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Income Taxes - Deferred Income Tax Assets And Liabilities (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Feb. 01, 2014
Feb. 02, 2013
Deferred income tax assets:      
Deferred rent $ 28,442,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsDeferredRent $ 34,953,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsDeferredRent  
Foreign tax credit carryforwards 3,189,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign 6,775,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign  
Net operating loss carryforwards 287,886,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 333,920,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards  
Capital loss carryforwards 26,514,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforwards 18,231,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforwards  
Employee benefits 159,344,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits 124,356,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsEmployeeBenefits  
Bad debts 20,147,000spls_DeferredTaxAssetBadDebts 16,356,000spls_DeferredTaxAssetBadDebts  
Inventory 24,906,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory 39,111,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsInventory  
Insurance 37,202,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsSelfInsurance 36,312,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsSelfInsurance  
Deferred revenue 14,102,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome 16,143,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome  
Depreciation 50,361,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsPropertyPlantAndEquipment 56,768,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Financing 25,768,000spls_DeferredTaxAssetFinancingRelated 30,629,000spls_DeferredTaxAssetFinancingRelated  
Accrued expenses 14,641,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccruals 18,505,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccruals  
Store closures 34,802,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsRestructuringCharges 4,725,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsRestructuringCharges  
Other—net 13,757,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther 11,011,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther  
Total deferred income tax assets 741,061,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 747,795,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross  
Total valuation allowance (350,304,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (414,258,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Net deferred income tax assets 390,757,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet 333,537,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet  
Deferred income tax liabilities:      
Intangibles (141,911,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets (142,772,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets  
Other—net (3,327,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther 624,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther  
Total deferred income tax liabilities (145,238,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities (142,148,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities  
Net deferred income tax assets 245,519,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet 191,389,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet  
Net operating loss carryforwards 1,100,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards    
Net operating loss carryforwards subject to expiration 496,600,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration    
Foreign tax credit carryforward subject to expiration 3,200,000spls_DeferredTaxAssetsForeignTaxCreditCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration    
Decrease in valuation allowance 64,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount    
Pretax income (loss):      
United States 544,851,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic 881,204,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic 1,027,547,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Foreign (276,716,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 181,601,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign (762,124,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Income from continuing operations before income taxes $ 268,135,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 1,062,805,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 265,423,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments