Share-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016
Omnibus Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Performance measurement period	3 years
Shares available for grant	7,000,000
Intrinsic value	$ 53.0	$ 69.8
Executive Plans
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Plan period	10 years
Annual maximum percent of issued common shares issuable under share plan	10.00%
Discount from market price	15.00%
Intrinsic value	$ 0.3	$ 1.5

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Share-based compensation plan period.

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Share-based Compensation Plan, Annual Maximum Percent of Issued Common Shares Issuable under Share Plan

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Discount rate from fair value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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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 maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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