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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)								1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 26, 2020	Feb. 25, 2020	Nov. 02, 2018	Nov. 01, 2018	Jun. 29, 2018	Nov. 17, 2017	Nov. 16, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Feb. 01, 2020	Feb. 02, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018	Feb. 24, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity												$ 1,000,000,000.0
Loss on extinguishment of debt										$ (1,823,000)	$ (2,881,000)
Costs related to debt amendments									$ (375,000)	2,496,000	2,262,000
Deferred financing cost									2,335,000	2,832,000
Amortization of deferred financing costs									$ 1,247,000	$ 1,596,000	2,463,000
Deferred financing costs, weighted average amortization period									4 years 1 month 6 days
Senior Secured Term B-4 Loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity date									Aug. 13, 2021
Line of Credit Facility, amount outstanding						$ 1,117,000,000.0
Senior Secured Term B-4 Loans \| Prime Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate						1.50%	1.75%
Senior Secured Term B-4 Loans \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate						2.50%	2.75%
Senior Secured Term B-4 Loans \| London Interbank Offered Rate Floor
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate						0.75%
Senior Secured Term B-5 Loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity date									Nov. 17, 2024	Nov. 17, 2024
Senior Secured Term B-5 Loans \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate									2.00%	2.00%
Senior Secured Term B-5 Loans \| London Interbank Offered Rate Floor
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate									0.00%	0.00%
Senior Secured Term B4 And B5 Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt									$ (2,900,000)
Costs related to debt amendments									$ 2,300,000
Senior Secured Term Loan Facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing, interest rate									3.70%
Senior Secured Term Loan Facilities \| Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate									0.00%
Senior Secured Term Loan Facilities \| Federal Funds Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate									0.50%
Senior Secured Term Loan Facilities \| One Month Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate									1.00%
ABL senior secured revolving facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity									$ 600,000,000.0
Debt instrument maturity date					Aug. 13, 2019				Jun. 29, 2023	Jun. 29, 2023
Loss on extinguishment of debt										$ (200,000)
Line of Credit Facility, amount available									$ 501,800,000	543,300,000
Line of Credit Facility, maximum amount outstanding during period									255,000,000.0	265,000,000.0
Line of Credit Facility, Average borrowings									$ 81,500,000	$ 83,900,000
Line of Credit Facility, Average interest rate									3.70%	3.40%
Deferred financing cost									$ 2,500,000	$ 3,400,000
ABL senior secured revolving facility \| Previously Reported
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Daily minimum average available credit facility percentage					50.00%
ABL senior secured revolving facility \| Restated
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Daily minimum average available credit facility percentage										40.00%
ABL senior secured revolving facility \| Prime Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate					0.25%
ABL senior secured revolving facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate					1.25%
Amended ABL senior secured revolving facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity									$ 900,000,000.0
Line of Credit Facility, unused loan commitments									0.20%
Amended ABL senior secured revolving facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate									1.25%
Amended ABL senior secured revolving facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate									1.50%
Write-off in Deferred Financing Costs [Member] \| Senior Secured Term B4 And B5 Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt									$ (1,500,000)
Write-off of Unamortized Original Issue Discount [Member] \| Senior Secured Term B4 And B5 Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt									(1,400,000)
Long-term Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing cost									2,300,000	$ 2,800,000
Amortization of deferred financing costs									$ 1,200,000	$ 1,600,000	$ 2,500,000
Term Loan Facility
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Loss on extinguishment of debt			$ (500,000)					$ (1,200,000)
Costs related to debt amendments			$ 2,400,000
Long-Term Debt, payment								$ 150,000,000.0
Debt instrument frequency of periodic payments								quarterly
Percentage of lender fee equal to aggregate principal amount			0.125%
Term Loan Facility \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Costs related to debt amendments	$ 1,100,000
Term Loan Facility \| Prime Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate			1.00%	1.50%
Term Loan Facility \| Prime Rate \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate	0.75%	1.00%
Term Loan Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate			2.00%	2.50%
Term Loan Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate	1.75%	2.00%
Term Loan Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate Floor
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate			0.00%	0.75%
Term Loan Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate Floor \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, interest rate	0.00%