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Net Income Per Common Share - Additional Information (Detail) - shares shares in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jul. 01, 2018 | Jul. 02, 2017 | Jul. 01, 2018 | Jul. 02, 2017
Net Income Loss Per Common Share |  |  |  |
Exercise of stock options |  | 0.1 |  | 0.1
Restricted Stock Units |  |  |  |
Net Income Loss Per Common Share |  |  |  |
Dilutive securities excluded from earning per share | 0.6 |  | 0.5 |

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- Definition Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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