Legal Proceedings	9 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2017
Legal Proceedings [Abstract]
Legal Proceedings	14. Legal Proceedings Legal proceedings pending against the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries consist of ordinary, routine litigation, including administrative proceedings, incidental to the business of the Company or businesses that have been sold or disposed of by the Company in past years. These legal proceedings include commercial, intellectual property, customer, environmental, and employment-related claims. The Company and the Company’s U.S. retirement plan are defendants in a class action (Osberg v. Foot Locker Inc. et ano., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) in which the plaintiff alleges that, in connection with the 1996 conversion of the retirement plan to a defined benefit plan with a cash balance formula, the Company and the retirement plan failed to properly advise plan participants of the “wear-away” effect of the conversion. Plaintiff’s claims were for breach of fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and violation of the statutory provisions governing the content of the Summary Plan Description. During the third quarter of 2015, the trial court ruled that the retirement plan be reformed. As a result of this development, the Company recorded a charge of $100 million pre-tax ($61 million after-tax) during the third quarter of 2015. The Company appealed the trial court’s decision, and the judgment was stayed pending the outcome of the appeal process. During the second quarter of 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision. In light of this development, the Company reassessed its estimate of the liability. The Company’s updated reasonable estimate of this liability is a range between $150 million and $260 million. The high end of the range reflects the estimated cost to reform the retirement plan in accordance with the court ruling; however, it excludes any legal fees that may be awarded to plaintiff’s counsel. No amount within that range is more probable than any other amount and therefore, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company recorded a charge of $50 million pre-tax ($30 million after-tax) during the second quarter of 2017, bringing the cumulative amount accrued for this matter to $150 million. The accrual has been classified as a long-term liability. The Company will continue to vigorously defend itself in this case and on November 8, 2017 filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. In light of the uncertainties involved in this matter, there is no assurance that the ultimate resolution will not differ from the amount currently accrued by the Company. Management does not believe that the outcome of any such legal proceedings pending against the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries, as described above, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, liquidity, or results of operations, taken as a whole, based upon current knowledge and taking into consideration current accruals. Litigation is inherently unpredictable, and judgments could be rendered or settlements entered into that could adversely affect the Company’s operating results or cash flows in a particular period.

14. Legal Proceedings

Legal proceedings pending against the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries consist of ordinary, routine litigation, including administrative proceedings, incidental to the business of the Company or businesses that have been sold or disposed of by the Company in past years. These legal proceedings include commercial, intellectual property, customer, environmental, and employment-related claims.

The Company and the Company’s U.S. retirement plan are defendants in a class action (Osberg v. Foot Locker Inc. et ano., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) in which the plaintiff alleges that, in connection with the 1996 conversion of the retirement plan to a defined benefit plan with a cash balance formula, the Company and the retirement plan failed to properly advise plan participants of the “wear-away” effect of the conversion. Plaintiff’s claims were for breach of fiduciary duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and violation of the statutory provisions governing the content of the Summary Plan Description. During the third quarter of 2015, the trial court ruled that the retirement plan be reformed. As a result of this development, the Company recorded a charge of $100 million pre-tax ($61 million after-tax) during the third quarter of 2015.

The Company appealed the trial court’s decision, and the judgment was stayed pending the outcome of the appeal process. During the second quarter of 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision. In light of this development, the Company reassessed its estimate of the liability. The Company’s updated reasonable estimate of this liability is a range between $150 million and $260 million. The high end of the range reflects the estimated cost to reform the retirement plan in accordance with the court ruling; however, it excludes any legal fees that may be awarded to plaintiff’s counsel. No amount within that range is more probable than any other amount and therefore, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company recorded a charge of $50 million pre-tax ($30 million after-tax) during the second quarter of 2017, bringing the cumulative amount accrued for this matter to $150 million. The accrual has been classified as a long-term liability. The Company will continue to vigorously defend itself in this case and on November 8, 2017 filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. In light of the uncertainties involved in this matter, there is no assurance that the ultimate resolution will not differ from the amount currently accrued by the Company.

Management does not believe that the outcome of any such legal proceedings pending against the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries, as described above, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, liquidity, or results of operations, taken as a whole, based upon current knowledge and taking into consideration current accruals. Litigation is inherently unpredictable, and judgments could be rendered or settlements entered into that could adversely affect the Company’s operating results or cash flows in a particular period.