LEASES LEASES - Lease cost (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2020 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Net operating lease cost	$ 373,951	[1]
Finance lease cost	27,669
Total net lease cost	401,620
Discontinued Operations
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Net operating lease cost	6,800	[1]
Operating expenses
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease cost	223,016
Short-term lease cost	30,992
Variable lease cost	151,065
Sublease Income	(3,504)
Amortization of leased assets	16,052
Net sales
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Sublease Income	(22,543)
Interest expense, net
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Interest on lease liabilities	11,617
Restructuring, acquisition and integration
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Sublease Income	(40,600)	[2]
Other sublease income, net	(5,075)	[2]
Lease expense	$ 35,500	[2]

[1] Rent expense as presented here includes $6.8 million in fiscal 2020 of operating lease rent expense related to stores within discontinued operations, but for which GAAP requires the expense to be included within continuing operations, as the Company expects to remain primarily obligated under these leases. Rent expense as presented here also includes immaterial amounts of variable lease expense of discontinued operations.

[2] Includes $35.5 million of lease expense and $(40.6) million of lease income that is recorded within Restructuring, acquisition and integration related expenses for assigned leases related to previously sold locations and surplus, non-operating properties for which the Company is restructuring its obligations