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Schedule of Share-Based Compensation Expense (Income) Included in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses in Consolidated Statements of Income (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reversal of share-based compensation expense	$ 7,908	$ 967	$ 1,396
Performance Stock Units (PSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares, granted	410,000		163,336
Performance Stock Units (PSUs) | Deferred Compensation, Share-based Payments
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares, granted	505,510	50,004

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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