Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 30, 2016
Product Information [Line Items]  
Schedule of Merchandise Mix [Table Text Block]
Based on how we categorized our divisions in 2015, our merchandise mix of total net sales over the last three years was as follows: 
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Women’s apparel
 
25
%
 
26
%
 
26
%
Men’s apparel and accessories
 
22
%
 
22
%
 
22
%
Home
 
12
%
 
12
%
 
11
%
Women’s accessories, including Sephora
 
12
%
 
11
%
 
10
%
Children’s apparel
 
10
%
 
10
%
 
11
%
Footwear and handbags
 
8
%
 
8
%
 
9
%
Jewelry
 
6
%
 
6
%
 
6
%
Services and other
 
5
%
 
5
%
 
5
%
 
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
Schedule of Property and Equipment, Net
 
 
Estimated Useful Lives
 
 
 
 
($ in millions)
 
(Years)
 
2015
 
2014
Land
 
N/A
 
$
272

 
$
274

Buildings
 
50
 
4,877

 
4,899

Furniture and equipment
 
3-20
 
2,064

 
2,175

Leasehold improvements(1)
 
 
 
1,244

 
1,301

Capital leases (equipment)
 
3-5
 
116

 
116

Accumulated depreciation
 
 
 
(3,757
)
 
(3,617
)
Property and equipment, net
 
 
 
$
4,816

 
$
5,148



(1)
Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful lives of the improvements or the term of the lease, including renewals determined to be reasonably assured.