Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2012	Oct. 29, 2011	Jul. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2011	Jan. 29, 2011	Oct. 30, 2010	Jul. 31, 2010	May 01, 2010	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011	Jan. 30, 2010
Sales	$ 20,937	$ 16,054	$ 15,895	$ 15,580	$ 20,277	$ 15,226	$ 15,126	$ 15,158	$ 68,466	$ 65,786	$ 63,435
Credit card revenues	351	348	345	355	384	379	406	435	1,399	1,604	1,922
Total revenues	21,288	16,402	16,240	15,935	20,661	15,605	15,532	15,593	69,865	67,390	65,357
Cost of sales	14,986	11,165	10,872	10,838	14,458	10,562	10,293	10,412	47,860	45,725	44,062
Selling, general and administrative expenses	3,876	3,525	3,473	3,233	3,720	3,345	3,263	3,143	14,106	13,469	13,078
Credit card expenses	162	109	86	88	167	198	214	280	446	860	1,521
Depreciation and amortization	564	546	509	512	538	533	496	516	2,131	2,084	2,023
Earnings before interest expense and income taxes	1,700	1,057	1,300	1,264	1,778	967	1,266	1,242	5,322	5,252	4,673
Net interest expense
Nonrecourse debt collateralized by credit card receivables	17	18	18	19	19	20	21	23	72	83	97
Other interest expense	276	184	174	164	172	175	165	165	797	677	707
Interest income	(1)	(2)	(1)		(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)	(3)	(3)	(3)
Net interest expense	292	200	191	183	190	194	185	187	866	757	801
Earnings before income taxes	1,408	857	1,109	1,081	1,588	773	1,081	1,055	4,456	4,495	3,872
Provision for income taxes	427	302	405	392	553	238	402	384	1,527	1,575	1,384
Net earnings	$ 981	$ 555	$ 704	$ 689	$ 1,035	$ 535	$ 679	$ 671	$ 2,929	$ 2,920	$ 2,488
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.46	$ 0.82	$ 1.03	$ 0.99	$ 1.46	$ 0.75	$ 0.93	$ 0.91	$ 4.31	$ 4.03	$ 3.31
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.45	$ 0.82	$ 1.03	$ 0.99	$ 1.45	$ 0.74	$ 0.92	$ 0.90	$ 4.28	$ 4.00	$ 3.30
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Basic (in shares)									679.1	723.6	752.0
Diluted (in shares)									683.9	729.4	754.8