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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 30, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Operating Lease Commitments Table | Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable store and distribution center operating leases are as follows:
| (in millions)
2018 | $ | 1,381.5 |
2019 | 1,244.6 |
2020 | 1,030.3 |
2021 | 894.6 |
2022 | 695.8 |
Thereafter | 2,156.4 |
Total minimum lease payments | $ | 7,403.2 |
Minimum and Contingent Rentals Table | Rental expense for store and distribution center operating leases included in the accompanying consolidated income statements are as follows:
|  | Year Ended
|  | February 3, |  | January 28, |  | January 30,
(in millions) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Minimum rentals |  | $ | 1,343.5 |  |  | $ | 1,276.6 |  |  | $ | 993.6 |
Contingent rentals |  | 5.2 |  |  | 6.3 |  |  | 5.5 |

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