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Summary of Derivative Financial Instruments Related Fair Value and Balance Sheet Classification (Detail) € in Thousands, ¥ in Thousands, £ in Thousands, PLN in Thousands, CAD in Thousands, $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2015 EUR (€)	Aug. 01, 2015 CAD	Aug. 01, 2015 GBP (£)	Aug. 01, 2015 PLN	Aug. 02, 2014 JPY (¥)	Aug. 02, 2014 EUR (€)	Aug. 02, 2014 CAD	Aug. 02, 2014 GBP (£)	Aug. 02, 2014 PLN
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Current Asset	$ 26,203	$ 7,923
Current (Liability)	(17,389)	(8,141)
Net Fair Value	$ 8,814	$ (218)
Diesel Fuel Contracts | (Accrued Expense)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected, Diesel contracts, Pay	Fixed on 1.2M - 3.0M gal per month	Fixed on 525K -1.8M gal per month
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected, Diesel contracts, Receive	Float on 1.2M - 3.0M gal per month	Float on 525K -1.8M gal per month
Current Asset		$ 273
Current (Liability)	$ (12,414)
Net Fair Value	(12,414)	273
Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest | (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | €								€ 44,850
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive		$ 61,842
Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest | Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | PLN											PLN 87,073
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | CAD									CAD 30,585
Blended Contract Rate		0.3513					0.3513	0.3513	0.3513	0.3513	0.3513
Current Asset		$ 375
Current (Liability)		(192)
Net Fair Value		$ 183
Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest | Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of Euro To Pound
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | €								€ 39,000
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | £										£ 31,968
Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of Euro To Pound
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.8197					0.8197	0.8197	0.8197	0.8197	0.8197
Current Asset		$ 1,191
Net Fair Value		$ 1,191
Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		1.3789					1.3789	1.3789	1.3789	1.3789	1.3789
Current Asset		$ 1,576
Net Fair Value		1,576
Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay		$ 90,309
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | £										£ 55,000
Blended Contract Rate		0.6090					0.6090	0.6090	0.6090	0.6090	0.6090
Current Asset		$ 2,041
Net Fair Value		2,041
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | £										£ 105,657
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive		$ 174,000
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.7330					0.7330	0.7330	0.7330	0.7330	0.7330
Current (Liability)		$ (453)
Net Fair Value		(453)
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | (Accrued Expense) | Conversion of Us Dollar to Yen
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay		$ 113
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | ¥							¥ 691
Blended Contract Rate		6.1216					6.1216	6.1216	6.1216	6.1216	6.1216
Current (Liability)		$ (1)
Net Fair Value		(1)
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | CAD									CAD 360,131
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive		$ 327,800
Blended Contract Rate		0.9102					0.9102	0.9102	0.9102	0.9102	0.9102
Current Asset		$ 1,171
Current (Liability)		(2,870)
Net Fair Value		$ (1,699)
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | CAD									CAD 16,255
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | €								€ 10,800
Blended Contract Rate		0.6644					0.6644	0.6644	0.6644	0.6644	0.6644
Current Asset		$ 18
Current (Liability)		(398)
Net Fair Value		$ (380)
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | £					£ 192,482
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive	$ 297,000
Blended Contract Rate	1.5430	1.6468	1.5430	1.5430	1.5430	1.5430	1.6468	1.6468	1.6468	1.6468	1.6468
Current Asset	$ 493	$ 554
Current (Liability)	(4,087)	(4,207)
Net Fair Value	(3,594)	$ (3,653)
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | PLN											PLN 168,860
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | £										£ 32,535
Blended Contract Rate		0.1927					0.1927	0.1927	0.1927	0.1927	0.1927
Current Asset		$ 724
Current (Liability)		(20)
Net Fair Value		704
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay	$ 30,473	$ 28,980
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | €			€ 27,486					€ 21,243
Blended Contract Rate	0.9020		0.9020	0.9020	0.9020	0.9020
Current Asset	$ 185
Current (Liability)	(448)
Net Fair Value	(263)
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay	$ 929
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | £					£ 605
Blended Contract Rate	0.6512		0.6512	0.6512	0.6512	0.6512
Current Asset	$ 16
Net Fair Value	16
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | CAD				CAD 454,974
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive	$ 364,410
Blended Contract Rate	0.8009		0.8009	0.8009	0.8009	0.8009
Current Asset	$ 16,976
Net Fair Value	$ 16,976
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | CAD				CAD 18,935
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | €			€ 13,700
Blended Contract Rate	0.7235		0.7235	0.7235	0.7235	0.7235
Current Asset	$ 592
Net Fair Value	$ 592
Merchandise Purchase Commitments | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | PLN						PLN 230,328
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | £					£ 40,405
Blended Contract Rate	0.1754		0.1754	0.1754	0.1754	0.1754
Current Asset	$ 2,170
Net Fair Value	$ 2,170
Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest | (Accrued Expense) | Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | PLN						PLN 87,073
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | CAD				CAD 29,560
Blended Contract Rate	0.3395		0.3395	0.3395	0.3395	0.3395
Current (Liability)	$ (440)
Net Fair Value	$ (440)
Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of Euro To Pound
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | €			€ 39,000
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | £					£ 28,873
Blended Contract Rate	0.7403		0.7403	0.7403	0.7403	0.7403
Current Asset	$ 2,075
Net Fair Value	2,075
Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | €			€ 19,850
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive	$ 22,647
Blended Contract Rate	1.1409		1.1409	1.1409	1.1409	1.1409
Current Asset	$ 777
Net Fair Value	777
Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay	$ 83,400
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | £					£ 55,000
Blended Contract Rate	0.6595		0.6595	0.6595	0.6595	0.6595
Current Asset	$ 2,423
Net Fair Value	$ 2,423
Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest | Prepaid Expense | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay | PLN						PLN 25,000
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive | £					£ 4,547
Blended Contract Rate	0.1819		0.1819	0.1819	0.1819	0.1819
Current Asset	$ 496
Net Fair Value	$ 496

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