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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Accounting Policies - Revenue Recognition (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2020	Feb. 02, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Revenue recognized	$ 1,639,789	$ 1,627,176
Revenue recognized from store card breakage	$ 20,300	$ 20,600	$ 21,100

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Revenue recognition gift card breakage.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130549-203045

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