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Share-based compensation arrangement by share based payment award maximum employee value per year.

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Target percentage of performance-based equity awards.

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Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Percentage Of Market Price At Eligible Employees Granted Options To Purchase Shares

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of tax benefit from exercise of stock options granted under share-based compensation arrangement.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of cash inflow from exercise of stock options granted under share-based compensation arrangement.

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Description of award terms as to how many shares or portion of an award are no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, thereby giving the employee the legal right to convert the award to shares, to sell the shares, and be entitled to the cash proceeds of such sale. For example, vesting may be expressed as being 25 percent of the shares under option on each anniversary of the grant date.

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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The highest percentage of annual salary that an employee is permitted to utilize with respect to the plan.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Number of equity instruments other than options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested instruments.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Fair value of options vested. Excludes equity instruments other than options, for example, but not limited to, share units, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock.

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Share-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 02, 2013	Feb. 02, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017	May 21, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		$ 5,000,000	$ 13,000,000	$ 29,000,000
Stock Option Plans [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards vesting period description		Options for employees become exercisable in substantially equal annual installments over a three-year period, beginning with the first anniversary of the date of grant of the option, unless a shorter or longer duration is established at the time of the option grant.
Fair value of options vested		$ 8,000,000	$ 8,000,000	$ 9,000,000
Tax benefit realized from options exercised		1,000,000
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		$ 5,000,000
Restricted Stock and Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of awards outstanding		1,022,895	360,782	648,588
Fair value of awards		$ 7,000,000	$ 15,000,000	$ 9,000,000
Unrecognized compensation cost		29,000,000
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		$ 400,000
Performance Shares [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Target Percentage of Equity Awards Earned Over Performance Period		200.00%
Performance Shares [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Target Percentage of Equity Awards Earned Over Performance Period		0.00%
Nonvested Stock Options [Member] \| Stock Option Plans [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost		$ 4,000,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock options, weighted-average period expected to be recognized		1 year 4 months 24 days
2007 Stock Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized under plan					14,000,000
Share-based compensation, expiration period		10 years
Options available for future grant at end of year		8,762,073
2013 ESPP [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized under plan	3,000,000
Share-based compensation, maximum percentage of employee salary	10.00%
Share-based compensation, maximum value permitted to purchase, per year	$ 25,000
Percentage of common stock fair market value on plan	85.00%
Total number of shares purchased		48,196	109,790
Options available for future grant at end of year		2,475,699