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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2014 Customer	Sep. 28, 2013	Sep. 27, 2014 Customer	Sep. 28, 2013	Mar. 29, 2014 Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]	Sep. 27, 2014 Accounts Receivable [Member]	Mar. 29, 2014 Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]
Schedule of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Shipping costs	$ 10	$ 9	$ 19	$ 17
Handling costs	$ 45	$ 52	$ 87	$ 91
Number Of Key Department Store Customers	3		3
Contribution of Key Wholesale Customers					25.00%	40.00%	12.00%

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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