Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Product Information [Line Items]  
Schedule of Merchandise Mix [Table Text Block]
Based on how we categorized our divisions in 2014, our merchandise mix of total net sales over the last three years was as follows: 
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Women’s apparel
 
24
%
 
24
%
 
24
%
Men’s apparel and accessories
 
22
%
 
22
%
 
21
%
Home
 
12
%
 
11
%
 
12
%
Women’s accessories, including Sephora
 
12
%
 
11
%
 
10
%
Children’s apparel
 
10
%
 
11
%
 
12
%
Family footwear
 
8
%
 
9
%
 
9
%
Fine jewelry
 
7
%
 
7
%
 
7
%
Services and other
 
5
%
 
5
%
 
5
%
 
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
Schedule of Property and Equipment, Net
 
 
Estimated Useful Lives
 
 
 
 
($ in millions)
 
(Years)
 
2014
 
2013
Land
 
N/A
 
$
274

 
$
309

Buildings
 
50
 
4,899

 
4,951

Furniture and equipment
 
3-20
 
2,175

 
2,242

Leasehold improvements(1)
 
 
 
1,301

 
1,318

Capital leases (equipment)
 
3-5
 
116

 
114

Accumulated depreciation
 
 
 
(3,617
)
 
(3,315
)
Property and equipment, net
 
 
 
$
5,148

 
$
5,619