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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 27, 2014 Customer Segment Store | Dec. 28, 2013 Customer | Dec. 29, 2012 Customer | Dec. 31, 2011 | Feb. 04, 2015
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Number of operating segments | 3 us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments |  |  |  |
Percent of subsidiary shares owned | 88.00%us-gaap_SubsidiaryOrEquityMethodInvesteeCumulativePercentageOwnershipAfterAllTransactions |  |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities not yet presented for payment | $ 91 odp_AccountsPayableAndAccruedExpensesNotYetPresentedForPayment | $ 118 odp_AccountsPayableAndAccruedExpensesNotYetPresentedForPayment |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,071 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 955 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 671 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 571 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue |
Trade receivables, net | 812 us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent | 855 us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 18 us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent | 26 us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent |  |  |
Number of customers accounted for more than 10% of total sales | 0 odp_NumberOfCustomerAccountingForMoreThanTenPercentOfSales | 0 odp_NumberOfCustomerAccountingForMoreThanTenPercentOfSales | 0 odp_NumberOfCustomerAccountingForMoreThanTenPercentOfSales |  |
Number of customers accounted for more than 10% of receivables | 0 odp_NumberOfCustomerAccountingForMoreThanTenPercentOfAccountsReceivable | 0 odp_NumberOfCustomerAccountingForMoreThanTenPercentOfAccountsReceivable | 0 odp_NumberOfCustomerAccountingForMoreThanTenPercentOfAccountsReceivable |  |
Other receivables | 452 us-gaap_OtherReceivables | 478 us-gaap_OtherReceivables |  |  |
Factoring agreement, percentage of face value of receivable advanced by the financial institution | 80.00%odp_FaceValuePercentageOfReceivableAdvanced |  |  |  |
Factoring agreement, percentage of face value of receivable retained by the financial institution as guarantee | 20.00%odp_FaceValuePercentageOfReceivableRetainedAsGuarantee |  |  |  |
Prepaid expenses | 116 us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent | 163 us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrent |  |  |
Number of stores for closure through 2016 | 400 odp_NumberOfStoresExpectedToClose |  |  |  |
Accrued payroll-related expenses | 343 us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent | 319 us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent |  |  |
Revenue recognition gift cards breakage adjustment |  | 10 odp_RevenueRecognitionGiftCardsBreakageAdjustment |  |  |
Advertising expense | 447 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 378 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 402 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense |  |
Prepaid advertising costs | 21 us-gaap_PrepaidAdvertising | 26 us-gaap_PrepaidAdvertising |  |  |
Buildings | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
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Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years | 15 years |  |  |  |
Buildings | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
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Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years | 30 years |  |  |  |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
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Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years | 3 years |  |  |  |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
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Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years | 10 years |  |  |  |
Computer Software for Common Office Applications |  |  |  |  |
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Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years | 3 years |  |  |  |
Computer Software for Larger Business Application |  |  |  |  |
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Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years | 5 years |  |  |  |
Computer Software for Enterprise Wide Systems |  |  |  |  |
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Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years | 7 years |  |  |  |
Software | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
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Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years | 3 years |  |  |  |
Software | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
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Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years | 7 years |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event | Staples, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
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Common stock issued in cash |  |  |  |  | $ 7.25 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = odp_StaplesAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Business acquisition common stock exchange ratio |  |  |  |  | 0.2188 odp_BusinessAcquisitionCommonSharesExchangeRatio / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = odp_StaplesAcquisitionMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Vendor Arrangements Receivables |  |  |  |  |
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Other receivables | 360 us-gaap_OtherReceivables / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = odp_VendorArrangementsReceivablesMember | 319 us-gaap_OtherReceivables / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = odp_VendorArrangementsReceivablesMember |  |  |
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets |  |  |  |  |
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Factoring agreement, retention guarantee | 11 odp_RetentionGuaranteeOnReceivablesSold / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssetsMember | 13 odp_RetentionGuaranteeOnReceivablesSold / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_PrepaidExpensesAndOtherCurrentAssetsMember |  |  |
Receivables |  |  |  |  |
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Receivables under Factoring Agreement | 6 odp_ReceivablesUnderFactoringAgreement / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = odp_ReceivablesMember | 10 odp_ReceivablesUnderFactoringAgreement / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = odp_ReceivablesMember |  |  |
Receivables sold under Factoring Agreement | 479 odp_ReceivablesSoldUnderFactoringAgreement / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = odp_ReceivablesMember | 443 odp_ReceivablesSoldUnderFactoringAgreement / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = odp_ReceivablesMember |  |  |
Outside The United States |  |  |  |  |
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ 309 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = odp_OutsideUnitedStatesMember |  |  |  |

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