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Leases (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Aug. 03, 2019
Leases [Abstract] |
Summary of Lease Costs, Other Information, Lease Term and Discount Rate |
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |  |  | 26 Weeks Ended |
|  | Aug 3, 2019 |  |  | Aug 3, 2019 |
(In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lease costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease costs |  | $ | 85,519 |  |  | $ | 168,081 |
Variable lease costs |  |  | 24,899 |  |  |  | 48,455 |
Short-term leases and other lease costs |  |  | 11,057 |  |  |  | 23,901 |
Total lease costs |  | $ | 121,475 |  |  | $ | 240,437 |
Other information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating cash flows for operating leases |  | $ | (80,397 | ) |  | $ | (153,403 | )
New ROU asset for operating leases entered into during the period |  | $ | 99,830 |  |  | $ | 155,927 |
Lease term and discount rate |  | Aug 3, 2019 |
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases |  | 6.4 years |
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases |  | 5.1% |
Summary of Maturity Analysis of Operating Leases | The table below is a maturity analysis of the operating leases in effect as of the end of the period. Undiscounted cash flows for finance leases and short-term leases are not material for the periods reported and are excluded from the table below:
|  | Undiscounted cash flows |
|  | Aug 3, 2019 |
(In thousands) |  |  |  |
Fiscal years: |  |  |  |
2019 (remaining 26 weeks) |  | $ | 146,995 |
2020 |  |  | 353,668 |
2021 |  |  | 312,430 |
2022 |  |  | 261,947 |
2023 |  |  | 240,622 |
Thereafter |  |  | 608,750 |
Total undiscounted cash flows |  | $ | 1,924,412 |
Less: discount on lease liability |  |  | (306,571 | )
Total lease liability |  | $ | 1,617,841 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918701-209980 + Details
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