2.0.0.10 false Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 107 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies true false false false 1 usd $ false false iso4217_USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 iso4217_USD_per_shares Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares 0 5 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 3 us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsDisclosureTextBlock us-gaap true na duration string No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 <div> <table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="4%" align="left">1.</td> <td valign="top" align="left">Summary of Significant Accounting Policies</td> </tr> </table> Macy’s, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) is a retail organization operating retail stores and Internet websites under two brands (Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s) that sell a wide range of merchandise, including men’s, women’s and children’s apparel and accessories, cosmetics, home furnishings and other consumer goods. The Company’s operations include approximately 850 stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico, as well as macys.com and bloomingdales.com. A description of the Company’s significant accounting policies is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2010 (the “2009 10-K”). The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto in the 2009 10-K. Net sales include merchandise sales, leased department income, shipping and handling fees and sales to third party retailers. Beginning with the first quarter of 2010, the Company began including sales of private brand goods directly to third party retailers and sales of excess inventory to third parties in net sales. These items were previously reported, net of the related cost of sales, in selling, general and administrative expenses. This change in presentation had an immaterial impact on reported net sales, does not impact comparable store sales, net income (loss) or diluted earnings (loss) per share, and was not applied retroactively to periods ended prior to May 1, 2010. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Such estimates and assumptions are subject to inherent uncertainties, which may result in actual amounts differing from reported amounts. The Consolidated Financial Statements for the 13 weeks ended May 1, 2010 and May 2, 2009, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary to present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and results of operations of the Company. Because of the seasonal nature of the retail business, the results of operations for the 13 weeks ended May 1, 2010 and May 2, 2009 (which do not include the Christmas season) are not necessarily indicative of such results for the full fiscal year. Certain reclassifications were made to the prior fiscal year’s amounts to conform with the classifications of such amounts for the current fiscal year.   In December 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-16, relating to the accounting and disclosures for transfers of financial assets. This guidance requires entities to provide more information about sales of securitized financial assets and similar transactions, particularly if the seller retains some risk with respect to the assets. The Company adopted this guidance on January 31, 2010, and the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In December 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-17, with the intent to improve financial reporting by companies involved with variable interest entities and to provide more relevant and reliable information to users of financial statements. The Company adopted this guidance on January 31, 2010, and the adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06, which provides amendments and requires new disclosures relating to Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” and also conforming amendments to guidance relating to ASC Topic 715, “Compensation – Retirement Benefits.” The Company adopted this guidance on January 31, 2010, except for the disclosure requirement regarding purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the rollforward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, which is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010. This guidance is limited to the form and content of disclosures, and the portion thereof that has been adopted did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. The Company does not anticipate that the full adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.   </div> 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Macy’s, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) is a retail organization operating retail false false false Description containing the entire organization, consolidation and basis of presentation of financial statements disclosure. May be provided in more than one note to the financial statements, as long as users are provided with an understanding of (1) the significant judgments and assumptions made by an enterprise in determining whether it must consolidate a VIE and/or disclose information about its involvement with a VIE, (2) the nature of restrictions on a consolidated VIE's assets reported by an enterprise in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets, (3) the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with an enterprise's involvement with the VIE, and (4) how an enterprise's involvement with the VIE affects the enterprise's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Describes procedure if disclosures are provided in more than one note to the financial statements. 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