Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Jan. 29, 2012	Jan. 30, 2011
Lease Agreement With Related Party, Expired
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease amount paid to related party	$ 1,319,000	$ 4,500,000
Lease commencement date	May 16, 2008
Lease expiration date	2011-05
Retirement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Costs related to the retirement of former Chief Executive Officer		$ 5,935,000

Costs and payments related to employee benefits and equity-based compensation, such as pension expense and contributions, other postretirement benefits expense and payments, stock or unit options expense, and amortization of restricted stock or unit.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 95

-Paragraph 28

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

-Subparagraph (a)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6943989&loc=d3e3602-108585

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