Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Statement Of Operations) (Details) (USD $) In Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 30, 2011	Jul. 31, 2010	Jul. 30, 2011	Jul. 31, 2010
Net sales	$ 5,939	$ 5,537	$ 11,828	$ 11,111
Cost of sales	(3,457)	(3,214)	(7,043)	(6,592)
Gross margin	2,482	2,323	4,785	4,519
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(1,976)	(1,953)	(3,949)	(3,946)
Operating income	506	370	836	573
External	(111)	(130)	(227)	(292)
Intercompany	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Income before income taxes	395	240	609	281
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)	(154)	(93)	(237)	(111)
Net income	241	147	372	170
Parent [Member]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Cost of sales	0	0	0	0
Gross margin	0	0	0	0
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(2)	(2)	(4)	(4)
Operating income	(2)	(2)	(4)	(4)
External	1	1	1	1
Intercompany	0	(1)	0	(1)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	242	149	374	173
Income before income taxes	241	147	371	169
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)	0	0	1	1
Net income	241	147	372	170
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Net sales	3,033	2,909	6,026	5,836
Cost of sales	(1,792)	(1,707)	(3,715)	(3,568)
Gross margin	1,241	1,202	2,311	2,268
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(1,024)	(1,074)	(2,129)	(2,148)
Operating income	217	128	182	120
External	(112)	(131)	(228)	(294)
Intercompany	(47)	(42)	(97)	(84)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	62	68	154	85
Income before income taxes	120	23	11	(173)
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)	(25)	14	31	76
Net income	95	37	42	(97)
Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Net sales	4,515	4,160	9,455	8,779
Cost of sales	(3,261)	(3,026)	(6,954)	(6,500)
Gross margin	1,254	1,134	2,501	2,279
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(963)	(890)	(1,843)	(1,822)
Operating income	291	244	658	457
External	0	0	0	1
Intercompany	47	43	97	85
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Income before income taxes	338	287	755	543
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)	(129)	(107)	(269)	(188)
Net income	209	180	486	355
Consolidating Adjustments [Member]
Net sales	(1,609)	(1,532)	(3,653)	(3,504)
Cost of sales	1,596	1,519	3,626	3,476
Gross margin	(13)	(13)	(27)	(28)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	13	13	27	28
Operating income	0	0	0	0
External	0	0	0	0
Intercompany	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries	(304)	(217)	(528)	(258)
Income before income taxes	(304)	(217)	(528)	(258)
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)	0	0	0	0
Net income	$ (304)	$ (217)	$ (528)	$ (258)