Business and Summary of Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014 State Store	Oct. 27, 2012	Feb. 01, 2014 State Store	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011
Business And Summary Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of family-oriented department stores (in stores)	1,158		1,158
Number of states stores are located in (in states)	49		49
Authorized common stock	800,000,000		800,000,000
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	10,000,000		10,000,000
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Weeks in reporting period	P14W	P13W	P52W	P53W		P52W
Credit and debit card receivables	$ 89,000,000		$ 89,000,000	$ 84,000,000
Immaterial error correction, deferred revenue reduction to merchandise inventory				9,000,000	5,000,000
Estimated Total Self Insurance Related Liabilities	47,000,000		47,000,000	42,000,000
Self insurance risk retained, maximum losses			30,000,000
Deductible as a percent of losses			5.00%
Self insurance claims percentage, above minimum risk retained			10.00%
General Liability [Member]
Business And Summary Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Value of initial insurance risk retained	$ 250,000		$ 250,000