RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURE (Second Lien Credit Agreement) (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
		May 05, 2018	Aug. 04, 2018	Jul. 29, 2017	Feb. 03, 2018	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 07, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 01, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Repayments of debt	[1]		$ 869,000,000	$ 717,000,000
ESL Investments, Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from lines of credit		$ 70,000,000		480,000,000
Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from lines of credit				610,000,000	$ 610,000,000
Second Lien Term Loan
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Repayments of debt					110,000,000
Second Lien Term Loan | Secured borrowings
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			300,000,000
Second Lien Term Loan | Secured borrowings | ESL Investments, Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			505,000,000	200,000,000				$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000
Term loan, additional borrowing capacity under accordion feature						$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Second Lien Term Loan | Secured borrowings | JPP LLC and JPP II, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 300,000,000	300,000,000	300,000,000
Mr. Berkowitz | Fairholme
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from lines of credit				25,000,000
Mr. Berkowitz | Second Lien Term Loan
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Repayments of debt					$ 25,000,000
Mr. Tisch | Director
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from lines of credit				$ 20,000,000

[1] Repayments in 2018 include $67 million to related parties in connection with the Term Loan Facility, 2017 Secured Loan Facility, Incremental Loans and 2016 Secured Loan Facility. Repayments in 2017 include $183 million to related parties in connection with the 2017 Secured Loan Facility, 2016 Secured Loan Facility and 2016 Term Loan. See Notes 2 and 11 for further information.