Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2023	Jan. 29, 2022	Jan. 30, 2021
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Abstract]
Computed “expected” tax rate	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
State taxes, net of federal benefit	1.10%	1.60%	1.20%
Unrecognized tax liabilities (benefits)	2.50%	(0.60%)	(6.60%)
GILTI	2.40%	0.60%	0.00%
Non-deductible permanent differences	1.60%	0.60%	0.40%
Tax Reform - repatriation tax adjustment	0.40%	0.20%	0.00%
Subpart F Income	0.00%	4.50%	0.00%
Non-deductible participation loss	0.00%	1.80%	3.60%
Intellectual property sales tax rate difference	0.00%	1.60%	0.00%
SERP/TOLI	0.00%	(0.10%)	1.90%
Foreign derived intangible income	0.00%	(1.50%)	0.00%
Share-based compensation	(0.20%)	(0.40%)	1.80%
Prior year income tax adjustments	(1.20%)	0.40%	1.30%
Valuation reserve	(4.00%)	0.70%	(26.90%)
Non-U.S. tax expense (benefit) versus U.S. federal statutory tax rate	(4.80%)	(2.40%)	9.10%
Other, net	(0.40%)	1.00%	0.50%
Effective income tax rate	18.40%	29.00%	7.30%
Intellectual property sales tax rate difference, amount	$ 5.1	$ 4.0
Foreign derived intangible income, amount		$ 37.0

Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Intangible Assets, Sales Tax Rate, Amount

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Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Transition Tax on Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Percent

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets.

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