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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 brandName country segment
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Number of brand names | brandName	90
Number of countries in which products are marketed, sold and distributed (country) | country	80
Number of reportable segments (segment) | segment	3

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-18

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