BUSINESS SEGEMENTS - Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2020	[1]	May 02, 2020	Feb. 01, 2020	Nov. 02, 2019	Aug. 03, 2019	Apr. 27, 2019	Jan. 26, 2019	Oct. 27, 2018	Aug. 01, 2020		Aug. 03, 2019		Jul. 28, 2018
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 6,754,555		$ 7,031,718	$ 6,431,382	$ 6,296,612	$ 6,731,294	$ 6,247,462	$ 6,449,542	$ 2,879,158	$ 26,514,267	[1]	$ 22,307,456		$ 10,226,683
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests										4,929		107		0
Total other expense, net										(148,839)		(144,685)		(14,480)
Depreciation and amortization										(281,535)		(247,746)		(87,631)
Share-based compensation										(33,689)		(40,495)		(25,783)
Restructuring, impairment, acquisition, and integration related expenses										(86,383)		(148,195)		(9,738)
Goodwill and asset impairment										(425,405)		(292,770)		(11,242)
(Loss) gain on sale of assets										17,132		(499)		0
Note receivable and lost customer bankruptcy charge										(12,516)		0		0
Inventory fair value adjustment										0		(10,463)		0
Legal reserve charge										(1,196)
Legal reserve charge												1,390		0
Other expense										(1,750)
Other expense												0		0
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes										(344,454)		(344,457)		209,992
Depreciation and amortization										281,535		247,746		87,631
Capital expenditures										172,568		228,477		44,608
Wholesale
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted EBITDA										591,028		462,996		343,104
Retail
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted EBITDA										86,401		34,149		0
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted EBITDA										(15,903)		41,918		12,337
Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Adjusted EBITDA										(2,464)		(1,162)		3,425
Operating Segments | Wholesale
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										25,496,597		21,530,183		10,169,840
Depreciation and amortization										267,236		227,946		84,971
Capital expenditures										159,758		206,812		43,402
Operating Segments | Retail
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										2,330,694		1,653,596		0
Depreciation and amortization										3,493		6,430		0
Capital expenditures										12,344		20,660		0
Operating Segments | Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										227,984		234,838		228,465
Depreciation and amortization										10,806		13,370		2,660
Capital expenditures										466		1,005		1,206
Operating Segments | Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										(1,541,008)		(1,111,161)		(171,622)
Continuing Operations | Operating Segments | Wholesale
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										1,319,000		937,000
Discontinued Operations | Operating Segments | Wholesale
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										0		12,400
Supernatural
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										4,720,000		4,394,000	[2]	3,758,000	[2]
Supernatural | Operating Segments | Wholesale
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										4,720,000		4,394,000	[2]	3,758,000	[2]
Supernatural | Operating Segments | Retail
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										0		0	[2]
Supernatural | Operating Segments | Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										0		0	[2]	0	[2]
Other Customer Type
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										26,514,267		22,307,456	[2]	10,226,683	[2]
Other Customer Type | Operating Segments | Wholesale
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										25,496,000		21,530,000	[2]	10,171,000	[2]
Other Customer Type | Operating Segments | Retail
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										2,331,000		1,653,000	[2]
Other Customer Type | Operating Segments | Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales										$ 228,000		$ 235,000	[2]	$ 228,000	[2]

[1] Fiscal 2020 results reflect 52 weeks of operating results, as compared to fiscal 2019 53 weeks. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 includes 13 weeks and the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 contains 14 weeks.

[2] Certain prior period amounts in the above tables have been reclassified to conform with the Company’s current sales channel presentation.