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Financial Instruments - Summary of Derivative FInancial Instruments, Related Fair Value and Balance Sheet Classification (Details) € in Thousands, £ in Thousands, zł in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, gal / mo in Millions	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2018 CAD ($) gal / mo	Jul. 29, 2017 CAD ($) gal / mo	Feb. 03, 2018 CAD ($) gal / mo	Aug. 04, 2018 AUD ($)	Aug. 04, 2018 PLN (zł)	Aug. 04, 2018 GBP (£)	Aug. 04, 2018 EUR (€)	Aug. 04, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 03, 2018 AUD ($)	Feb. 03, 2018 PLN (zł)	Feb. 03, 2018 GBP (£)	Feb. 03, 2018 EUR (€)	Feb. 03, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2017 AUD ($)	Jul. 29, 2017 PLN (zł)	Jul. 29, 2017 GBP (£)	Jul. 29, 2017 EUR (€)	Jul. 29, 2017 USD ($)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 42,960					$ 12,217					$ 8,958
Current (Liability) U.S.$								(14,191)					(20,557)					(46,627)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								28,769					(8,340)					(37,669)
Diesel contracts | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Current Asset U.S.$								6,864					7,854					544
Current (Liability) U.S.$																		0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ 6,864					$ 7,854					$ 544
Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.2095			0.2095	0.2095	0.2095	0.2095	0.2095
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 141
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ 141
Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.1940	0.2095						0.2095	0.2095	0.2095	0.2095	0.2095	0.1940	0.1940	0.1940	0.1940	0.1940
Current Asset U.S.$													$ 0					$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$													(45)					(1,326)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$													$ (45)					$ (1,326)
Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.2053	0.2079						0.2079	0.2079	0.2079	0.2079	0.2079	0.2053	0.2053	0.2053	0.2053	0.2053
Current Asset U.S.$																		$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$													$ (1,303)					(1,917)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$													$ (1,303)					$ (1,917)
Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.2041			0.2041	0.2041	0.2041	0.2041	0.2041
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$								(1,889)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ (1,889)
Conversion Of Euro To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.8873	0.8643	0.8873	0.8873	0.8873	0.8873	0.8873	0.8873	0.8873	0.8873	0.8873	0.8873	0.8873	0.8643	0.8643	0.8643	0.8643	0.8643
Current Asset U.S.$																		$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$								$ (518)					$ (318)					(3,044)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ (518)					$ (318)					$ (3,044)
Conversion Of Euro To Pound | Intercompany billings in Europe, primarily merchandise related | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.8841	0.8850	0.8826	0.8841	0.8841	0.8841	0.8841	0.8841	0.8826	0.8826	0.8826	0.8826	0.8826	0.8850	0.8850	0.8850	0.8850	0.8850
Current Asset U.S.$																		$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$								$ (672)					$ (2)					(730)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ (672)					$ (2)					$ (730)
Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	1.8013			1.8013	1.8013	1.8013	1.8013	1.8013
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 2,484
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ 2,484
Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.8036	0.7136						0.7136	0.7136	0.7136	0.7136	0.7136	0.8036	0.8036	0.8036	0.8036	0.8036
Current Asset U.S.$													$ 1,636					$ 4,174
Current (Liability) U.S.$																		0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$													$ 1,636					$ 4,174
Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.7136			0.7136	0.7136	0.7136	0.7136	0.7136
Current (Liability) U.S.$								$ (5,097)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ (5,097)
Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.7824												0.7824	0.7824	0.7824	0.7824	0.7824
Current Asset U.S.$																		$ 65
Current (Liability) U.S.$																		0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$																		$ 65
Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.7560			0.7560	0.7560	0.7560	0.7560	0.7560
Current Asset U.S.$
Current (Liability) U.S.$								(49)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ (49)
Conversion Of Australian Dollar To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.5631			0.5631	0.5631	0.5631	0.5631	0.5631
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$								(64)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ (64)
Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.7539												0.7539	0.7539	0.7539	0.7539	0.7539
Current Asset U.S.$																		$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$																		(29,261)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$																		$ (29,261)
Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.7741		0.7940	0.7741	0.7741	0.7741	0.7741	0.7741	0.7940	0.7940	0.7940	0.7940	0.7940
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 4,913					$ 49
Current (Liability) U.S.$								(2,940)					(5,478)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ 1,973					$ (5,429)
Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate			0.6648						0.6648	0.6648	0.6648	0.6648	0.6648
Current Asset U.S.$													$ 557
Net Fair Value in U.S.$													$ 557
Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.6491	0.6800		0.6491	0.6491	0.6491	0.6491	0.6491						0.6800	0.6800	0.6800	0.6800	0.6800
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 0										$ 218
Current (Liability) U.S.$								(610)										(361)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ (610)										$ (143)
Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		1.2837												1.2837	1.2837	1.2837	1.2837	1.2837
Current Asset U.S.$																		$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$																		(8,417)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$																		$ (8,417)
Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	1.3876		1.3453	1.3876	1.3876	1.3876	1.3876	1.3876	1.3453	1.3453	1.3453	1.3453	1.3453
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 28,329					$ 173
Current (Liability) U.S.$								0					(12,838)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ 28,329					$ (12,665)
Conversion Of Australian Dollar To US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.5945												0.5945	0.5945	0.5945	0.5945	0.5945
