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Property held for sale Property held for sale (Notes)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017
Property held for sale [Abstract]
Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block]	Property Held For Sale During 2016, the Company announced plans to cease operations at the distribution center located in Fairfield, New Jersey. During the first quarter of 2017, the Company ceased operations at this location and classified the net book value of $0.7 million as property held for sale. Depreciation of the property has been discontinued and the Company is under contract to sell the property for a gain in the second quarter of 2017.

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Tabular disclosure of long lived assets held for sale. Disclosure may include the description of the facts and circumstances leading to the expected disposal, manner and timing of disposal, the carrying value of the assets held for sale, the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64862545&loc=d3e2941-110230

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