled or expired (in shares)
Current liabilities:
us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Net income
us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Advertising Expense
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant
Proceeds from sale or maturity of short term investments
us-gaap_Assets
Total assets
Total Assets
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireShortTermInvestments
Purchases of short term investments
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Capital expenditures, net
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets
Purchases of other assets and other intangible assets
us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1
Loss on disposal of property and equipment
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Purchases of property and equipment
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingPeriod1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period
Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block]
Vesting [Domain]
Net income
Net income
Net income before allocation of earnings to participating securities
Net income
Plan Name [Axis]
Provision for doubtful accounts
Selling, general and administrative
Vesting [Axis]
Plan Name [Domain]
us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized
us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedPeriodForRecognition1
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition
Performance Shares [Member]
Restricted Stock [Member]
Other intangible assets, net
Total, net
Antidilutive Securities, Name [Domain]
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Less accumulated amortization
Trademarks and other intellectual property
Antidilutive Securities [Axis]
us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Net cash paid during the period for income taxes
Less: Earnings allocated to participating securities
Property and equipment, net
Total, net
Property and equipment, net
Less accumulated depreciation
Property, plant and equipment, gross
us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate
Proceeds from property insurance
us-gaap_TableTextBlock
Notes Tables
Earnings Per Share [Text Block]
Income per common share: