SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLANS SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLANS (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011	Jan. 30, 2010
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
First Three Percent of Company Match	3.00%
Fifty Percent of Next Two Percent Company Match	50.00%
Next Two Percent of Company Match	2.00%
Highly Compensated 401k Match	50.00%
Highly Compensated 2.5 Percent Match	2.50%
Highly Compensated Vest Years	$ 5
Defined Benefit Plan, Contributions by Employer	1,800,000	1,900,000	2,100,000
Deferred Compensation Arrangements Maximum Percentage of Base Salary	80.00%
Deferred Compensation Arrangements Maximum Percentage of Bonus	100.00%
Maximum period over which annual installments of deferred payments are made (in years)	15
Deferred compensation plan liability	700,000	500,000
Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance	700,000	500,000
Common Stock Issued, Employee Trust, Deferred	(598,000)	0
Foreign Plan Contributions [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Contributions by Employer	$ 200,000