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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 trade_name
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets	$ 0	$ 11,000,000	$ 1,469,000,000	$ 74,000,000
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets			1,257,000,000
Number of indefinite-lived trade names (in trade names) | trade_name					9
Incremental impact of a 10% reduction In input	0
Trade Names
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets				0
Commercial Solutions
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets	0	11,000,000	320,000,000	74,000,000
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets			320,000,000
Appliances and Cookware
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets			87,000,000
Incremental impact of a 10% reduction In input			6,000,000
Home Solutions
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets	0	0	290,000,000	0
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets			290,000,000
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets, impact of a 10% reduction			39,000,000
Incremental impact of a 10% reduction In input			6,000,000
Learning and Development
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets		0	78,000,000	0
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets			78,000,000
Impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets, impact of a 10% reduction			13,000,000
Incremental impact of a 10% reduction In input			16,000,000
Continuing Operations
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of intangible assets	$ 39,000,000	46,000,000	$ 82,000,000	93,000,000
Discontinued Operations
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization of intangible assets		$ 0		$ 0

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