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REVENUE RECOGNITION - Narrative (Details) | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 28, 2019
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Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |
Revenue from contract with customer, payment terms | 7 days
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Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |
Revenue from contract with customer, payment terms | 45 days

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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. + References No definition available. + Details
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