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Business Segments (Revenue and Operating Profit by Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Apr. 01, 2017
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 534.1	$ 591.3
Operating profit (loss)	61.5	34.5
Wolverine Outdoor and Lifestyle Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	222.8	231.4
Operating profit (loss)	52.7	51.6
Wolverine Boston Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	219.0	264.0
Operating profit (loss)	36.8	33.8
Wolverine Heritage Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	73.1	75.7
Operating profit (loss)	12.6	9.6
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	19.2	20.2
Operating profit (loss)	0.9	0.3
Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit (loss)	$ (41.5)	$ (60.8)

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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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