Shareholders' Equity - Earnings Per Share (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Aug. 03, 2019	Aug. 04, 2018	Aug. 03, 2019	Aug. 04, 2018
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment	0	0
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Other Than Stock Options and Restricted Stock Awards, Amount	0	0	0	0
Stock Options [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	200,000	100,000	200,000
Restricted Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	500,000	200,000	400,000	100,000

Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Other Than Stock Options and Restricted Stock Awards, Amount Outstanding

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The sum of dilutive potential common shares or units used in the calculation of the diluted per-share or per-unit computation.

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