Selected quarterly financial data (unaudited) - Quarterly Financial Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
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Feb. 03, 2018 |
Feb. 02, 2019 |
Nov. 03, 2018 |
Aug. 04, 2018 |
May 05, 2018 |
Feb. 03, 2018 |
Oct. 28, 2017 |
Jul. 29, 2017 |
Apr. 29, 2017 |
Feb. 02, 2019 |
Feb. 03, 2018 |
Jan. 28, 2017 |
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| Selected quarterly financial data (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Fiscal period | 91 days | 91 days | 91 days | 91 days | 98 days | 91 days | 91 days | 91 days | 364 days | 371 days | 364 days | |
| Net sales | $ 108,756 | $ 2,124,716 | $ 1,560,011 | $ 1,488,221 | $ 1,543,667 | $ 1,937,592 | $ 1,342,181 | $ 1,289,854 | $ 1,314,879 | $ 6,716,615 | $ 5,884,506 | $ 4,854,737 |
| Cost of sales | 1,383,857 | 987,733 | 952,760 | 982,954 | 1,279,245 | 849,053 | 820,528 | 838,871 | 4,307,304 | 3,787,697 | 3,107,508 | |
| Gross profit | 740,859 | 572,278 | 535,461 | 560,713 | 658,347 | 493,128 | 469,326 | 476,008 | 2,409,311 | 2,096,809 | 1,747,229 | |
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 457,245 | 395,453 | 337,142 | 345,624 | 399,631 | 320,729 | 283,427 | 283,445 | 1,535,464 | 1,287,232 | 1,073,834 | |
| Pre-opening expenses | 2,404 | 7,612 | 4,504 | 5,247 | 4,297 | 9,732 | 6,099 | 4,158 | 19,767 | 24,286 | 18,571 | |
| Operating income | 281,210 | 169,213 | 193,815 | 209,842 | 254,419 | 162,667 | 179,800 | 188,405 | 854,080 | 785,291 | 654,824 | |
| Interest income, net | (1,275) | (1,318) | (1,143) | (1,325) | (359) | (316) | (555) | (338) | (5,061) | (1,568) | (890) | |
| Income before income taxes | 282,485 | 170,531 | 194,958 | 211,167 | 254,778 | 162,983 | 180,355 | 188,743 | 859,141 | 786,859 | 655,714 | |
| Income tax expense | 67,811 | 39,365 | 46,635 | 46,771 | 46,605 | 58,338 | 66,162 | 60,520 | 200,582 | 231,625 | 245,954 | |
| Net income | $ 214,674 | $ 131,166 | $ 148,323 | $ 164,396 | $ 208,173 | $ 104,645 | $ 114,193 | $ 128,223 | $ 658,559 | $ 555,234 | $ 409,760 | |
| Net income per common share: | ||||||||||||
| Basic | $ 3.64 | $ 2.20 | $ 2.47 | $ 2.71 | $ 3.42 | $ 1.71 | $ 1.84 | $ 2.06 | $ 11.00 | $ 9.02 | $ 6.55 | |
| Diluted | $ 3.61 | $ 2.18 | $ 2.46 | $ 2.70 | $ 3.40 | $ 1.70 | $ 1.83 | $ 2.05 | $ 10.94 | $ 8.96 | $ 6.52 | |
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- Definition The aggregate total costs related to selling a firm's product and services, as well as all other general and administrative expenses. Direct selling expenses (for example, credit, warranty, and advertising) are expenses that can be directly linked to the sale of specific products. Indirect selling expenses are expenses that cannot be directly linked to the sale of specific products, for example telephone expenses, Internet, and postal charges. General and administrative expenses include salaries of non-sales personnel, rent, utilities, communication, etc. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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