Award terms as to how many shares or portion of an award are no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, thereby giving the employee the legal right to convert the award to shares, to sell the shares, and be entitled to the cash proceeds of such sale.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	Feb. 01, 2013 Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards	Feb. 03, 2012 Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards	Feb. 01, 2013 Performance Share Awards Y	Feb. 03, 2012 Performance Share Awards	Feb. 01, 2013 Stock Option Awards Y	Oct. 31, 2012 Stock Option Awards Y	Feb. 01, 2013 Stock Option Awards Officers	Feb. 01, 2013 Stock Option Awards Other employees	Feb. 01, 2013 Stock Option Awards Non-employee directors Y	Feb. 01, 2013 Stock Option Awards Non-officer employees
Stock-Based Compensation
Frequency of grants			On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year				On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year	On an annual basis in the first quarter of the company's fiscal year
Portion of stock-based award that generally vest per year for employees and non-employee directors	0.333						0.333	0.333	0.333
Award vesting period	3 years		3 years				3 years	3 years	3 years	3 years
Term of award							P10Y	P10Y	P10Y	P10Y
Requisite service period for non-employee director based upon which fair value of options granted is expensed on the date of grant (in years)									10
Valuation assumptions of stock-based compensation
Expected life of option (in years)					6	6
Expected volatility, low end of range (as a percent)					35.18%	34.87%
Expected volatility, high end of range (as a percent)					35.19%	35.02%
Weighted-average volatility (as a percent)					35.19%	35.01%
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)					0.88%	1.20%
Expected dividend yield, low end of range (as a percent)					1.04%	1.31%
Expected dividend yield, high end of range (as a percent)					1.07%	1.40%
Weighted-average dividend yield (as a percent)					1.07%	1.32%
Grant date weighted-average fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 42.06	$ 28.29	$ 42.06	$ 28.24	$ 13.03	$ 8.56
Performance goal period (in years)			3
Maximum increase in the number of shares of common stock a participant receives based on the achievement of performance goals (as a percent)			200.00%
Potential lowest number of shares of common stock that could be received based on the achievement level of performance goals			0