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Supplemental Financial Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Supplemental Financial Information - Balance Sheet Accounts |
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| (In thousands)
Inventories include the following: |  |  |
Raw materials and work in process | $ | 101,690 |  |  | $ | 112,327 |
Finished goods | 499,014 |  |  | 501,471 |
| $ | 600,704 |  |  | $ | 613,798 |
Other noncurrent assets include the following: |  |  |
Identifiable intangibles (net of amortization of $168.8 million and $153.7 million at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively) | $ | 639,203 |  |  | $ | 201,859 |
Deferred income taxes | 76,750 |  |  | 508,363 |
Nonamortizable identifiable intangibles | — |  |  | 458,589 |
Other | 229,008 |  |  | 223,326 |
| $ | 944,961 |  |  | $ | 1,392,137 |
Accrued liabilities include the following: |  |  |
Advertising and promotion | $ | 165,572 |  |  | $ | 85,116 |
Royalties | 111,669 |  |  | 107,077 |
Taxes other than income taxes | 74,626 |  |  | 67,555 |
Incentive compensation | 20,218 |  |  | 18,830 |
Other | 420,054 |  |  | 350,248 |
| $ | 792,139 |  |  | $ | 628,826 |
Other noncurrent liabilities include the following: |  |  |
Benefit plan liabilities | $ | 168,539 |  |  | $ | 192,466 |
Noncurrent tax liabilities | 124,330 |  |  | 96,871 |
Other | 191,257 |  |  | 156,831 |
| $ | 484,126 |  |  | $ | 446,168 |
Schedule of Supplemental Financial Information - Income Statement Accounts |
| For the Year Ended
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
| (In thousands)
Currency transaction losses included in: |  |  |  |  |
Operating (loss) income | $ | (29,678 | ) |  | $ | (164,042 | ) |  | $ | (25,715 | )
Other non-operating (expense) income, net | (6,525 | ) |  | (27,290 | ) |  | (8,291 | )
Net transaction losses | $ | (36,203 | ) |  | $ | (191,332 | ) |  | $ | (34,006 | )
Other selling and administrative expenses include the following: |  |  |  |  |
Design and development | $ | 225,245 |  |  | $ | 215,304 |  |  | $ | 217,816 |
Identifiable intangible asset amortization | 23,273 |  |  | 22,215 |  |  | 27,923 |
Bad debt expense | 17,568 |  |  | 9,165 |  |  | 5,813 |

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