CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
May 01, 2015	May 02, 2014
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Net sales	$ 4,918,672us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 4,522,081us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Cost of goods sold	3,419,967us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	3,164,335us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Gross profit	1,498,705us-gaap_GrossProfit	1,357,746us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling, general and administrative expenses	1,070,511	978,038
Operating profit	428,194us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	379,708us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense	21,576us-gaap_InterestExpense	22,267us-gaap_InterestExpense
Income before income taxes	406,618	357,441
Income tax expense	153,383us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	135,043us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income	$ 253,235	$ 222,398
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.84us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.72us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.84us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 0.72us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	301,202	309,331
Diluted (in shares)	302,089	310,295
Dividends per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.22

Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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