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Segments - Revenue and Long-Lived Assets, Geographic Region (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 3,593.1	$ 3,492.6	$ 3,237.5
Long-lived assets	1,398.6	1,418.5
United States [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	2,483.9	2,288.9	2,060.2
Long-lived assets	1,033.3	1,042.3
Europe [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	635.0	701.9	658.3
All Other [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	474.2	501.8	$ 519.0
Long-lived assets	250.8	254.8
Sweden [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	$ 114.5	$ 121.4

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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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