Consolidated Statements Of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014
Revenue, Net [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 2,642,309	$ 2,675,211	$ 2,586,037
Net sales, as a Percentage of Net Sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of goods sold	$ 1,211,552	$ 1,248,889	$ 1,169,406
Cost of goods sold, as a Percentage of Net Sales	45.90%	46.70%	45.20%
Gross margin	$ 1,430,757	$ 1,426,322	$ 1,416,631
Gross margin, as a Percentage of Net Sales	54.10%	53.30%	54.80%
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$ 1,282,585	$ 1,263,134	$ 1,202,068
Selling, general and administrative expense, as a Percentage of Net Sales	48.50%	47.20%	46.50%
Goodwill and intangible impairment charges	$ 112,455	$ 30,100	$ 72,466
Goodwill and trade name impairment, as a Percentage of Net Sales	4.30%	1.20%	2.80%
Restructuring and strategic charges	$ 48,801	$ 16,745	$ 0
Restructuring and other charges, as a Percentage of Net Sales	1.80%	0.60%	0.00%
Acquisition and integration costs	$ 0	$ 0	$ 914
Acquisition and integration costs, as a Percentage of Net Sales	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Income from operations	$ (13,084)	$ 116,343	$ 141,183
Income from operations, as a Percentage of Net Sales	(0.50%)	4.30%	5.50%
Interest (expense) income, net	$ (1,870)	$ 98	$ 500
Interest income, net, as a Percentage of Net Sales	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Income before income taxes	$ (14,954)	$ 116,441	$ 141,683
Income before income taxes, as a Percentage of Net Sales	(0.50%)	4.30%	5.50%
Income tax (benefit) provision	$ (16,900)	$ 51,800	$ 75,800
Income tax provision, as a Percentage of Net Sales	(0.60%)	1.90%	3.00%
Net income	$ 1,946	$ 64,641	$ 65,883
Net income, as a Percentage of Net Sales	0.10%	2.40%	2.50%
Per share data:
Net income per common share-basic (in usd per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.42	$ 0.41
Net income per common and common equivalent share–diluted (in usd per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.42	$ 0.41
Weighted average common shares outstanding–basic (in shares)	138,366	148,622	155,048
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding–diluted (in shares)	138,741	149,126	155,995
Dividends declared per share (in usd per share)	$ 0.31	$ 0.30	$ 0.24