CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 29, 2022	Jan. 30, 2021	Feb. 01, 2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$ 159,805	$ (31,736)	$ (103,984)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	172,431	174,836	173,544
Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs	5,796	24,237	23,455
Provision for deferred taxes	37,741	25,548	(45,087)
Equity-based compensation	49,265	12,915	9,489
Impairments, write-offs and losses on sale of fixed and other assets	10,918	15,606	11,871
Loss on extinguishment and modification of debt	20,838	17,549
Income from equity method investees	(10,883)	(6,482)	(2,441)
Amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (Note 10)		10,793	2,806
Change in contingent consideration obligation		(398)	883
Indefinite-lived intangible impairment			19,000
Non-cash operating lease costs	422,465	430,359	441,981
Other non-operating income	(34,497)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Receivables	(13,791)	(10,311)	(3,845)
Merchandise inventories	(136,404)	(60,635)	(8,193)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(17,664)	(13,842)	(5,223)
Accounts payable and book overdrafts	71,775	46,303	15,928
Accrued salaries and employee benefits	10,679	34,295	(1,395)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	42,899	(28,289)	(3,043)
Operating lease liabilities	(418,210)	(399,557)	(408,562)
Other long-term liabilities	(14,948)	27,424	(6,847)
Net cash provided by operating activities	358,215	268,615	110,337
Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash paid for fixed assets	(239,110)	(159,560)	(156,906)
Cash paid for intangible assets			(450)
Insurance recoveries			489
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired (Note 4)	(4,334)		(2,813)
Cash from consolidation of joint venture (Note 1)			1,205
Cash paid for investments		(1,000)	(585)
Proceeds from investments	6,135	73
Proceeds from sale of assets	226	3,302
Proceeds from sale-leasebacks, net (Note 3)			18,549
Proceeds from partial surrender of officers’ life insurance			1,470
Net cash used in investing activities	(237,083)	(157,185)	(139,041)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Borrowings under long-term debt agreements	1,700,000	476,000	1,297,000
Repayments of long-term debt	(1,690,861)	(1,554,890)	(1,293,250)
Debt refinancing costs	(24,665)		(58)
Payments for finance lease liabilities	(3,564)	(3,404)	(3,447)
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan	4,185
Tax withholdings on stock-based awards	(33)
Partial settlement of member note			(809)
Cash received from noncontrolling interest			243
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of issuance costs		936,041
Repurchase of equity		(105)
Payment of contingent consideration		(250)	(2,750)
Payment of offering costs	(3,844)
Net cash used in financing activities	(18,782)	(146,608)	(3,071)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	102,350	(35,178)	(31,775)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year	119,540	154,718	186,493
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year	221,890	119,540	154,718
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Interest paid, net	64,545	178,960	217,664
Capitalized interest	1,003	499	953
Income taxes paid	16,092	2,388	15,036
Supplemental non-cash investing and financing activities disclosures:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses for capital expenditures	36,935	19,723	$ 21,962
Accrued expenses for offering costs in initial public offering		3,844
Accrued tax withholdings on stock-based awards	$ 6,552
Contributions of Senior Notes (Note 9)		$ 573,934