Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	May 05, 2018 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Apr. 29, 2017 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales	$ 3,588,619	$ 3,306,429
Costs and Expenses
Cost of goods sold	2,522,219	2,329,966
Selling, general and administrative	524,423	474,819
Interest (income) expense, net	(503)	3,169
Total costs and expenses	3,046,139	2,807,954
Earnings before taxes	542,480	498,475
Provision for taxes on earnings	124,228	177,457
Net earnings	$ 418,252	$ 321,018	[1]
Earnings per share
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.12	$ 0.83
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.11	$ 0.82
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic (in shares) | shares	373,797	386,433
Diluted (in shares) | shares	377,062	389,730
Dividends
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.225	$ 0.160
Stores open at end of period (in number of stores) | stores	1,651	1,561

[1] As the result of the adoption of ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flow (Topic 230): Restricted Cash, the prior year amounts were retrospectively adjusted to include restricted cash and cash equivalents. See Note A.