Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Discontinued Operations (Details) (Best Buy Europe [Member])	Feb. 28, 2009
Best Buy Europe [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	50.00%

Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56956515&loc=d3e1392-128463

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