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Business Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Percentage of sales attributable to each merchandise category [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the approximate percentages of DSW segment sales attributable to each merchandise category:
|  | Fiscal
Category |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Women's footwear |  | 69% |  | 69% |  | 69%
Men's footwear |  | 22% |  | 22% |  | 22%
Accessories and other |  | 9% |  | 9% |  | 9%

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