Cash Equivalents	12 Months Ended
Cash Equivalents	Feb. 01, 2014
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash Equivalents	Cash Equivalents Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the time of purchase. These investments were $3 million and $130 million at February 1, 2014 and February 2, 2013, respectively. Cash equivalents also include amounts due from third-party financial institutions for credit and debit card transactions. These receivables typically settle in less than five days and were $347 million and $371 million at February 1, 2014 and February 2, 2013, respectively.

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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