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2450405 - Disclosure - Pension and Other Post-Retirement Plans - Change in Plan Assets (Details)
(http://www.staples.com/role/PensionAndOtherPostRetirementPlansChangeInPlanAssetsDetails)
TableDefined Benefit Plans and Other Retirement Plans Disclosures [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000791519 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-01-31 - 2017-01-28
2015-02-01 - 2016-01-30
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Axis]Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Axis]
U.S. Plans [Member]International Plans [Member]Defined Benefit Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan [Domain]U.S. Plans [Member]International Plans [Member]Defined Benefit Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan [Domain]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fair value of plan assets beginning balance
27,000,000  
1,006,000,000  
1,033,000,000  
31,000,000  
1,106,000,000  
1,137,000,000  
Actual return on plan assets
2,000,000  
70,000,000  
72,000,000  
(2,000,000) 
(28,000,000) 
(30,000,000) 
Employer's contributions
11,000,000  
11,000,000  
22,000,000  
0  
10,000,000  
10,000,000  
Plan participants' contributions
   
0  
1,000,000  
1,000,000  
Benefits paid
(40,000,000) 
(43,000,000) 
(83,000,000) 
(2,000,000) 
(44,000,000) 
(46,000,000) 
Currency translation adjustments
0  
(29,000,000) 
(29,000,000) 
0  
(39,000,000) 
(39,000,000) 
Fair value of plan assets ending balance
0  
 
1,015,000,000  
 
1,015,000,000  
 
27,000,000  
 
1,006,000,000  
 
1,033,000,000  
 
Funded status