Estimated effective rate of goodwill impairment of an interim basis.

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Percentage of discount rate based on weighted average cost of capital used to estimate the fair values of reporting units.

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Percentage of estimated fair value of reporting unit using guideline public company method.

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Percentage of royalty rate used to estimate the fair values of our reporting units.

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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 loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020	May 02, 2020	Nov. 02, 2019	Oct. 31, 2020	Nov. 02, 2019	Feb. 01, 2020
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment charge	$ 0		$ 0	$ 79,259	$ 0
Period of cash flows with terminal value				5 years
Percentage of discount rate based on weighted average cost of capital used to estimate fair values of reporting units				15.00%
Percentage of royalty rate used to estimate fair values of reporting units				1.00%
Schuh Group
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment, excess fair value over its carrying value						$ 8,200
Percentage of estimated impairment		50.00%
Goodwill impairment charge		$ 79,300		$ 79,259
Percentage of estimated fair value of reporting unit using discounted cash flow method	50.00%			50.00%
Percentage of estimated fair value of reporting unit using guideline public company method	50.00%			50.00%
Period of cash flows with terminal value				7 years
Percentage of discount rate based on weighted average cost of capital used to estimate fair values of reporting units				16.00%
Journeys Group and Johnston & Murphy Group
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Trademark impairment		$ 5,300