Revenue - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
12 Months Ended | |||
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Jan. 31, 2026 |
Feb. 01, 2025 |
Feb. 03, 2024 |
Jan. 28, 2023 |
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| Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
| Percentage of net sales revenue | 96.00% | 97.00% | 97.00% | |
| Macy's sales to total company sales | 84.00% | 85.00% | 86.00% | |
| Percentage of digital sales | 35.00% | 33.00% | 33.00% | |
| Contract with customer, refund liability | $ 128 | $ 114 | ||
| Contract with customer, right to recover product | 81 | 72 | ||
| Contract with customer, liability, current | 349 | 353 | $ 384 | $ 399 |
| Other revenue | 669 | 537 | 619 | |
| Amount received under agreement | $ 763 | $ 630 | $ 722 | |
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| Agreement renewal option number of years | 3 years | |||
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- Definition Agreement Renewal Option Number of Years No definition available.
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- Definition Amount Received Under Agreement No definition available.
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- Definition % of Macy's sales to entire Company sales No definition available.
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- Definition Net Earnings from Credit Operations No definition available.
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- Definition Percentage of digital sales to net sales. No definition available.
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- Definition Percentage of Net Sales to Total Revenue No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable, classified as current. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of liability for consideration received or receivable from customer which is not included in transaction price, when consideration is expected to be refunded to customer. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of right to recover product from customer on settling refund liability. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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