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Credit Card Receivables Transaction (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Jan. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable
Profit-sharing included in segment SG&A		$ 641	$ 629	$ 555
Credit card receivables
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable
Gains on sales of credit card portfolio	$ 391
Consideration from sale of consumer credit card portfolio	5,700
Transfers of financial assets accounted for as sale, initial fair value of assets obtained as proceeds	$ 225

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Represents the net amount of income recognized from the profit sharing agreement offsetting with increase (decrease) in beneficial interest.

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The gain (loss) resulting from the sale of credit card receivables (portfolios).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 25
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28246550&loc=d3e105111-111715

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of receivables arising from the financing of goods and services.

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Represents the initial fair value recorded for assets received on transfer of financial assets in a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or a similar transfer which transaction is recognized as a sale of the transferred financial assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)(2)(i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51814546&loc=d3e107207-111719

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