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Taxes On Earnings (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Feb. 01, 2014
Feb. 02, 2013
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Realized tax benefits related to employee equity programs $ 29,759,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation $ 27,661,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation $ 29,989,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation
Reserves for unrecognized tax benefits 101,696,000rost_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReserve 104,944,000rost_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReserve 82,500,000rost_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReserve
Interest related to the reserve for unrecognized tax benefits 23,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 24,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 16,800,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Impact of recognizing taxes and interest related to unrecognized tax benefits 51,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Unrecognized tax benefits reduction resulting from lapse of applicable statute of limitations 6,300,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit    
Internal Revenue Service [Member] | Earliest [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Open tax year 2011    
Internal Revenue Service [Member] | Latest [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Open tax year 2014    
State [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Tax credit carryforward $ 12,100,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
$ 11,000,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
State [Member] | Earliest [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Open tax year 2010    
State [Member] | Latest [Member]      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Open tax year 2014