Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions |
3 Months Ended |
12 Months Ended |
Jan. 28, 2017 |
Oct. 29, 2016 |
Jul. 30, 2016 |
Apr. 30, 2016 |
Jan. 28, 2017 |
Jan. 30, 2016 |
Jan. 31, 2015 |
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net income |
|
|
|
|
$ 611
|
$ 1,070
|
$ 1,526
|
| Other Asset Impairment Charges |
|
|
|
|
479
|
288
|
87
|
| Settlement charges |
$ 17
|
$ 62
|
$ 6
|
$ 13
|
98
|
0
|
0
|
| Equity in earnings of subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Dividends received from subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
1,058
|
1,061
|
1,036
|
| (Increase) decrease in working capital |
|
|
|
|
(280)
|
(396)
|
14
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
(165)
|
(39)
|
46
|
| Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
1,801
|
1,984
|
2,709
|
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purchase of property and equipment and capitalized software, net |
|
|
|
|
(239)
|
(909)
|
(896)
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
(52)
|
183
|
74
|
| Net cash used by investing activities |
|
|
|
|
(187)
|
(1,092)
|
(970)
|
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Debt issued (net of debt repaid) |
|
|
|
|
(749)
|
347
|
174
|
| Dividends paid |
|
|
|
|
(459)
|
(456)
|
(421)
|
| Common stock acquired, net of issuance of common stock |
|
|
|
|
(280)
|
(1,838)
|
(1,643)
|
| Proceeds from noncontrolling interest |
|
|
|
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
| Intercompany activity, net |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
58
|
(87)
|
124
|
| Net cash used by financing activities |
|
|
|
|
(1,426)
|
(2,029)
|
(1,766)
|
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
188
|
(1,137)
|
(27)
|
| Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period |
|
|
|
1,109
|
1,109
|
2,246
|
2,273
|
| Cash and cash equivalents end of period |
1,297
|
|
|
|
1,297
|
1,109
|
2,246
|
| Parent Company [Member] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net income |
|
|
|
|
619
|
1,072
|
1,526
|
| Other Asset Impairment Charges |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Settlement charges |
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
| Equity in earnings of subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
(619)
|
(1,072)
|
(1,528)
|
| Dividends received from subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
957
|
1,086
|
1,088
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| (Increase) decrease in working capital |
|
|
|
|
110
|
25
|
9
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
28
|
(8)
|
(20)
|
| Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
1,095
|
1,103
|
1,075
|
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purchase of property and equipment and capitalized software, net |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Net cash used by investing activities |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Debt issued (net of debt repaid) |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Dividends paid |
|
|
|
|
(459)
|
(456)
|
(421)
|
| Common stock acquired, net of issuance of common stock |
|
|
|
|
(280)
|
(1,838)
|
(1,643)
|
| Proceeds from noncontrolling interest |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Intercompany activity, net |
|
|
|
|
(144)
|
12
|
927
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
(15)
|
12
|
15
|
| Net cash used by financing activities |
|
|
|
|
(898)
|
(2,270)
|
(1,122)
|
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
197
|
(1,167)
|
(47)
|
| Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period |
|
|
|
741
|
741
|
1,908
|
1,955
|
| Cash and cash equivalents end of period |
938
|
|
|
|
938
|
741
|
1,908
|
| Subsidiary Issuer [Member] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net income |
|
|
|
|
(208)
|
89
|
563
|
| Other Asset Impairment Charges |
|
|
|
|
295
|
170
|
45
|
| Settlement charges |
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
| Equity in earnings of subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
(255)
|
(421)
|
(624)
|
| Dividends received from subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
575
|
0
|
1
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
407
|
440
|
454
|
| (Increase) decrease in working capital |
|
|
|
|
(482)
|
(340)
|
74
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
51
|
(78)
|
(177)
|
| Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
417
|
(140)
|
336
|
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purchase of property and equipment and capitalized software, net |
|
|
|
|
12
|
(88)
|
(260)
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
(32)
|
(83)
|
12
|
| Net cash used by investing activities |
|
|
|
|
44
|
(5)
|
(272)
|
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Debt issued (net of debt repaid) |
|
|
|
|
(750)
|
348
|
177
|
| Dividends paid |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Common stock acquired, net of issuance of common stock |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Proceeds from noncontrolling interest |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Intercompany activity, net |
|
|
|
|
255
|
(243)
|
(283)
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
24
|
37
|
52
|
| Net cash used by financing activities |
|
|
|
|
(471)
|
142
|
(54)
|
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
(10)
|
(3)
|
10
|
| Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period |
|
|
|
91
|
91
|
94
|
84
|
| Cash and cash equivalents end of period |
81
|
|
|
|
81
|
91
|
94
|
| Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net income |
|
|
|
|
1,074
|
1,402
|
1,589
|
| Other Asset Impairment Charges |
|
|
|
|
184
|
118
|
42
|
| Settlement charges |
|
|
|
|
64
|
|
|
| Equity in earnings of subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Dividends received from subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
651
|
621
|
582
|
| (Increase) decrease in working capital |
|
|
|
|
92
|
(81)
|
(69)
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
(244)
|
47
|
243
|
| Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
1,821
|
2,107
|
2,387
|
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purchase of property and equipment and capitalized software, net |
|
|
|
|
(251)
|
(821)
|
(636)
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
(20)
|
266
|
62
|
| Net cash used by investing activities |
|
|
|
|
(231)
|
(1,087)
|
(698)
|
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Debt issued (net of debt repaid) |
|
|
|
|
1
|
(1)
|
(3)
|
| Dividends paid |
|
|
|
|
(1,532)
|
(1,086)
|
(1,089)
|
| Common stock acquired, net of issuance of common stock |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Proceeds from noncontrolling interest |
|
|
|
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
| Intercompany activity, net |
|
|
|
|
(111)
|
231
|
(644)
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
49
|
(136)
|
57
|
| Net cash used by financing activities |
|
|
|
|
(1,589)
|
(987)
|
(1,679)
|
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
1
|
33
|
10
|
| Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period |
|
|
|
277
|
277
|
244
|
234
|
| Cash and cash equivalents end of period |
278
|
|
|
|
278
|
277
|
244
|
| Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net income |
|
|
|
|
(874)
|
(1,493)
|
(2,152)
|
| Other Asset Impairment Charges |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Settlement charges |
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
| Equity in earnings of subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
874
|
1,493
|
2,152
|
| Dividends received from subsidiaries |
|
|
|
|
(1,532)
|
(1,086)
|
(1,089)
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| (Increase) decrease in working capital |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
(1,532)
|
(1,086)
|
(1,089)
|
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purchase of property and equipment and capitalized software, net |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Net cash used by investing activities |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Debt issued (net of debt repaid) |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Dividends paid |
|
|
|
|
1,532
|
1,086
|
1,089
|
| Common stock acquired, net of issuance of common stock |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Proceeds from noncontrolling interest |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Intercompany activity, net |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Other, net |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Net cash used by financing activities |
|
|
|
|
1,532
|
1,086
|
1,089
|
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period |
|
|
|
$ 0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Cash and cash equivalents end of period |
$ 0
|
|
|
|
$ 0
|
$ 0
|
$ 0
|