The contingent consideration liability at the maximum annual variable price.

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Represents the projected operating expenses as a percentage of revenues used as an input to measure fair value.

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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the value of a contingent consideration liability, including, but not limited to, differences arising upon settlement.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Assets, usually stocks, bonds, and other investments, that have been segregated and restricted (usually in a trust) to provide benefits, at their fair value as of the measurement date. Plan assets include amounts contributed by the employer (and by employees for a contributory plan) and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those non-benefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Percentage of assumed long-term growth in revenues, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Fair value portion of asset contracts related to the exchange of different currencies, including, but not limited to, foreign currency options, forward contracts, and swaps.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of interest rate derivative assets, which includes all such derivative instruments in hedging and nonhedging relationships that are recognized as assets.

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Fair value of financial and nonfinancial obligations.

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Fair Value Measurements (Details)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Fair Value Measurements (Details)	Oct. 04, 2014 Fossil Spain USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2015 Fossil Spain EUR (€)	Jan. 03, 2015 Level 3 Contingent consideration, Fossil Spain	Jan. 03, 2015 Fair Value Measurement, Recurring Basis Level 1 USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2013 Fair Value Measurement, Recurring Basis Level 1 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2015 Fair Value Measurement, Recurring Basis Level 2 USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2013 Fair Value Measurement, Recurring Basis Level 2 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2015 Fair Value Measurement, Recurring Basis Level 3 USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2013 Fair Value Measurement, Recurring Basis Level 3 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2015 Fair Value Measurement, Recurring Basis Total USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2013 Fair Value Measurement, Recurring Basis Total USD ($)
Assets:
Forward contracts					$ 0	$ 0	$ 27,669,000	$ 3,508,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 27,669,000	$ 3,508,000
Investment in publicly traded mutual funds					2,477,000	2,360,000		0	0	0	2,477,000	2,360,000
Interest rate swaps					0	0	1,724,000	4,307,000	0	0	1,724,000	4,307,000
Total					2,477,000	2,360,000	29,393,000	7,815,000	0	0	31,870,000	10,175,000
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration					0	0	0	0	7,114,000	8,084,000	7,114,000	8,084,000
Forward contracts						0		8,214,000		0		8,214,000
Interest rate swaps					0	0	2,514,000	4,476,000	0	0	2,514,000	4,476,000
Total					0	0	2,514,000	12,690,000	7,114,000	8,084,000	9,628,000	20,774,000
Payment of contingent consideration		3,400,000	2,800,000
Fair value of contingent consideration liability during the period resulting increase (decrease) operating expenses	(1,100,000)
Maximum annual variable price for contingent consideration		$ 4,200,000	€ 3,500,000
Future revenue growth for 2015 (as a percent)		10.00%	10.00%
Projected operating expenses as a percentage of revenues				28.00%
Discount rate (as a percent)				19.00%