Minimum Ratio Of Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation And Amortization To Interest Expense Denominator

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Minimum Ratio Of Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation And Amortization To Interest Expense Numerator

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Ratio Of Consolidated Funded Debt To Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation And Amortization Denominator, Maximum

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Ratio Of Consolidated Funded Debt To Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation And Amortization, Numerator, Maximum

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Ratio Of Consolidated Funded Debt To Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation And Amortization Numerator Maximum, Until January Twenty Nine Twenty Sixteen

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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Identification of whether the entity has been in compliance with any credit facility debt covenants during the period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt (Revolving Credit Facility) (Detail)	11 Months Ended
Debt (Revolving Credit Facility) (Detail)	Jan. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount outstanding	$ 0	$ 0		$ 500,000,000
Unsecured borrowing capacity					$ 500,000,000
Revolving credit facility financial covenants description	For a period of four trailing fiscal quarters, the Company maintains a ratio of consolidated funded debt, including borrowings under this credit facility, to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) adjusted for other items as defined in the credit facility of not more than 3.0 to 1.0 and a ratio of EBITDA adjusted for other items as defined in the credit facility to interest expense of greater than 3.5 to 1.0.
Ratio of consolidated funded debt to EBITDA,Until Jan 29, 2016 numerator, maximum	4
Ratio of consolidated funded debt to EBITDA, numerator, maximum	3.75
Ratio of consolidated funded debt to EBITDA, denominator, maximum	1
Minimum ratio of EBITDA to interest expense, numerator	3.5
Minimum ratio of EBITDA to interest expense, denominator	1
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unsecured borrowing capacity	$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000	$ 750,000,000