Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2013	Oct. 27, 2012	Jul. 28, 2012	Apr. 28, 2012	Jan. 28, 2012	Oct. 29, 2011	Jul. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2011	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011
Net sales	$ 9,350	$ 6,075	$ 6,118	$ 6,143	$ 8,724	$ 5,853	$ 5,939	$ 5,889	$ 27,686	$ 26,405	$ 25,003
Cost of sales	(5,554)	(3,672)	(3,555)	(3,757)	(5,151)	(3,544)	(3,457)	(3,586)	(16,538)	(15,738)	(14,824)
Gross margin	3,796	2,403	2,563	2,386	3,573	2,309	2,482	2,303	11,148	10,667	10,179
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(2,400)	(2,078)	(2,009)	(1,995)	(2,314)	(2,018)	(1,976)	(1,973)	(8,482)	(8,281)	(8,260)
Impairments, store closing costs and gain on sale of leases	(5)	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	(5)	25	(25)
Operating income (loss)									2,661	2,411	1,894
Interest (expense) income, net
External									(422)	(443)	(508)
Intercompany									0	0	0
Premium on early retirement of debt	(133)			(4)					(137)	0	(66)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes									2,102	1,968	1,320
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									(767)	(712)	(473)
Net income	730	145	279	181	745	139	241	131	1,335	1,256	847
Comprehensive income									1,465	925	870
Parent
Net sales									0	0	0
Cost of sales									0	0	0
Gross margin									0	0	0
Selling, general and administrative expenses									(9)	5	(8)
Impairments, store closing costs and gain on sale of leases									0	0	0
Operating income (loss)									(9)	5	(8)
Interest (expense) income, net
External									1	1	2
Intercompany									(2)	(1)	(2)
Premium on early retirement of debt									0	0	0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									1,342	1,253	852
Income (loss) before income taxes									1,332	1,258	844
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									3	(2)	3
Net income									1,335	1,256	847
Comprehensive income									1,465	925	870
Subsidiary Issuer
Net sales									13,594	13,405	13,124
Cost of sales									(8,385)	(8,274)	(8,006)
Gross margin									5,209	5,131	5,118
Selling, general and administrative expenses									(4,584)	(4,585)	(4,519)
Impairments, store closing costs and gain on sale of leases									(8)	28	(21)
Operating income (loss)									617	574	578
Interest (expense) income, net
External									(422)	(443)	(509)
Intercompany									(146)	(191)	(165)
Premium on early retirement of debt									(137)	0	(66)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									638	548	417
Income (loss) before income taxes									550	488	255
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									24	27	65
Net income									574	515	320
Comprehensive income									704	184	343
Other Subsidiaries
Net sales									22,493	21,312	19,900
Cost of sales									(16,500)	(15,721)	(14,782)
Gross margin									5,993	5,591	5,118
Selling, general and administrative expenses									(3,943)	(3,756)	(3,790)
Impairments, store closing costs and gain on sale of leases									3	(3)	(4)
Operating income (loss)									2,053	1,832	1,324
Interest (expense) income, net
External									(1)	(1)	(1)
Intercompany									148	192	167
Premium on early retirement of debt									0	0	0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes									2,200	2,023	1,490
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									(794)	(737)	(541)
Net income									1,406	1,286	949
Comprehensive income									1,477	1,150	962
Consolidating Adjustments
Net sales									(8,401)	(8,312)	(8,021)
Cost of sales									8,347	8,257	7,964
Gross margin									(54)	(55)	(57)
Selling, general and administrative expenses									54	55	57
Impairments, store closing costs and gain on sale of leases									0	0	0
Operating income (loss)									0	0	0
Interest (expense) income, net
External									0	0	0
Intercompany									0	0	0
Premium on early retirement of debt									0	0	0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									(1,980)	(1,801)	(1,269)
Income (loss) before income taxes									(1,980)	(1,801)	(1,269)
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									0	0	0
Net income									(1,980)	(1,801)	(1,269)
Comprehensive income									$ (2,181)	$ (1,334)	$ (1,305)