Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	6 Months Ended				3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	May 02, 2014 Stock Option Awards	Oct. 31, 2013 Stock Option Awards	May 02, 2014 Stock Option Awards Executive officers	May 02, 2014 Stock Option Awards Other employees	May 02, 2014 Stock Option Awards Non-employee directors	May 02, 2014 Stock Option Awards Non-officer employees	May 02, 2014 Performance Share Awards	Jan. 31, 2014 Performance Share Awards	May 03, 2013 Performance Share Awards	Feb. 01, 2013 Performance Share Awards	May 02, 2014 Performance Share Awards	May 02, 2014 Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards	May 03, 2013 Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards
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			10 years	10 years	10 years	10 years
Requisite service period for non-employee director based upon which fair value of options granted is expensed on the date of grant					10 years
Valuation assumptions of stock-based compensation
Expected life of option	6 years	6 years
Expected volatility, low end of range (as a percent)	34.28%	35.18%
Expected volatility, high end of range (as a percent)	34.42%	35.19%
Weighted-average volatility (as a percent)	34.29%	35.19%
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)	1.92%	0.88%
Expected dividend yield, low end of range (as a percent)	1.25%	1.04%
Expected dividend yield, high end of range (as a percent)	1.27%	1.07%
Weighted-average dividend yield (as a percent)	1.25%	1.07%
Grant date per share weighted-average fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 18.69	$ 13.03						$ 59.31		$ 42.06		$ 59.59	$ 42.50
Granted (in shares)							0		0
Performance goal period											3 years
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