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Acquisition and Dispositions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 28, 2015 | Aug. 31, 2014 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Feb. 04, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Other acquisition, purchase consideration | $ 10 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 |  |  |
Long lived assets held for sale | $ 34 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationLongLivedAssets |  | $ 31 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationLongLivedAssets |
Grupo OfficeMax |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Sale of stock, percentage of ownership before transaction |  | 51.00%us-gaap_SaleOfStockPercentageOfOwnershipBeforeTransaction / dei_LegalEntityAxis = odp_GrupoOfficeMaxMember |  |
Staples, Inc. |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Common stock issued in cash |  |  |  | $ 7.25 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionSharePrice / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = odp_StaplesAcquisitionMember
Business acquisition common stock exchange ratio |  |  |  | 0.2188 odp_BusinessAcquisitionCommonSharesExchangeRatio / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = odp_StaplesAcquisitionMember

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