Business Segment Information (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	May 04, 2013	Apr. 28, 2012	May 04, 2013 Wholesale Operations [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Wholesale Operations [Member]	Feb. 02, 2013 American Sporting Goods Corporation [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Continuing Operations [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Continuing Operations [Member] Famous Footwear [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Continuing Operations [Member] Specialty Retail [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Continuing Operations [Member] Other Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Portfolio realignment costs	$ 28.8	$ 12.1	$ 5.2	$ 3.0		$ 11.5	$ 7.0	$ 1.0	$ 0.5
Integration costs					$ 0.7