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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is, from time to time, party to various legal proceedings considered to be in the normal course of business, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, are expected to be material to the Company’s financial statements.  In evaluating
liabilities associated with its various legal proceedings, the Company has accrued for probable liabilities associated with these matters. The amounts accrued were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements in any of the years presented. Reasonably possible losses for any of the individual legal proceedings which have not been accrued were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

As of January 31, 2020, the Company had non-cancellable commitments of $1.2 billion related to certain marketing and information technology programs, and purchases of merchandise inventory.  Payments under these commitments are scheduled to be made as follows: 2020, $723 million; 2021, $367 million; 2022, $73 million; 2023, $11 million; thereafter, $0 million.

At January 31, 2020, the Company held standby and documentary letters of credit issued under banking arrangements which totaled $61 million. The majority of the Company’s letters of credit were issued for insurance and construction contracts.