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Significant Accounting Policies (Accounts Receivable) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Allowance for estimated customer returns	$ 66.9	$ 68.7
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable	12.8	$ 15.8
Cost and expense related to the Company's doubtful accounts	$ 4.5

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- Definition

Valuation allowance for trade and other receivables due to an Entity within one year (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer) that are expected to be uncollectible and valuation allowance for the amount of products sold that the entity expects to be returned by the purchaser.

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A valuation allowance for estimated customer returns.

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Amount of expense related to write-down of receivables to the amount expected to be collected. Includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and notes receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.5)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3602-108585

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