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Segment and Geographic Information - Segment information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016	Aug. 31, 2016	May 31, 2016	Feb. 29, 2016	Nov. 30, 2015	Aug. 31, 2015	May 31, 2015	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 29, 2016	Feb. 28, 2015
Segment information
Sales revenue, net	$ 376,697	$ 444,414	$ 368,170	$ 347,938	$ 385,724	$ 445,503	$ 369,129	$ 345,345	$ 1,537,219	$ 1,545,701	$ 1,445,131
Asset impairment charges	5,000			$ 7,400	3,000			$ 3,000	12,400	6,000	9,000
Operating income									164,332	130,615	161,719
Identifiable assets	1,813,096				1,848,894				1,813,096	1,848,894	1,622,239
Capital and intangible asset expenditures									20,619	20,603	6,521
Depreciation and amortization									44,341	42,749	39,653
Housewares
Segment information
Sales revenue, net									418,128	310,663	296,252
Operating income									89,641	56,659	59,392
Identifiable assets	642,967				610,176				642,967	610,176	387,663
Capital and intangible asset expenditures									5,652	1,560	2,019
Depreciation and amortization									5,723	4,183	3,615
Health & Home
Segment information
Sales revenue, net									632,769	642,735	613,253
Operating income									52,294	38,078	50,821
Identifiable assets	679,248				715,104				679,248	715,104	667,954
Capital and intangible asset expenditures									5,192	9,131	2,602
Depreciation and amortization									20,374	21,300	20,532
Nutritional Supplements
Segment information
Sales revenue, net									130,543	153,126	100,395
Asset impairment charges									9,500
Operating income									(7,933)	11,446	9,512
Identifiable assets	205,889				216,963				205,889	216,963	216,798
Capital and intangible asset expenditures									5,112	3,927	613
Depreciation and amortization									8,408	9,424	$ 5,380
Period of operating results of acquisition included											8 months
Overhead allocation									6,000	4,700
Beauty
Segment information
Sales revenue, net									355,779	439,177	$ 435,231
Asset impairment charges									2,900	6,000	9,000
Operating income									30,330	24,432	41,994
Identifiable assets	$ 284,992				$ 306,651				284,992	306,651	349,824
Capital and intangible asset expenditures									4,663	5,985	1,287
Depreciation and amortization									$ 9,836	$ 7,842	$ 10,126
Hydro Flask | Housewares
Segment information
Period of operating results of acquisition included									11 months 15 days

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