Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Consideration, Working Capital Adjustment

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Loss On Disposal

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Operating Leases, Number Of Leases In Which Company Is Guarantor

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Total loss recognized during the period from the impairment of goodwill plus the loss recognized in the period resulting from the impairment of the carrying amount of intangible assets, other than goodwill.

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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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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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Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Discontinued Operations - Textual (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Discontinued Operations - Textual (Details) $ in Thousands	Feb. 02, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2019 USD ($) store	Feb. 03, 2018 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets				$ 269	$ 5,736	$ 182,211
Estimated maximum future payments	$ 1,097,721				1,097,721
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss on sale of Lids Sports Group					126,321	$ 0
Lids Sports Group \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of Lids Sports Group					93,800
Cash received in sale, subject to adjustment	100,000				100,000
Working capital adjustment	6,200				$ 6,200
Loss on sale of Lids Sports Group	98,300
Impairment of intangible assets			$ 182,200
Number of leases for which the company is a guarantor \| store					36
Estimated maximum future payments	20,600				$ 20,600
Trademarks \| Lids Sports Group \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Indefinite lived asset impairment	$ 48,700	$ 5,700