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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2016

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following table presents financial assets and liabilities at fair value as of the dates presented:

	January 30, 2016																January 31, 2015
	Total				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Total				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
	(in thousands)
Financial Assets:
Cash and equivalents	$	32,495			$	32,495			—				—				$	59,171			$	59,171			—				—
Short-term investments(a)	226,027				2,127				$	223,900			—				171,268				—				$	171,268			—
Long-term investments(a)	71,953				181				71,772				—				216,810				—				216,810				—
Cost method investment(b)	6,000				—				—				$	6,000			—				—				—				—
Note receivable from Town Shoes(c)	33,311				—				33,311				—				43,304				—				43,304				—
Total Financial Assets	$	369,786			$	34,803			$	328,983			$	6,000			$	490,553			$	59,171			$	431,382			—
Financial Liabilities:
Stock appreciation rights(d)	$	561			—				$	561			—				—				—				—				—
Total Financial Liabilities	$	561			—				$	561			—				—				—				—				—

Schedule of Cost Method Investments [Table Text Block]

The following table presents activity related to level 3 fair value measurement for DSW Inc.'s cost method investment for the period presented:

		Fiscal year ended
		January 30, 2016
		(in thousands)
Carrying value, beginning of period		$	—
Activity related to cost method investment		6,000
Carrying value, end of period		$	6,000

Activity Related to the Fair Value of Assets Held

The following table presents the activity related to the fair value of assets held and used that realized an impairment loss for the periods presented:

													Total Losses
	As of January 30, 2016												Fiscal
	Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Fair Value as of the Impairment Date			2015				2014
	(in thousands)												(in thousands)
Assets held and used	—			—			—			—			$	962			$	5,095

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure for impairment of long-lived assets held and used by an entity which includes a description of the impaired long-lived asset and facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, aggregate amount of the impairment loss and where the loss is located in the income statement, method(s) for determining fair value, and the segment in which the impaired long-lived asset is reported.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51719941&loc=d3e2921-110230

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
-Number Topic 5
-Section CC
-Subsection 3

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A tabular disclosure of (a) the aggregate carrying amount of all cost-method investments; (b) the aggregate carrying amount of cost-method investments that the investor did not evaluate for impairment for cost-method investments.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
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-Section 50
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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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