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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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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 | Aug. 31, 2014
Other Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to initial allocation of purchase price, property and equipment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (16)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentPropertyPlantAndEquipment |  |  |
Adjustment to initial allocation of purchase price, tax account adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 odp_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentIncomeTaxLiabilities |  |  |
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, goodwill | 24 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationGoodwillCurrent |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationGoodwillCurrent |  |  |
Impairment Loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 44 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss |  |
Intangible asset impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived |  | 14 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived |
Asset 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 |
Customer Relationships |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average amortization period for the definite-lived intangible assets (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 years |  |  |
Favorable Leases |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average amortization period for the definite-lived intangible assets (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 years |  |  |
Customer Relationships and Trade Names |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = odp_CustomerRelationshipsAndTradeNamesMember | 4 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = odp_CustomerRelationshipsAndTradeNamesMember | 5 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = odp_CustomerRelationshipsAndTradeNamesMember |
Trade Names |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset impairments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges / odp_IntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TradeNamesMember |  |  |
Estimated useful life of intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets |  |  |  |  | 6 us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill / odp_IntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TradeNamesMember |  |  |  |  |  | 6 us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill / odp_IntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TradeNamesMember |  |
Weighted average amortization period for the definite-lived intangible assets (in years) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 year |  |  |
Grupo OfficeMax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disposal group, including discontinued operation, goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 24 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationGoodwillCurrent / dei_LegalEntityAxis = odp_GrupoOfficeMaxMember

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- Definition Amount classified as goodwill attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of, expected to be disposed of within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e1107-107759 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1436-107760 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=8077374&loc=d3e2473-110228 + Details
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