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Merger - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2013 | Sep. 28, 2013 | Sep. 27, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Nov. 05, 2013 | Aug. 31, 2014 Grupo OfficeMax | Nov. 05, 2013 OfficeMax
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Office Depot shares of common stock issued to former OfficeMax holders |  |  |  |  |  |  | 240,000,000
Percentage of shares issued to acquire entity |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45.00%
Common Stock Shares Outstanding |  |  |  |  | 530,000,000 |  |
Merger agreement, new shares of common stock issuable |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.69
Consideration allocated on preliminary basis |  |  | $ 1,400,000,000 |  |  |  |
Preferred stock redemption percentage | 50.00% |  |  | 50.00% |  |  |
Preferred stock redemption value | 216,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock liquidation preference value | 203,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock redemption premium | 12,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock redemption premium percentage | 6.00% |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock dividends |  | 43,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Difference between liquidation preference and carrying value of the preferred stock |  | 10,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Sale of stock, percentage of ownership before transaction |  |  |  |  |  | 51.00% |
Proceeds from sale of consolidated joint venture |  |  |  |  |  | 43,000,000 |
Loss on sale of consolidated joint venture |  |  |  |  |  | (2,000,000) |
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, goodwill |  |  |  |  |  | 24,000,000 |
Long lived assets held for sale |  |  | $ 38,000,000 |  |  |  |

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