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Borrowings - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017
Pan US ABL facility (due 2022) [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [line items]
Debt covenant, Percentage of aggregate revolving loan commitments	10.00%

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- Definition

Percentage of excess availability vs. aggregate revolving commitment that require an evaluation of compliance.

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- Definition

Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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