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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term for option awards outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014	Jan. 29, 2011 Installment	Mar. 31, 2014	Jan. 13, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Authorized	18,500,000
Available for grant	11,500,000
Number of vesting installments			5kss_NumberOfVestingInstallments
Intrinsic value of options exercised		$ 30	$ 20
Closing stock price	$ 59.72kss_ClosingStockPrice
Aggregate fair value of awards at the time of vesting	41	34	24
Performance share fair value				$ 62.39kss_Performancesharefairvalue	$ 57.37kss_Performancesharefairvalue
Performance share units				18,000kss_Performancerestrictedsharesunits	230,000kss_Performancerestrictedsharesunits
Total share-based compensation expense	48	55	50
Total unrecognized share-based compensation expense for al share-based payment plans	$ 92
Weighted average period, years	2 years
Non Vested Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
General term of a elected dirctor, years	5 years
Vesting term, years	1 year
After 2005 \| Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Term of options granted, years	7 years
Prior 2006 \| Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Term of options granted, years	15 years
Director \| Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Term of options granted, years	10 years