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Schedule of Quarterly Financial Data (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2013 | Jul. 31, 2013 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Sep. 27, 2014 | Jun. 28, 2014 | Mar. 29, 2014 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Sep. 28, 2013 | Jun. 29, 2013 | Mar. 30, 2013 | Sep. 29, 2012 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Dec. 29, 2012
Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax Merger, restructuring, and other operating expenses |  |  | $ 128 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet |  | $ 72 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet |  | $ 103 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet |  | $ 101 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet |  | $ 111 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet |  | $ 44 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet |  | $ 26 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet |  | $ 19 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet |  |  | $ 403 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet | $ 201 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet | $ 56 odp_MergerRestructuringAndOtherOperatingExpensesNet
Assets impairments |  |  | 11 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  | 6 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  | 22 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  | 50 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  | 12 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  | 49 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  | 4 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  | 5 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges |  | 14 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | 88 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | 70 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges | 139 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Legal accrual |  |  |  |  | 1 us-gaap_LegalFees |  | 80 us-gaap_LegalFees |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 81 us-gaap_LegalFees |  |
Preferred stock dividends | 23 us-gaap_RedeemablePreferredStockDividends | 22 us-gaap_RedeemablePreferredStockDividends |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45 us-gaap_RedeemablePreferredStockDividends |
Sales |  |  | 3,832 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1] | 4,069 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1] | 3,841 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1] | 4,354 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1] | 3,486 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1],[2] | 2,619 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1],[3] | 2,419 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1] | 2,718 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | [1] |  | 16,096 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 11,242 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 10,696 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Net income (loss) |  |  | (84)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [1],[4] | 29 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [1],[4] | (190)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [1],[4] | (109)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [1],[4] | (121)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [1],[2],[5] | 161 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [1],[3],[5] | (54)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [1],[5] | (7)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | [1],[5] |  | (354)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | (20)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | (77)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Office Depot De Mexico |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain on sale of business, after tax |  | 235 odp_GainLossOnSaleOfBusinessAfterTax / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = odp_OfficeDepotDeMexicoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
OfficeMax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales | 939 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = odp_OfficemaxIncorporatedMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income (loss) | $ (39)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = odp_OfficemaxIncorporatedMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
[1] | Due to rounding, the sum of the quarterly earnings amounts may not equal the reported amounts for the year.
[2] | Net income available to common stockholders includes (i) impact of the Merger of $939 million in Sales and $(39) million in Net income (loss); and (ii) preferred stock dividends of $23 million associated to redemption in November 2013.
[3] | Net income available to common stockholders includes an after-tax gain of approximately $235 million resulting from the sale of Office Depot de Mexico and preferred stock dividends of $22 million associated to redemption in July 2013.
[4] | In the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2014, captions include pre-tax Merger, restructuring, and other operating expenses, net amounting to $101 million, $103 million, $72 million and $127 million, respectively and asset impairments of $50 million, $22 million, $6 million and $11 million, respectively. The second and third quarters of 2014 include $80 million and $1 million associated to Legal accrual, respectively.
[5] | In the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2013, captions include pre-tax Merger, restructuring, and other operating expenses amounting to $19 million, $26 million, $44 million and $111 million, respectively and asset impairments of $5 million, $4 million, $49 million and $12 million, respectively.

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