Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2018 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Jul. 29, 2017 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Aug. 04, 2018 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Jul. 29, 2017 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales	$ 3,737,926	$ 3,431,603	$ 7,326,545	$ 6,738,032
Costs and Expenses
Cost of goods sold	2,666,983	2,420,942	5,189,202	4,750,908
Selling, general and administrative	554,581	498,276	1,079,004	973,095
Interest (income) expense, net	(1,393)	2,341	(1,896)	5,510
Total costs and expenses	3,220,171	2,921,559	6,266,310	5,729,513
Earnings before taxes	517,755	510,044	1,060,235	1,008,519
Provision for taxes on earnings	128,351	193,505	252,579	370,962
Net earnings	$ 389,404	$ 316,539	$ 807,656	$ 637,557	[1]
Earnings per share
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.05	$ 0.83	$ 2.17	$ 1.66
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.04	$ 0.82	$ 2.15	$ 1.64
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic (in shares) | shares	371,031	383,011	372,414	384,722
Diluted (in shares) | shares	373,717	385,571	375,336	387,657
Dividends
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.225	$ 0.160	$ 0.450	$ 0.320
Stores open at end of period (in number of stores) | stores	1,680	1,589	1,680	1,589

[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.