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Components of Earnings Before Income Taxes, by Tax Jurisdiction (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2015	Feb. 02, 2014	Feb. 03, 2013
Schedule of Income Before Income Tax [Line Items]
United States	$ 482,739us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	$ 448,764us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	$ 401,542us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Foreign	19,464us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	3,918us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	8,414us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Earnings before income taxes	$ 502,203us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ 452,682us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ 409,956us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to domestic operations.

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to foreign operations, which is defined as Income or Loss generated from operations located outside the entity's country of domicile.

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