Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Earnings shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	May 02, 2015 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales	$ 3,088,995	$ 2,938,148
Costs and Expenses
Cost of goods sold	2,176,205	2,067,455
Selling, general and administrative	436,924	409,298
Interest expense, net	4,364	2,003
Total costs and expenses	2,617,493	2,478,756
Earnings before taxes	471,502	459,392
Provision for taxes on earnings	180,868	177,187
Net earnings	$ 290,634	$ 282,205
Earnings per share
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.73	$ 0.69
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.73	$ 0.69
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic (in shares) | shares	395,799	407,653
Diluted (in shares) | shares	398,812	411,386
Dividends
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.1350	$ 0.1175
Stores open at end of period (in number of stores) | stores	1,473	1,399