Related Party Transactions (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
May 05, 2018 USD ($) lease	Apr. 29, 2017 USD ($)
Marciano Trusts
Related Party Transactions
Number of leases under related party lease agreements \| lease	4
Marciano Trusts \| Related party leases
Related Party Transactions
Expenses under related party arrangement	$ 1.2	$ 1.2
MPM Financial LLC \| Payments for aircraft charter
Related Party Transactions
Payments under related party agreement	$ 0.7	$ 0.3

The number of units (items of property) under operating lease arrangements.

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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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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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