CarParts.com, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Nature of Operations (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Employee Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan (Details)

v2.4.1.9

Employee Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2010	Apr. 04, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Minimum service period required to cover under plan		1 month
Employer's match per dollar of participants salary		$ 0.50
Employer's match percentage of participants salary		6.00%
Contributions vest in annual installments		3 years
Discretionary contributions		70,000	70,000
Highly Compensated Employees
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Participant deferral of base salary, percentage (up to)	90.00%
Participant deferral of annual earned bonus, percentage (up to)	100.00%
Deferred compensation plan vested	100.00%
Employer contribution percentage of eligible participants eligible contribution	50.00%
Employer matching contribution, percentage of participants eligible contributions	2.00%
Increase (decrease) in deferred compensation, employee contribution		27,000	37,000
Increase (decrease) in deferred compensation, employer contribution		7,000	8,000
Increase (decrease) in deferred compensation, earnings		12,000	8,000
Decrease in deferred compensation, distributions		109,000	226,000
Loss on change in cash surrender value		4,000	0
Other non-current assets \| Highly Compensated Employees
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Deferred compensation plan assets		858,000
Other non-current liabilities \| Highly Compensated Employees
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Deferred compensation plan associated liabilities		$ 686,000

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

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