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Significant Accounting Policies (Concentration of Risk) (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 02, 2016 factory
Watch assembly and jewelry production | Production | Production concentration |
Concentration of Risk |
Number of majority-owned assembly factories | 2
Non-Swiss watch assembly | Production | Production concentration |
Concentration of Risk |
Concentration risk percentage | 49.00%
Jewelry production | Production | Production concentration |
Concentration of Risk |
Concentration risk percentage | 59.00%
Licensed products | Sales of licensed products | Licensed products |
Concentration of Risk |
Concentration risk percentage | 51.10%
MICHAEL KORS | Sales of licensed products | Licensed products |
Concentration of Risk |
Concentration risk percentage | 25.40%

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