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FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Revolving Credit Facility (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 17, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	May 30, 2019
2019 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 400,000,000.0		$ 400,000,000.0
Debt issuance costs		3,200,000
Amount of borrowings		200,000,000.0	$ 0
Outstanding amount of lines of credit		20,600,000	$ 18,100,000
2020 Amended Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 225,000,000.0
Minimum liquidity required under debt agreement	$ 250,000,000.0
Minimum liquidity as a percentage of accrued merchant and supplier payables required under debt agreement	70.00%
Monthly liquidity required as a percentage of accrued merchant and supplier payables required under debt agreement	100.00%
Monthly liquidity required in addition to minimum	$ 50,000,000.0
Unused commitment fee percentage	0.40%
Maximum funding commitment	$ 225,000,000.0
Minimum | 2020 Amended Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Commitment fee percentage, daily amount of unused commitments	0.25%
Maximum | 2020 Amended Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage, daily amount of unused commitments	0.35%
Canadian Prime Rate | 2020 Amended Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.50%
Fixed Rate | 2020 Amended Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.50%
LIBOR | Maximum | 2020 Amended Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Letter of Credit | 2019 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 75,000,000.0
Geographic Distribution, Domestic | 2019 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding stock percentage		100.00%
Geographic Distribution, Foreign | 2019 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding stock percentage		65.00%

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