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Revenue - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	May 05, 2019	Feb. 03, 2019	Apr. 29, 2018
Customer loyalty program, expiration period	6 months
Gift card and other deferred revenue	$ 291,839,000	$ 290,445,000	$ 256,534,000
Other Current Liabilities
Expected sales return liability	30,154,000
Other Current Assets
Reduction in cost of goods sold for expected net realizable value of merchandise inventory to be returned	$ 11,204,000
Stored-Value Cards
Stored value card redemption period	4 years
Stored-Value Cards, Merchandise Sales and Credit Card Incentives
Gift card and other deferred revenue	$ 298,557,000

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
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