2.0.0.10 false Property 00400 - Disclosure - Property true false false false 1 usd $ false false Percent Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance pure xbrli 0 Shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 2 0 low_NotesToConsolidatedFinancialStatements low false na duration string Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Header false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Header false 3 1 us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentDisclosureTextBlock us-gaap true na duration string No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false terselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0 <div style="font-size:12pt"><p>Note 4: Property - Property is shown net of accumulated depreciation of $10.2 billion at April 30, 2010, $9.1 billion at May 1, 2009, and $9.8 billion at January 29, 2010.</p></div> Note 4: Property - Property is shown net of accumulated depreciation of $10.2 billion at April 30, 2010, $9.1 billion at May 1, 2009, and $9.8 billion at false false false Disclosure of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, building and production equipment. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. This element may be used as a single block of text to include the entire PPE disclosure, including data and tables. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) -Number 12 -Paragraph 5 false false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true