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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2017
USD ($)
Location
Jan. 30, 2016
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Jan. 31, 2015
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Feb. 01, 2014
USD ($)
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Weeks in the fiscal year 364 days 364 days 364 days  
Revenue recognized from store card breakage $ 20,500,000 $ 13,800,000 $ 17,800,000  
Highly liquid investments maximum maturity days 90 days      
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,929,849,000 2,095,473,000 2,493,775,000 $ 2,149,746,000
In-transit inventory accrual 641,900,000 690,300,000    
Depreciation and amortization expense 664,500,000 622,000,000 595,600,000  
Property held under capital leases $ 0 0 0  
Rent expense recorded prior to minimum number of days before opening of store, in days 30 days      
Rent expense recorded prior to maximum number of days before opening of store, in days 60 days      
Percentage owned in subsidiary company 83.00%      
Intangible assets impairment $ 0 0 0  
Advertising expense 402,600,000 382,900,000 371,300,000  
Excess income tax benefits and tax deficiencies related to share-based payments , benefit to provision for income taxes 70,000,000      
Other assets 398,076,000 372,554,000    
Long-term debt $ 2,227,599,000 1,615,003,000 1,615,003,000  
Building        
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Property, plant and equipment useful life 33 years      
Leaseholds and Leasehold Improvements        
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Property, plant and equipment useful lives Amortized over their useful life or the committed lease term (typically 10 years), whichever is shorter.      
ASU 2015-03 | Restatement Adjustment        
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Other assets   (9,100,000)    
Long-term debt   (9,100,000)    
Marshalls | Trade Names        
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Indefinite lived Tradename carried value $ 107,700,000      
Sierra Trading Post | Trade Names        
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Definite lived Tradename carried value $ 28,000,000 30,600,000 33,200,000  
Definite lived trade name amortization period 15 years      
Definite lived trade name amortization $ 10,500,000 7,900,000 $ 5,300,000  
Trade Secret | Trade Names        
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Definite lived Tradename carried value $ 11,000,000 11,600,000    
Definite lived trade name amortization period 7 years      
Definite lived trade name amortization $ 1,600,000 $ 300,000    
Outside United States        
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Cash and cash equivalents 1,300,000,000      
Reinvest Undistributed Earnings        
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Cash and cash equivalents $ 341,700,000      
Minimum        
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Short-term investments maturity term 90 days      
Definite lived trade name amortization period 7 years      
Number of lease locations | Location 3,800      
Minimum | Software        
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Property, plant and equipment useful life 3 years      
Minimum | Furniture, Fixtures And Equipment        
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Property, plant and equipment useful life 3 years      
Minimum | Key revenue streams concentration risk | Point of sale at the registers | Sales revenue net        
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Concentration risk, percentage 95.00%      
Maximum        
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Short-term investments maturity term 1 year      
Definite lived trade name amortization period 10 years      
Maximum | Software        
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Property, plant and equipment useful life 15 years      
Maximum | Leaseholds and Leasehold Improvements        
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Property, plant and equipment useful life 10 years      
Maximum | Furniture, Fixtures And Equipment        
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Property, plant and equipment useful life 10 years