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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Receivables | The components of receivables, net, follow.
in millions | January 28, 2018 |  | January 29, 2017
Card receivables | $ | 734 |  |  | $ | 729 |
Rebate receivables | 609 |  |  | 625 |
Customer receivables | 261 |  |  | 216 |
Other receivables | 348 |  |  | 459 |
Receivables, net | $ | 1,952 |  |  | $ | 2,029 |
Property and Equipment Useful Lives | The estimated useful lives of our property and equipment follow.
| Life
Buildings | 5 – 45 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 2 – 20 years
Leasehold improvements | 5 – 45 years
Goodwill | Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill follow.
in millions | Fiscal |  | Fiscal |  | Fiscal
2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Goodwill, balance at beginning of year | $ | 2,093 |  |  | $ | 2,102 |  |  | $ | 1,353 |
Acquisitions | 164 |  |  | — |  |  | 788 |
Other (1) | 18 |  |  | (9 | ) |  | (39 | )
Goodwill, balance at end of year | $ | 2,275 |  |  | $ | 2,093 |  |  | $ | 2,102 |
————— (1) Primarily reflects the impact of foreign currency translation.
Other Operating Cost and Expense | Gift card breakage income, which is recognized as a reduction to SG&A, follows.
in millions | Fiscal |  | Fiscal |  | Fiscal
2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Gift card breakage income | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 27 |
Certain co-op advertising allowances that are reimbursements of specific, incremental, and identifiable costs incurred to promote vendors’ products are recorded as an offset against advertising expense in SG&A and were as follows:
in millions | Fiscal |  | Fiscal |  | Fiscal
2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Specific, incremental, and identifiable co-op advertising allowances | $ | 198 |  |  | $ | 166 |  |  | $ | 129 |
in millions | Fiscal |  | Fiscal |  | Fiscal
2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Gross advertising expense | $ | 995 |  |  | $ | 955 |  |  | $ | 868 |

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