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Represents the aggregate annual amount of debt instruments to be amortized as a percentage of the original principal amount.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Minimum contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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 cash outflow paid to third parties in connection with debt origination, which will be amortized over the remaining maturity period of the associated long-term debt.

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DEBT (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions				3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
DEBT (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 30, 2015	Feb. 06, 2014	Feb. 05, 2014	May. 03, 2015	Aug. 02, 2015	Aug. 03, 2014
Debt
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs						$ 3.0
HD Supply, Inc
Debt
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs						$ 3.0
Term Loan Facility \| HD Supply, Inc
Debt
Principal amount of debt					$ 1.0
Amortization of debt, aggregate annual amounts as a percentage of original principal amount					1.00%
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs				$ 34.0
Accepted prepayment	$ 16.0
Term Loan Facility \| LIBOR \| HD Supply, Inc
Debt
Interest rate floor		1.00%	1.25%		1.00%
Percentage added to reference rate					3.00%
Decrease in the percentage added to reference rate		25.00%
Term Loan Facility \| Prime \| HD Supply, Inc
Debt
Percentage added to reference rate					2.00%