Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations) (Details)

Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended										12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Nov. 01, 2014	Aug. 02, 2014	May 03, 2014	Feb. 01, 2014	Nov. 02, 2013	Aug. 03, 2013	May 04, 2013	Feb. 02, 2013	Apr. 28, 2012	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014	Feb. 02, 2013
Net sales	$ 9,364us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 6,195us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 6,267us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 6,279us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 9,202us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 6,276us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 6,066us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 6,387us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet			$ 28,105us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 27,931us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 27,686us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Cost of sales	(5,589)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	(3,766)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	(3,672)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	(3,836)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	(5,464)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	(3,817)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	(3,533)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	(3,911)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold			(16,863)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	(16,725)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	(16,538)us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Gross margin	3,775us-gaap_GrossProfit	2,429us-gaap_GrossProfit	2,595us-gaap_GrossProfit	2,443us-gaap_GrossProfit	3,738us-gaap_GrossProfit	2,459us-gaap_GrossProfit	2,533us-gaap_GrossProfit	2,476us-gaap_GrossProfit			11,242us-gaap_GrossProfit	11,206us-gaap_GrossProfit	11,148us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(2,324)	(2,007)	(2,024)	(2,000)	(2,301)	(2,099)	(1,999)	(2,041)			(8,355)	(8,440)	(8,482)
Impairments, store closing and other costs	(87)m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts	0m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts	0m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts	0m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts	(88)m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts	0m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts	0m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts	0m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts			(87)m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts	(88)m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts	(5)m_Impairmentsstoreclosingandothercosts
Operating income (loss)											2,800us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	2,678us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	2,661us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest Income (Expense), Net											(393)us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet	(388)us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet	(422)us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany											0us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther	0us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther	0us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther
Premium on early retirement of debt									(133)	(4)	(17)	0	(137)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries											0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes											2,390	2,290	2,102
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)											(864)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(804)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(767)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income	793us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	217us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	292us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	224us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	811us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	177us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	281us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	217us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss			1,526us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	1,486us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	1,335us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Comprehensive income											1,119us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	1,752us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	1,465us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Net sales											13,078	13,233	13,594
Cost of sales											(8,127)	(8,168)	(8,385)
Gross margin											4,951	5,065	5,209
Selling, general and administrative expenses											(4,351)	(4,443)	(4,584)
Impairments, store closing and other costs											(45)	(37)	(8)
Operating income (loss)											555	585	617
Interest Income (Expense), Net											(394)	(388)	(422)
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany											(230)	(176)	(146)
Premium on early retirement of debt											(17)		(137)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries											624	557	638
Income (loss) before income taxes											538	578	550
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)											25	33	24
Net income											563	611	574
Comprehensive income											156	877	704
Parent Company [Member]
Net sales											0	0	0
Cost of sales											0	0	0
Gross margin											0	0	0
Selling, general and administrative expenses											(3)	(8)	(9)
Impairments, store closing and other costs											0	0	0
Operating income (loss)											(3)	(8)	(9)
Interest Income (Expense), Net											1	1	1
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany											0	(2)	(2)
Premium on early retirement of debt											0		0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries											1,528	1,492	1,342
Income (loss) before income taxes											1,526	1,483	1,332
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)											0	3	3
Net income											1,526	1,486	1,335
Comprehensive income											1,119	1,752	1,465
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net sales											23,522	23,417	22,439
Cost of sales											(17,231)	(17,276)	(16,500)
Gross margin											6,291	6,141	5,939
Selling, general and administrative expenses											(4,001)	(3,989)	(3,889)
Impairments, store closing and other costs											(42)	(51)	3
Operating income (loss)											2,248	2,101	2,053
Interest Income (Expense), Net											0	(1)	(1)
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany											230	178	148
Premium on early retirement of debt											0		0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries											0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes											2,478	2,278	2,200
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)											(889)	(840)	(794)
Net income											1,589	1,438	1,406
Comprehensive income											1,338	1,434	1,477
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Net sales											(8,495)	(8,719)	(8,347)
Cost of sales											8,495	8,719	8,347
Gross margin											0	0	0
Selling, general and administrative expenses											0	0	0
Impairments, store closing and other costs											0	0	0
Operating income (loss)											0	0	0
Interest Income (Expense), Net											0	0	0
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany											0	0	0
Premium on early retirement of debt											0		0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries											(2,152)	(2,049)	(1,980)
Income (loss) before income taxes											(2,152)	(2,049)	(1,980)
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)											0	0	0
Net income											(2,152)	(2,049)	(1,980)
Comprehensive income											$ (1,494)	$ (2,311)	$ (2,181)