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Tilly’s, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 7/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 9/6/22, at 5:29pm ET   ·   For:  7/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1628280-22-24391   ·   File #:  1-35535

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 9/06/22  Tilly’s, Inc.                     10-Q        7/30/22   59:6.5M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.51M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     33K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     74K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    137K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     39K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income            HTML     91K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     43K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     86K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     19K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    115K 
19: R9          Description of the Company and Basis of             HTML     27K 
                Presentation                                                     
20: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    135K 
21: R11         Marketable Securities                               HTML     59K 
22: R12         Credit Agreement                                    HTML     31K 
23: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     24K 
24: R14         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     64K 
25: R15         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     71K 
26: R16         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     48K 
27: R17         Share Repurchase Program                            HTML     25K 
28: R18         Contractors (Policies)                              HTML     20K 
29: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     40K 
                (Policies)                                                       
30: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    122K 
                (Tables)                                                         
31: R21         Marketable Securities (Tables)                      HTML     58K 
32: R22         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     59K 
33: R23         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     73K 
34: R24         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     49K 
35: R25         Description of the Company and Basis of             HTML     20K 
                Presentation (Details)                                           
36: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     77K 
                Schedule of Revenue Recognition (Details)                        
37: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     88K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
38: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     62K 
                Schedule of Operating Lease Liability (Details)                  
39: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     39K 
                Schedule of Lease Expense and Supplemental Lease                 
                Information (Details)                                            
40: R30         Marketable Securities - Investments in Marketable   HTML     34K 
                Securities (Details)                                             
41: R31         Marketable Securities - Narrative (Details)         HTML     23K 
42: R32         Credit Agreement - Narrative (Details)              HTML     67K 
43: R33         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Assets Based    HTML     38K 
                on Priority of Inputs to Valuation Technique                     
                Instruments (Details)                                            
44: R34         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     22K 
45: R35         Fair Value Measurements - Details of Impairment of  HTML     25K 
                Long-Lived Assets (Details)                                      
46: R36         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     53K 
47: R37         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock Option Activity    HTML     66K 
                Under Stock Option Plan (Details)                                
48: R38         Stock-Based Compensation - Assumptions Used to      HTML     30K 
                Estimate Fair Value of Stock Options Granted                     
                (Details)                                                        
49: R39         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Status of     HTML     37K 
                Non-Vested Restricted Stock (Details)                            
50: R40         Stock-Based Compensation - Schedule of Stock Based  HTML     25K 
                Compensation (Details)                                           
51: R41         Earnings Per Share - Components of Basic and        HTML     53K 
                Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details)                             
52: R42         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     26K 
53: R43         Share Repurchase Program (Details)                  HTML     32K 
54: R9999       Uncategorized Items - tlys-20220730.htm             HTML     18K 
57: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    101K 
55: XML         XBRL Instance -- tlys-20220730_htm                   XML   1.72M 
56: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    104K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tlys-20220730_cal               XML    151K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- tlys-20220730_def                XML    554K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- tlys-20220730_lab                     XML   1.27M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tlys-20220730_pre              XML    723K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- tlys-20220730                         XSD    116K 
58: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              319±   482K 
59: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-22-024391-xbrl      Zip    340K

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