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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 02, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Components of receivables | The components of receivables, net, follow:
in millions | February 2, 2020 |  | February 3, 2019
Card receivables | $ | 778 |  |  | $ | 696 |
Rebate receivables | 668 |  |  | 660 |
Customer receivables | 292 |  |  | 284 |
Other receivables | 368 |  |  | 296 |
Receivables, net | $ | 2,106 |  |  | $ | 1,936 |
Summary of 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
Summary of goodwill | Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill follow:
in millions | Fiscal |  | Fiscal |  | Fiscal
2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Goodwill, balance at beginning of year | $ | 2,252 |  |  | $ | 2,275 |  |  | $ | 2,093 |
Acquisitions (1) | — |  |  | 4 |  |  | 164 |
Dispositions | — |  |  | (15 | ) |  | — |
Other (2) | 2 |  |  | (12 | ) |  | 18 |
Goodwill, balance at end of year | $ | 2,254 |  |  | $ | 2,252 |  |  | $ | 2,275 |
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(1) | Includes purchase price allocation adjustments.
(2) Primarily reflects the impact of foreign currency translation.
Summary of other operating cost and expense | Gross advertising expense included in SG&A follows:
in millions | Fiscal |  | Fiscal |  | Fiscal
2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Gross advertising expense | $ | 1,186 |  |  | $ | 1,156 |  |  | $ | 995 |
The co-op advertising allowances recorded as an offset to advertising expense follow:
in millions | Fiscal |  | Fiscal |  | Fiscal
2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Specific, incremental, and identifiable co-op advertising allowances | $ | 282 |  |  | $ | 235 |  |  | $ | 198 |

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