Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Amount

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- Definition

The cash outflow to reacquire common and preferred stock.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Financing Activities

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 15

-Subparagraph (a)

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Number of shares that have been repurchased and retired during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 29, 30

-Article 5

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Equity impact of the value of stock that has been repurchased and retired during the period. The excess of the purchase price over par value can be charged against retained earnings (once the excess is fully allocated to additional paid in capital).

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Earnings Per Share (Shares Repurchased) (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2013	May 02, 2014	Jan. 31, 2014
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares repurchased and retired	6.3	5.6
Amount paid to repurchase outstanding shares	$ 215,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfEquity	$ 319,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfEquity	$ 22,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfEquity
Value of initial shares repurchased	215,000,000	319,000,000	22,000,000
Second Accelerated Share Repurchase [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Agreement to repurchase shares, amount	200,000,000
Second Accelerated Share Repurchase, Initial Delivery [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares repurchased and retired	4.5
Amount paid to repurchase outstanding shares	200,000,000
Value of initial shares repurchased	168,000,000
Second Accelerated Share Repurchase, Final Delivery [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares repurchased and retired	0.8
Value of initial shares repurchased	32,000,000
Accelerated Share Repurchase (ASR)
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Agreement to repurchase shares, amount		300,000,000			300,000,000
Number of shares repurchased and retired				1.0	5.6
Amount paid to repurchase outstanding shares					300,000,000
Value of initial shares repurchased					255,000,000
Forward contract indexed to our common stock				$ 45,000,000