Pension and Other Retirement Plans Funded Status Of Plans (Details) (USD $)	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011	Jan. 30, 2010
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Accumulated Benefit Obligation	$ 37,300,000	$ 25,300,000
Projected Benefit Obligation	(954,408,000)	(944,673,000)	(935,985,000)
Fair Value of Plan Assets	1,094,309,000	1,091,270,000	1,020,793,000
Foreign Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	148,900,000	151,600,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Accumulated Benefit Obligation	889,500,000	885,800,000
Projected Benefit Obligation	(915,790,000)	(911,242,000)	(903,807,000)
Fair Value of Plan Assets	1,064,669,000	1,062,819,000	995,957,000
Funded status	148,900,000	151,600,000
United States Pension Plans of US Entity, Defined Benefit [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	9,000,000	5,000,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Accumulated Benefit Obligation	38,600,000	33,400,000
Projected Benefit Obligation	(38,618,000)	(33,431,000)	(32,178,000)
Fair Value of Plan Assets	29,640,000	28,451,000	24,836,000
Funded status	9,000,000	5,000,000
Overfunded Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	183,180,000	182,476,000
Projected Benefit Obligation	(779,248,000)	(780,928,000)
Fair Value of Plan Assets	962,428,000	963,404,000
Funded status	183,180,000	182,476,000
Overfunded Plans [Member] \| Foreign Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	183,180,000	182,476,000
Projected Benefit Obligation	(779,248,000)	(780,928,000)
Fair Value of Plan Assets	962,428,000	963,404,000
Funded status	183,180,000	182,476,000
Underfunded Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	(43,279,000)	(35,879,000)
Projected Benefit Obligation	(175,160,000)	(163,745,000)
Fair Value of Plan Assets	131,881,000	127,866,000
Funded status	(43,279,000)	(35,879,000)
Underfunded Plans [Member] \| Foreign Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	(34,301,000)	(30,899,000)
Projected Benefit Obligation	(136,542,000)	(130,314,000)
Fair Value of Plan Assets	102,241,000	99,415,000
Funded status	(34,301,000)	(30,899,000)
Underfunded Plans [Member] \| United States Pension Plans of US Entity, Defined Benefit [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded Status of Plan	(8,978,000)	(4,980,000)
Projected Benefit Obligation	(38,618,000)	(33,431,000)
Fair Value of Plan Assets	29,640,000	28,451,000
Funded status	$ (8,978,000)	$ (4,980,000)

For defined benefit pension plans, the actuarial present value of benefits (whether vested or nonvested) attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered before a specified date and based on employee service and compensation (if applicable) before that date. The accumulated benefit obligation differs from the projected benefit obligation in that it includes no assumption about future compensation levels. For plans with flat-benefit or nonpay-related pension benefit formulas, the accumulated benefit obligation and the projected benefit obligation are the same.

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1) For defined benefit pension plans, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value as of a date of all benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered prior to that date. 2) For other postretirement defined benefit plans, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value of benefits attributed to employee service rendered to a particular date.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Assets, usually stocks, bonds, and other investments, that have been segregated and restricted (usually in a trust) to provide benefits, at their fair value as of the measurement date. Plan assets include amounts contributed by the employer (and by employees for a contributory plan) and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those non-benefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets.

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