Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Feb. 03, 2018	Feb. 03, 2018	Feb. 02, 2019	Nov. 03, 2018	Aug. 04, 2018	May 05, 2018	Feb. 03, 2018	Oct. 28, 2017	Jul. 29, 2017	Apr. 29, 2017	Jan. 28, 2017	Oct. 29, 2016	Jul. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Feb. 02, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017
Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]
Sales			$ 4,107,388	$ 3,549,608	$ 3,737,926	$ 3,588,619	$ 4,067,806	$ 3,328,894	$ 3,431,603	$ 3,306,429					$ 14,983,541	$ 14,134,732	$ 12,866,757
Cost of goods sold			2,989,744	2,547,331	2,666,983	2,522,219	2,922,582	2,369,148	2,420,942	2,329,966					10,726,277	10,042,638	9,173,705
Selling, general and administrative			575,969	561,577	554,581	524,423	553,306	517,297	498,276	474,819					2,216,550	2,043,698	1,890,408
Interest expense, net			(5,313)	(2,953)	(1,393)	(503)	386	1,780	2,341	3,169					(10,162)	7,676	16,488
Total costs and expenses			3,560,400	3,105,955	3,220,171	3,046,139	3,476,274	2,888,225	2,921,559	2,807,954					12,932,665	12,094,012	11,080,601
Earnings before taxes			546,988	443,653	517,755	542,480	591,532	440,669	510,044	498,475					2,050,876	2,040,720	1,786,156
Provision for taxes on earnings			105,295	105,545	128,351	124,228	140,785	166,220	193,505	177,457					463,419	677,967	668,502
Net earnings			$ 441,693	$ 338,108	$ 389,404	$ 418,252	$ 450,747	$ 274,449	$ 316,539	$ 321,018					$ 1,587,457	$ 1,362,753	$ 1,117,654	[1]
Earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)			$ 1.21	$ 0.92	$ 1.05	$ 1.12	$ 1.20	$ 0.72	$ 0.83	$ 0.83					$ 4.30	$ 3.58	$ 2.85
Earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)			1.20	0.91	1.04	1.11	1.19	0.72	0.82	0.82					4.26	3.55	2.83
Cash dividends declared per share on common stock (in dollars per share)			0.2250	$ 0.2250	$ 0.2250	$ 0.2250	$ 0.1600	$ 0.1600	$ 0.1600	$ 0.1600	$ 0.1350	$ 0.1350	$ 0.1350	$ 0.1350	$ 0.90	$ 0.64	$ 0.540
Tax resolution benefit (usd per share)			$ 0.07
Earnings Per Share Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (usd per share)		$ 0.21
Earnings Per Share 53rd Week (usd per share)	$ 0.10

[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.