|**DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)**                                                                                                                | 6 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|**Derivative Financial Instruments [Abstract]**                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]                                                         | The following table summarizes the fair value and presentation in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for the Company’s derivative financial instruments:(In millions)Asset Derivatives (Classified in Other Current Assets and Other Assets)Liability Derivatives (Classified in Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities)8/2/158/3/148/2/158/3/14Contracts designated as cash flow hedges:Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)$46.6$7.8$3.2$1.5Interest rate contracts0.34.814.47.8Total contracts designated as cash flow hedges46.912.617.69.3Undesignated contracts:Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (principally intercompany transactions)18.20.70.40.7Total undesignated contracts18.20.70.40.7Total$65.1$13.3$18.0$10.0
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|(In millions)                                                                                                                                                | Asset Derivatives (Classified in Other Current Assets and Other Assets)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|Contracts designated as cash flow hedges:                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)                                                                                        | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Interest rate contracts                                                                                                                                      | 0.3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Total contracts designated as cash flow hedges                                                                                                               | 46.9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Undesignated contracts:                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (principally intercompany transactions)                                                                          | 18.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Total undesignated contracts                                                                                                                                 | 18.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance [Table Text Block]                                                     | The following table summarizes the effect of the Company’s hedges designated as cash flow hedging instruments:Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive (Loss) IncomeGain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Expense)(In millions)LocationAmountThirteen Weeks Ended8/2/158/3/148/2/158/3/14Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)$23.1$13.5Cost of goods sold$27.5$(2.1)Interest rate contracts(2.6)(1.7)Interest expense(1.1)(1.7)Total$20.5$11.8$26.4$(3.8)Twenty-Six Weeks Ended8/2/158/3/148/2/158/3/14Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)$23.7$1.2Cost of goods sold$48.1$(5.5)Interest rate contracts(1.5)(2.3)Interest expense(2.2)(3.6)Total$22.2$(1.1)$45.9$(9.1)              
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|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|Schedule of Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the effect of the Company’s foreign currency forward exchange undesignated contracts:(In millions)Gain (Loss) Recognized in IncomeThirteen Weeks EndedLocation8/2/158/3/14Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (principally intercompany transactions)Selling, general and administrative expenses$1.8$1.8Twenty-Six Weeks EndedLocation8/2/158/3/14Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (principally intercompany transactions)Selling, general and administrative expenses$4.5$(0.3)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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