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DEBT Schedule of Long Term Debt Instruments (Details) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended																							12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Mar. 02, 2011 USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2012 USD ($) loan	Jan. 29, 2012 USD ($) loan	Jan. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2012 Interest Rate Swap [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 06, 2011 Interest Rate Swap [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2012 Interest Rate Cap [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 06, 2011 Interest Rate Cap [Member] EUR (€)	Jan. 29, 2012 Senior Debenture Due 2023 [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Due 2011 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Due 2013 [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 United States Dollar-denominated Term Loan B Facility [Member] Eurocurrency rate loan [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 United States Dollar-denominated Term Loan B Facility [Member] One month adjusted Eurocurrency rate loan [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 United States Dollars and Canadian Dollars [Member] loan	Jan. 29, 2012 Line of Credit [Member] United States Dollar-denominated United States Federal Funds Rate [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Line of Credit [Member] United States Dollar-denominated Base rate loan [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Line of Credit [Member] United States Dollar-denominated Eurocurrency rate loan [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Line of Credit [Member] United States Dollar-denominated One month adjusted Eurocurrency rate loan [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Line of Credit [Member] Currencies other than United States dollars and Canadian dollars [Member] Term Loan B Facility [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Line of Credit [Member] Canada, Dollars	Jan. 29, 2012 Line of Credit [Member] Canada, Dollars Eurocurrency rate loan [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Line of Credit [Member] Canada, Dollars Canadian prime rate loan [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Line of Credit [Member] Other currencies [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Term Loan [Member] United States Dollar-denominated Term Loan A Facility [Member] Base rate loan [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Term Loan [Member] United States Dollar-denominated Term Loan A Facility [Member] Eurocurrency rate loan [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Term Loan [Member] United States Dollar-denominated Term Loan B Facility [Member] Base rate loan [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Term Loan [Member] United States Dollar-denominated Term Loan B Facility [Member] Eurocurrency rate loan [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Term Loan [Member] Euro-denominated Term Loan A Facility [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Term Loan [Member] Euro-denominated Term Loan B Facility [Member]	Jan. 29, 2012 Senior Notes [Member] Senior notes due 2020 [Member]	May 06, 2010 Senior Notes [Member] Due 2011 [Member] USD ($)	May 06, 2010 Senior Notes [Member] Due 2013 [Member] USD ($)
Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Abstract]
Number of revolving credit facilities		2	2												1
Repayments of long-term debt	$ 149,275	$ 301,450	$ 450,725	$ 250,000	$ 0
Amended facility, overall maximum borrowing capacity	1,970,000
Amended facility, maximum borrowing capacity, term loans	1,520,000
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	450,000	450,000	450,000
Letters of credit outstanding, amount		72,199	72,199
Term loans outstanding, amount		1,203,255	1,203,255
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate																0.50%	1.50%	2.50%	1.00%			2.50%	1.50%	2.75%	1.50%	2.50%	1.75%	2.75%	2.75%	3.00%
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage										7.75%	7.25%	8.125%	0.75%	1.75%						0.75%	1.00%										7.375%	7.25%	8.125%
Derivative agreement term						3 years		15 months
Derivative, notional amount						616,000	632,000	98,892	165,895
Derivative, fixed interest rate						1.197%
Derivative, cap interest rate								2.00%
Gross proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		600,000	600,000
Maximum redemption percentage																															35.00%
Debt instrument, face amount										100,000
Debt instrument, yield to maturity										7.80%
Extinguishment of debt																																150,000	150,000
Debt redemption price, percentage																																100.00%	101.354%
Interest paid			$ 111,433	$ 110,018	$ 31,824