Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Fiscal Year and Inventories (Details)	12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2026	Aug. 01, 2025	Aug. 02, 2024
Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Number of weeks in fiscal year	364 days	364 days	371 days
Percentage of retail inventories valued using retail inventory method	60.00%
Average period of physical inventory used for estimating shrinkage	2 years

Average period of physical inventory used for estimating shrinkage for the time period between physical inventory counts in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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