Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Earnings (store, USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2014	Nov. 02, 2013	Nov. 01, 2014	Nov. 02, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales	$ 2,598,820	$ 2,398,122	$ 8,008,979	$ 7,489,313
Costs and Expenses
Cost of goods sold	1,882,185	1,746,235	5,734,387	5,368,823
Selling, general and administrative	410,002	381,860	1,185,029	1,125,021
Interest expense (income), net	777	(152)	577	(118)
Total costs and expenses	2,292,964	2,127,943	6,919,993	6,493,726
Earnings before taxes	305,856	270,179	1,088,986	995,587
Provision for taxes on earnings	113,136	98,561	412,792	376,236
Net earnings	$ 192,720	$ 171,618	$ 676,194	$ 619,351
Earnings per share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.94	$ 0.81	$ 3.26	$ 2.90
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.93	$ 0.80	$ 3.22	$ 2.86
Weighted average shares outstanding (000)
Basic (in shares)	205,866	211,986	207,460	213,743
Diluted (in shares)	207,965	214,803	209,741	216,662
Dividends
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.2	$ 0.17	$ 0.6	$ 0.34
Stores open at end of period (in number of stores)	1,366	1,285	1,366	1,285