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Commitments And Contingent Liabilities (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Jan. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Purchase obligations, capital expenditure contractual commitments and inventory purchase orders $ 2,092us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount
Outstanding trade letters of credit [Member]  
Long-term purchase commitment [Line Items]  
Outstanding trade letters of credit 1us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
Manhattan full-line store [Member]  
Long-term purchase commitment [Line Items]  
Amount of property assets subject to lien $ 125jwn_AmountOfPropertyAssetsSubjectToLien
/ us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= jwn_ManhattanFulllineStoreMember