Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
May 01, 2021	May 02, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective tax rate	16.10%	(73.10%)
Income tax benefit related to the carryback of the 2019 federal net operating loss to prior periods pursuant to the CARES Act	$ 12.3
Additional income tax benefit related to the carryback of the projected fiscal 2020 loss to years with a 35% statutory tax rate	$ 3.8
Statutory tax rate	35.00%

Additional income tax benefit related to carryback of projected fiscal year loss to years with statutory tax rate.

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Income tax benefit related to carryback of fiscal year federal net operating loss to prior periods pursuant to CARES act.

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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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
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