Acquisitions - Intangible Assets (Details) - Customer relationships - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Oct. 29, 2023	Oct. 30, 2022
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible Asset Amount	$ 76	$ 40
Weighted Average Amortization Period	10 years
Weighted Average Discount Rate	16.20%	15.50%
Weighted Average Attrition Rate	12.60%	12.00%

Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Valuation Assumption, Attrition Rate, Percentage

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Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Valuation Assumption, Discount Rate, Percentage

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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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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, from an acquisition.

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