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Accrued Expenses | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 03, 2015
Disclosure Accrued Expenses [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses | Accrued Expenses Accrued expenses consist of the following:
| Oct 3, 2015 |  | Jan 3, 2015
| (in thousands)
Accrued payroll and related expenses | $ | 60,770 |  |  | $ | 50,844 |
Advanced customer deposits | 57,835 |  |  | 20,367 |
Accrued warranty | 36,437 |  |  | 28,786 |
Accrued customer rebates | 35,458 |  |  | 32,357 |
Accrued product liability and workers compensation | 14,332 |  |  | 14,582 |
Accrued professional services | 11,706 |  |  | 7,053 |
Accrued agent commission | 11,285 |  |  | 11,207 |
Accrued sales and other tax | 11,272 |  |  | 7,660 |
Product recall | 10,028 |  |  | 12,125 |
Other accrued expenses | 51,614 |  |  | 35,604 |
| $ | 300,737 |  |  | $ | 220,585 |

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