Current Asset U.S.$																		$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$																		(676)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$																		$ (676)
Conversion Of Australian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.7650												0.7650	0.7650	0.7650	0.7650	0.7650
Current Asset U.S.$																		$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$																		(895)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$																		$ (895)
Conversion Of Australian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.7478		0.7763	0.7478	0.7478	0.7478	0.7478	0.7478	0.7763	0.7763	0.7763	0.7763	0.7763
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 229					$ 43
Current (Liability) U.S.$								(16)					(573)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								$ 213					$ (530)
Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.8940	0.8355						0.8355	0.8355	0.8355	0.8355	0.8355	0.8940	0.8940	0.8940	0.8940	0.8940
Current Asset U.S.$													$ 1,905					$ 3,957
Current (Liability) U.S.$																		0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$													1,905					3,957
Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.8332			0.8332	0.8332	0.8332	0.8332	0.8332
Current Asset U.S.$								$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$								(2,336)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$								(2,336)
Pay | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | zł					zł 67,000
Pay | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | zł										zł 67,000					zł 67,000
Pay | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | zł										zł 288,646					zł 326,370
Pay | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | zł					zł 355,038
Pay | Conversion Of Euro To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | €							€ 53,950					€ 51,950					€ 69,200
Pay | Conversion Of Euro To Pound | Intercompany billings in Europe, primarily merchandise related | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | €							76,000					26,000					54,000
Pay | Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £						£ 30,000
Pay | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount											£ 77,079							68,445
Pay | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount								77,079
Pay | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount																		2,284
Pay | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount								3,274
Pay | Conversion Of Australian Dollar To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount				$ 10,000
Pay | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount		$ 571,142
Pay | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 621,719		$ 462,464
Pay | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount			$ 22,562
Pay | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 35,433	$ 33,086
Pay | Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £																£ 252,400
Pay | Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £						351,964					176,911
Pay | Conversion Of Australian Dollar To US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount														$ 40,000
Pay | Conversion Of Australian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount														$ 26,492
Pay | Conversion Of Australian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount				$ 33,867					$ 28,635
Pay | Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount													44,223					74,175
Pay | Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount								74,329
Pay | Minimum | Diesel contracts | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | gal / mo	2.3		2.2
Pay | Minimum | Diesel contracts | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | gal / mo		2.0
Pay | Maximum | Diesel contracts | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | gal / mo	3.0		3.0
Pay | Maximum | Diesel contracts | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | gal / mo		2.5
Receive | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £						14,035
Receive | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £											14,035					13,000
Receive | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £											60,023					66,993
Receive | Conversion Of Zloty To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £						72,479
Receive | Conversion Of Euro To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £						47,868					46,095					59,813
Receive | Conversion Of Euro To Pound | Intercompany billings in Europe, primarily merchandise related | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £						67,192					£ 22,948					47,790
Receive | Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 54,038
Receive | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount			$ 55,000													£ 55,000
Receive | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £						55,000
Receive | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | €																	1,787
Receive | Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £						2,475
Receive | Conversion Of Australian Dollar To Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | £						£ 5,631
Receive | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount																		430,600
Receive | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount								481,300					367,200
Receive | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | €												15,000
Receive | Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | €							23,000										22,500
Receive | Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount																		324,000
Receive | Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount								488,400					238,000
Receive | Conversion Of Australian Dollar To US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount																		23,781
Receive | Conversion Of Australian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount																		$ 20,266
Receive | Conversion Of Australian Dollar To US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount								$ 25,327					$ 22,230
Receive | Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | €												€ 36,950					€ 66,313
Receive | Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount | €							€ 61,929
Receive | Minimum | Diesel contracts | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | gal / mo	2.3		2.2
Receive | Minimum | Diesel contracts | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | gal / mo		2.0
Receive | Maximum | Diesel contracts | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | gal / mo	3.0		3.0
Receive | Maximum | Diesel contracts | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | gal / mo		2.5

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