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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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Segment Information (Additional Information) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2017 USD ($) specialtystores	Oct. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2015 USD ($)	May 02, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 28, 2017 USD ($) Reportable_Segments specialtystores	Jan. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Revenue, Net	$ 4,489	$ 2,581	$ 2,890	$ 2,614	$ 4,395	$ 2,482	$ 2,765	$ 2,512	$ 12,574	$ 12,154	$ 11,454
Number Of Reportable Segments (in reportable segments) \| Reportable_Segments									3
Henri Bendel [Member]
Henri Bendel Specialty Stores Owned \| specialtystores	29								29
International [Member]
Revenue, Net									$ 1,408	1,314	$ 1,349
Internationally based Long-lived Assets	$ 357				$ 319				$ 357	$ 319