Organization, Consolidation, Basis of Presentation, Business Description and Accounting Policies [Text Block] | 1. General Information The Company GameStop Corp. (“GameStop,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”) is a global family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple. Within our family of brands, we are the world’s largest omnichannel video game retailer, the largest AT&T® (“AT&T”) authorized retailer, the largest Apple© (“Apple”) certified products reseller, and the owner of www.thinkgeek.com, one of the world’s largest sellers of collectible pop-culture themed products. As of August 4, 2018 , GameStop's retail network and family of brands included 7,192 company-operated stores in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. We have five reportable segments, which are comprised of four geographic Video Game Brands segments—United States, Canada, Australia and Europe—and a Technology Brands segment. Our Technology Brands segment includes our Spring Mobile and Simply Mac businesses. Spring Mobile owns and operates our AT&T branded wireless retail stores. Basis of Presentation and Consolidation The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and the accounts of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments) which are, in our opinion, necessary for a fair presentation of the information as of and for the periods presented. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all disclosures required under GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our annual report on Form 10-K for the 53 weeks ended February 3, 2018 , as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2018, (the “2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. In preparing these financial statements, we have made our best estimates and judgments of certain amounts included in the financial statements, giving due consideration to materiality. Changes in the estimates and assumptions used by us could have a significant impact on our financial results. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Due to the seasonal nature of our business, the results of operations for the 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 are not indicative of the results to be expected for the 52 weeks ending February 2, 2019 ("fiscal 2018"). Restricted Cash Restricted cash of $14.1 million , $14.7 million and $14.9 million as of August 4, 2018 , July 29, 2017 and February 3, 2018 , respectively, consists primarily of bank deposits serving as collateral for bank guarantees issued on behalf of our foreign subsidiaries and is included in other noncurrent assets in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Dividend On September 4, 2018 , our Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend to our stockholders of $0.38 per share of Class A Common Stock payable on October 2, 2018 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 18, 2018 . Future dividends, if any, will be subject to approval by our Board of Directors. Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements In August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments , which provides guidance on eight specific cash flow issues in regard to how cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The FASB also issued ASU 2016-18, Restricted Cash, in November 2016 that requires entities to include restricted cash with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts presented in the statement of cash flows. These updated standards are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted. We adopted these new standards on a retrospective basis, which did not result in a material impact to our consolidated financial statements. As required by ASU 2016-18, we include restricted cash with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts presented on our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents in the condensed consolidated balance sheets to total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in millions): August 4, July 29, February 3, Cash and cash equivalents $ 279.6 $ 262.1 $ 864.4 Restricted cash (included in prepaid expenses and other current assets) 2.8 — — Restricted cash (included in other noncurrent assets) 11.3 14.7 14.9 Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in the statements of cash flows $ 293.7 $ 276.8 $ 879.3 In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers , which sets forth a new five-step revenue recognition model that replaces the prior revenue recognition guidance in its entirety. The underlying principle of the new standard is that an entity will recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects what it expects in exchange for the goods or services. The updated standard also requires additional disclosures on the nature, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and related cash flows. In 2016, the FASB issued several ASUs that further amended the new revenue standard in the areas of principal versus agent evaluation, licenses of intellectual property, identifying performance obligations, and other clarifications and technical corrections. We adopted the new revenue standard, effective February 4, 2018, by utilizing the modified retrospective transition approach. The new revenue standard primarily impacted the accounting of our PowerUp Rewards loyalty program and the recognition of breakage associated with our gift cards liability. For our loyalty program, we