Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, after Year Four

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121609121&loc=SL77918701-209980

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease having initial or remaining lease term in excess of one year to be paid in remainder of current fiscal year.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payments in excess of discounted obligation for lease payments for operating lease.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
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-Topic 842
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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as current.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as noncurrent.

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Leases - Future Fixed Minimum Lease Payments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 01, 2020	Feb. 01, 2020	Aug. 03, 2019
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remainder of fiscal 2020	$ 138,030
Fiscal 2021	260,111
Fiscal 2022	203,594
Fiscal 2023	160,354
Fiscal 2024	119,927
Future fiscal years thereafter	247,685
Future fixed minimum lease payments	1,129,701
Less discounting impact on operating leases	(109,181)
Total operating lease liabilities	1,020,520
Less current operating lease liabilities	(241,694)	$ (186,695)	$ (185,969)
Non-current operating lease liabilities	778,826	$ 846,584	$ 905,546
Lease expense to unrelated parties
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remainder of fiscal 2020	133,406
Fiscal 2021	251,414
Fiscal 2022	196,176
Fiscal 2023	155,781
Fiscal 2024	115,788
Future fiscal years thereafter	236,332
Future fixed minimum lease payments	1,088,897
Less discounting impact on operating leases	(104,751)
Total operating lease liabilities	984,146
Less current operating lease liabilities	(233,834)
Non-current operating lease liabilities	750,312
Lease expense to related parties
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remainder of fiscal 2020	4,624
Fiscal 2021	8,697
Fiscal 2022	7,418
Fiscal 2023	4,573
Fiscal 2024	4,139
Future fiscal years thereafter	11,353
Future fixed minimum lease payments	40,804
Less discounting impact on operating leases	(4,430)
Total operating lease liabilities	36,374
Less current operating lease liabilities	(7,860)
Non-current operating lease liabilities	$ 28,514