Impairment, Restructuring and Other Costs - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug. 01, 2020 |
Aug. 03, 2019 |
Aug. 01, 2020 |
Aug. 03, 2019 |
|
| Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] | ||||
| Tangible asset impairment, COVID-19 | $ 80 | |||
| Goodwill impairment, COVID-19 | 3,080 | |||
| Restructuring expense, COVID-19 | $ 154 | |||
| Impairments | 15 | $ 1 | 3,164 | $ 1 |
| Macy's Reporting Unit | ||||
| Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] | ||||
| Goodwill impairment, COVID-19 | $ 10 | 2,982 | ||
| Bluemercury Reporting Unit | ||||
| Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] | ||||
| Goodwill impairment, COVID-19 | $ 98 | |||
| X | ||||||||||
- Definition Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both, Goodwill Impairment No definition available.
|
| X | ||||||||||
- Definition Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both, Restructuring Expense No definition available.
|
| X | ||||||||||
- Definition Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
|
| X | ||||||||||
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
|
| X | ||||||||||
- Definition The charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of tangible assets from their carrying value to their fair value. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
|
| X | ||||||||||
- Details
|
| X | ||||||||||
- Details
|