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ORGANIZATION (Details)	Sep. 30, 2016 customers countries branches
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Active customers (in customers) | customers	80,000
Full service branches (in branches) | branches	500
Additional countries (in countries) | countries	14

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- Definition

The number of countries in which the entity operates as of balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Represents the number of stores.

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Balance Type:	na
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X

- 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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No definition available.

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- Definition

Represents the number of customers actively served by the Company.

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No definition available.

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Balance Type:	na
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