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Receivables - Schedule of Performing and Nonperforming Finance and Contract Receivables (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 02, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Finance Receivables	$ 1,374.3	$ 1,258.2
Contract Receivables	357.5	353.1
Performing [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Finance Receivables	1,356.2	1,240.0
Contract Receivables	355.2	351.4
Nonperforming [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Finance Receivables	18.1	18.2
Contract Receivables	$ 2.3	$ 1.7

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- Definition

Contract receivable.

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- Definition

Notes and loans receivable.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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