previously estimated the net cost of the rewards that were issued and recorded this cost (presented as cost of sales) and the associated balance sheet liability as points were accumulated by our loyalty program members. Under the new standard, the transaction price is allocated between the product(s) and loyalty points earned based on the relative stand-alone selling prices and expected point redemption. The portion allocated to the loyalty points is initially recorded as deferred revenue and subsequently recognized as revenue upon redemption or expiration. For our gift cards liability, estimated breakage on unused gift cards and merchandise credit liabilities was previously recognized on a quarterly basis (recorded to cost of sales) to the extent that we believed the likelihood of redemption was remote, generally for balances older than two years. Under the new standard, we recognize breakage in revenue upon redemption and in proportion to historical redemption patterns, regardless of the age of the unused gift cards and merchandise credit liabilities. In addition, the new revenue standard requires presentation of our sales return reserve to be on a gross basis, consisting of a separate right of return asset and liability. Consistent with the modified retrospective transition approach, we have applied the new revenue standard on a prospective basis, effective February 4, 2018, and recorded adjustments to our current period opening balance sheet (as of February 4, 2018) to reflect the cumulative effect of the new revenue standard. The cumulative-effect adjustment included a reduction of our gift card and customer deposit liabilities of $44.3 million , an increase to our loyalty program liabilities of $28.2 million and an increase to our retained earnings of $16.1 million ( $11.5 million , net of tax). The cumulative-effect adjustment also included a $4.4 million increase to merchandise inventories, net and accrued liabilities to present our sales return reserve on a gross basis. The adoption of the new standard resulted in expanded revenue recognition disclosures which are included below in Note 2, “Revenue.” The impact of the new revenue standard to our statement of operations for the 13 and 26 weeks ended August 4, 2018 is as follows (in millions): 13 Weeks Ended August 4, 2018 26 Weeks Ended August 4, 2018 Under Prior Standard Impact of New Standard As Reported Under Prior Standard Impact of New Standard As Reported Net sales $ 1,639.5 $ 7.2 $ 1,646.7 $ 3,568.8 $ 11.9 $ 3,580.7 Cost of sales 1,044.7 5.9 1,050.6 2,317.2 10.1 2,327.3 Gross profit 594.8 1.3 596.1 1,251.6 1.8 1,253.4 Operating earnings 20.3 1.3 21.6 76.9 1.8 78.7 Earnings before income taxes 6.4 1.3 7.7 49.3 1.8 51.1 Income tax expense 32.3 0.3 32.6 47.4 0.4 47.8 Net (loss) income (25.9 ) 1.0 (24.9 ) 1.9 1.4 3.3 The impact of the new revenue standard to our balance sheet as of August 4, 2018 is as follows (in millions): August 4, 2018 Under Prior Standard Impact of New Standard As Reported Merchandise inventories, net $ 1,232.8 $ 4.2 $ 1,237.0 Total current assets 1,850.5 4.2 1,854.7 Deferred income taxes 158.2 (4.6 ) 153.6 Total noncurrent assets 2,432.3 (4.6 ) 2,427.7 Total assets 4,282.8 (0.4 ) 4,282.4 Accrued liabilities 694.4 (13.7 ) 680.7 Income taxes payable 52.9 0.4 53.3 Total current liabilities 1,289.0 (13.3 ) 1,275.7 Total liabilities 2,191.5 (13.3 ) 2,178.2 Retained earnings 2,104.1 12.9 2,117.0 Total stockholders' equity 2,091.3 12.9 2,104.2 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 4,282.8 (0.4 ) 4,282.4 Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities . The new guidance is intended to more closely align hedge accounting with entities’ hedging strategies, simplify the application of hedge accounting and increase the transparency of hedging programs. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We do not anticipate that adoption of this standard will have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases . This standard requires a lessee to recognize a liability related to lease payments and an offsetting right-of-use asset representing a right to use the underlying asset for the lease term on the balance sheet. Entities are required to use a modified retrospective transition approach for leases that exist or are entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain reliefs available. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements , which provides clarifications and improvements to ASU 2016-02 including allowing entities to elect an additional transition method with which to adopt ASU 2016-02. The approved transition method enables entities to apply the transition requirements in this ASU at the effective date of ASU 2016-02 (rather than at the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented as currently required) with the effect of initially applying ASU 2016-02 recognized as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings in the period of adoption. Consequently, an entity’s reporting for the comparative periods presented in the year of adoption would continue to be in accordance with ASC 840, Leases (Topic 840) (“ASC 840”), including the disclosure requirements of ASC 840. These ASUs are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the overall impact to our consolidated financial statements, though we expect the adoption to result in a material increase in the assets and liabilities reflected in our consolidated balance sheets. |