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Business Segments (Revenue and Operating Profit by Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended
	Sep. 10, 2016	Sep. 12, 2015	Sep. 10, 2016	Sep. 12, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 603.7	$ 678.9	$ 1,765.0	$ 1,940.4
Operating profit (loss)	69.0	75.9	144.8	187.1
Wolverine Outdoor and Lifestyle Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	219.1	252.7	639.8	694.1
Operating profit (loss)	43.2	59.8	126.7	150.4
Wolverine Boston Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	202.4	222.3	629.7	697.3
Operating profit (loss)	30.7	29.7	89.3	106.3
Wolverine Heritage Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	86.0	87.3	232.0	247.9
Operating profit (loss)	13.3	14.8	30.1	37.6
Wolverine Multi-Brand Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	80.5	95.9	218.6	249.3
Operating profit (loss)	5.9	7.2	7.1	9.7
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	15.7	20.7	44.9	51.8
Operating profit (loss)	1.4	1.8	3.5	4.1
Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit (loss)	$ (25.5)	$ (37.4)	$ (111.9)	$ (121.0)

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(a))
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