Business Segments (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Nov. 02, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2018 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2019 USD ($) segment	Nov. 03, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 03, 2018 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, construction segment	$ 2,479	$ 1,823	$ 2,479	$ 1,823	$ 1,165	$ 1,213
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts, construction segment	6,800	6,774	6,800	6,774	7,414	5,503
Accounts Receivable, Construction Segment	33,154	51,603	33,154	51,603	31,867	20,136
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount	71,900	318,600	71,900	318,600	143,900
Revenue Recognized, previously recorded in Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings			7,100	4,800
Contract with Customer, Liability	60,742	56,704	60,742	56,704	72,852	$ 73,059
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized			45,200	47,100
Business Segments
Revenue from Contracts with Customers	$ 1,388,310	$ 1,419,213	$ 4,280,614	$ 4,345,498
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Number of Reportable Segments \| segment			2
Gross profit		$ 464,276		$ 1,469,643
Depreciation and amortization	$ 56,143	55,762	$ 162,890	167,986
Interest and debt expense (income), net	11,536	12,104	35,021	40,447
(Loss) income before income taxes	2,902	4,775	51,523	104,185
Total assets	3,800,063	3,986,601	3,800,063	3,986,601	$ 3,431,369
Retail operations
Business Segments
Revenue from Contracts with Customers	$ 1,334,205	$ 1,341,845	$ 4,132,890	$ 4,161,992
Concentration Risk, Percentage	96.00%	95.00%	97.00%	96.00%
Number of Reportable Segments \| segment			1
Number of store formats \| segment			1
Gross profit	$ 460,549	$ 461,476	$ 1,392,057	$ 1,463,251
Depreciation and amortization	55,963	55,605	162,364	167,513
Interest and debt expense (income), net	11,562	12,117	35,104	40,480
(Loss) income before income taxes	2,223	3,463	52,023	102,385
Total assets	3,753,211	3,918,065	3,753,211	3,918,065
Construction
Business Segments
Revenue from Contracts with Customers	$ 54,105	$ 77,368	$ 147,724	$ 183,506
Concentration Risk, Percentage	4.00%	5.00%	3.00%	4.00%
Gross profit	$ 979	$ 2,800	$ 1,994	$ 6,392
Depreciation and amortization	180	157	526	473
Interest and debt expense (income), net	(26)	(13)	(83)	(33)
(Loss) income before income taxes	679	1,312	(500)	1,800
Total assets	46,852	68,536	46,852	68,536
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Business Segments
Revenue from Contracts with Customers	$ 8,200	$ 9,300	$ 22,800	$ 21,400
Cosmetics [Member] \| Retail operations
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	14.00%	13.00%	13.00%	14.00%
Ladies Apparel [Member] \| Retail operations
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	23.00%	23.00%	24.00%	24.00%
Ladies Accessories and Lingerie [Member] \| Retail operations
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	14.00%	13.00%	15.00%	14.00%
Juniors and Children's Apparel [Member] \| Retail operations
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	9.00%
Mens Apparel and Accessories [Member] \| Retail operations
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	17.00%	17.00%	17.00%	17.00%
Shoes [Member] \| Retail operations
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	15.00%	16.00%	15.00%	15.00%
Home and Furniture [Member] \| Retail operations
Business Segments
Concentration Risk, Percentage	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%

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