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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions			6 Months Ended
	Jul. 29, 2020 USD ($) shares	Feb. 08, 2018 shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) user shares	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2020 shares	Dec. 31, 2019 shares	Dec. 31, 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Lease Obligation Incurred \| $			$ 0.2	$ 0.1
Number of shares authorized (in shares)		1,875,000				1,345,631
Number of shares remaining available for issuance (in shares)		61,247
Award vesting period			4 years
Expiration period			10 years
Options vested in period, fair value \| $			$ 1.4
Compensation not yet recognized \| $			$ 1.3
Common stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost not yet recognized			8 months 12 days
Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			4 years
Granted (in shares)			1,544,000
Unvested PSU (in shares)			2,627,000			1,741,000
Compensation cost not yet recognized			3 years 5 months 1 day
Restricted stock units \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)			1,057,978
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unvested PSU (in shares)			1,252,500
Performance Shares [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSU, performance condition, period			3 years
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Performance Conditions \| user			0.50
Performance Shares [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSU, performance condition, period			5 years
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Performance Conditions \| user			0.25
Performance Shares [Member] \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Three [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Performance Conditions \| user			0.25
ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized, annual increase							1.00%
ESPP, purchase price percentage		85.00%
ESPP, number of shares authorized, annual increase (in shares)			500,000		265,470,000	267,823,000
Employees and non-employee directors \| Minimum \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			1 year
Employees and non-employee directors \| Maximum \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			4 years
Subsequent Event \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	91,593
Compensation not yet recognized, awards other than options \| $	$ 6.1