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Employee Stock Purchase Plan Purchased Shares By Eligible Participants

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Purchases Made in Period

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Maximum Share Value Authorized For Purchase Under Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Percentage Of Market Price At Eligible Employees Granted Options To Purchase Shares

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.29)

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Aggregate proceeds received by the entity during the annual period from exercises of stock or unit options and conversion of similar instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Disclosure of the aggregate tax benefit realized from the exercise of stock options and the conversion of similar instruments during the annual period.

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Description of award terms as to how many shares or portion of an award are no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, thereby giving the employee the legal right to convert the award to shares, to sell the shares, and be entitled to the cash proceeds of such sale. For example, vesting may be expressed as being 25 percent of the shares under option on each anniversary of the grant date.

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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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Number of equity instruments other than options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested instruments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)(1)(i)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)(1)(ii)

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Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014	Feb. 02, 2013	May 21, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cash received from options exercised	$ 17,000,000
Tax benefit realized from options exercised	8,000,000	7,000,000	11,000,000
Restricted Stock and Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures	12,000,000
Awards vesting period description	Generally, awards fully vest after the passage of time, typically three years. However, restricted stock unit grants made in connection with the Company's long-term incentive program vest after the attainment of certain performance metrics and the passage of time.
Total value of awards for which restrictions lapsed	14,000,000	9,000,000	8,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding, Number	755,936	1,027,542	1,254,876
Nonvested stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures	7,000,000
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock options, weighted-average period expected to be recognized	1 year 4 months 6 days
Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Participating employees maximum contribution of their annual compensation to acquire common stock shares		$ 25,000
Percentage of common stock fair market value on plan		85.00%
Shares purchased under plan		3,000,000
Number of participating employees	958
Total number of shares purchased	160,859
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance				14,000,000