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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 02, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Share-Based Compensation Expense | Share-based compensation expense is as follows:
|  | Fiscal Year
($ in millions) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Stock units |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 59 |
Stock options |  | 17 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 14 |
Employee stock purchase plan |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |
Share-based compensation expense |  | 113 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 77 |
Less: Income tax benefit |  | (44 | ) |  | (23 | ) |  | (31 | )
Share-based compensation expense, net of tax |  | $ | 69 |  |  | $ | 35 |  |  | $ | 46 |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding and Exercisable [Table Text Block] | Information about stock options outstanding, vested or expected to vest, and exercisable as of February 2, 2013 is as follows:
|  | Options Outstanding |  | Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices |  | Number of Shares as of February 2, 2013 |  | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  | Number of Shares as of February 2, 2013 |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price
$11.77 - $16.44 |  | 2,817,605 |  |  | 4.60 |  | $ | 15.01 |  |  | 1,981,010 |  |  | $ | 15.36 |
$16.90 - $19.68 |  | 3,127,468 |  |  | 4.54 |  | $ | 18.92 |  |  | 2,644,343 |  |  | $ | 18.94 |
$19.72 - $21.79 |  | 3,176,244 |  |  | 5.86 |  | $ | 21.60 |  |  | 1,435,212 |  |  | $ | 21.42 |
$21.88 - $25.09 |  | 3,281,788 |  |  | 7.85 |  | $ | 24.21 |  |  | 596,340 |  |  | $ | 22.90 |
$27.43 - $36.10 |  | 397,250 |  |  | 9.70 |  | $ | 34.50 |  |  | 750 |  |  | $ | 28.41 |
|  | 12,800,355 |  |  | 5.89 |  | $ | 20.56 |  |  | 6,657,655 |  |  | $ | 18.77 |
Vested or expected to vest as of February 2, 2013 |  | 11,376,064 |  |  | 5.61 |  | $ | 20.32 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] | The fair value of stock options issued during fiscal 2012, 2011, and 2010 was estimated on the date of grant using the following assumptions:
|  | Fiscal Year
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Expected term (in years) |  | 4.6 |  |  | 4.9 |  |  | 4.8 |
Expected volatility |  | 33.6 | % |  | 30.6 | % |  | 29.0 | %
Dividend yield |  | 2.1 | % |  | 2.1 | % |  | 1.8 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.0 | % |  | 2.3 | % |  | 2.7 | %
Stock Options [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Additional Information About Stock Unit Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of additional information about stock options is as follows:
|  | Fiscal Year
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Weighted-average fair value per share of stock options granted |  | $ | 6.35 |  |  | $ | 5.28 |  |  | $ | 5.57 |
Aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised (in millions) |  | $ | 94 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 19 |
Fair value of stock options vested (in millions) |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 15 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of stock option activity under the 2011 Plan and the 2002 Plan for fiscal 2012 is as follows:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price
Balance as of January 28, 2012 |  | 20,597,538 |  |  | $ | 19.10 |
Granted |  | 2,467,175 |  |  | $ | 26.52 |
Exercised |  | (9,454,063 | ) |  | $ | 18.93 |
Forfeited/Expired |  | (810,295 | ) |  | $ | 20.43 |
Balance as of February 2, 2013 |  | 12,800,355 |  |  | $ | 20.56 |
Stock Units [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Additional Information About Stock Unit Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of additional information about Stock Units is as follows:
|  | Fiscal Year
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Weighted-average fair value per share of Stock Units granted |  | $ | 24.95 |  |  | $ | 20.19 |  |  | $ | 21.84 |
Grant-date fair value of Stock Units vested (in millions) |  | $ | 50 |  |  | $ | 58 |  |  | $ | 58 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of Stock Unit activity under the 2011 Plan for fiscal 2012 is as follows:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Balance as of January 28, 2012 |  | 7,937,101 |  |  | $ | 18.74 |
Granted |  | 3,798,940 |  |  | $ | 25.00 |
Granted, with vesting subject to performance conditions |  | 2,105,971 |  |  | $ | 24.84 |
Vested |  | (2,922,254 | ) |  | $ | 17.08 |
Forfeited |  | (1,554,323 | ) |  | $ | 21.82 |
Balance as of February 2, 2013 |  | 9,365,435 |  |  | $ | 22.62 |

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