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Restructuring | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block] | Restructuring Charges In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company announced several organizational changes to position the business for more efficient growth going forward. As a result, the Company recorded $1.2 billion in pre-tax restructuring charges in fiscal 2018 as follows:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 2018
(Amounts in millions) |  | Asset Impairment |  | Severance Costs |  | Total
Walmart International |  | $ | 193 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 236 |
Sam's Club |  | 596 |  |  | 69 |  |  | 665 |
Corporate and support |  | — |  |  | 300 |  |  | 300 |
Total |  | $ | 789 |  |  | $ | 412 |  |  | $ | 1,201 |
The asset impairment charges primarily relate to the real estate of the Sam's Club closures and the wind-down of the Brazil first-party eCommerce business, which were written down to their estimated fair value. Refer to Note 7 for information on fair value measurement. The pre-tax restructuring charges of $1.2 billion are classified in operating, selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Income for fiscal 2018. At January 31, 2018, substantially all of the severances costs were recorded in accrued liabilities in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet. Almost all of these severance costs are expected to be paid during the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2175745 + Details
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