Deferred compensation plan maximum percentage of deferral of annual incentive compensation.

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Long-lived assets held for use.

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Restructuring and related cost incurred cost after tax.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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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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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2016	Jan. 28, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Deferred Compensation Plan Maximum Percentage of Deferral of Base Salary	50.00%
Percentage component of compensation allowed as deferral under deferred compensation plan	100.00%
Long-lived assets held for use		$ 99.4	$ 92.9	$ 87.8
Restructuring Charges [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges		7.0
Impairment of assets held for sale after tax		$ 3.3		$ 1.2
Impairment of assets held for sale per diluted share		$ 0.08		$ 0.03
Performance Share Units [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Requisite service period		3 years
Minimum [Member] \| Performance Share Units [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Payout percentage		0.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Performance Share Units [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Payout percentage		200.00%
Other Restructuring [Member] \| Restructuring Charges [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Impairment of assets held for sale after tax		$ 7.0
Impairment of assets held for sale per diluted share		$ 0.16