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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)
12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2011
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Selling, general and administrative expenses
USD ($)
Oct. 31, 2014
Thomas Plant
USD ($)
Oct. 31, 2014
Thomas Plant
GBP (£)
Jan. 15, 2014
Thomas Plant
USD ($)
Jan. 15, 2014
Thomas Plant
GBP (£)
Dec. 31, 2014
Thomas Plant
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Thomas Plant
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Thomas Plant
GBP (£)
Jan. 15, 2014
Thomas Plant
USD ($)
Jan. 15, 2014
Thomas Plant
GBP (£)
Dec. 31, 2014
Thomas Plant
Cost of Sales
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Other Acquisitions
USD ($)
Dec. 20, 2012
Fred & Friends
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Fred & Friends
USD ($)
Dec. 20, 2012
Fred & Friends
USD ($)
Dec. 20, 2012
Fred & Friends
Customer Relationships
USD ($)
Dec. 20, 2012
Fred & Friends
Trade Names
USD ($)
Dec. 20, 2012
Fred & Friends
Contingent Payment
USD ($)
Dec. 20, 2012
Fred & Friends
Contractual Holdback
USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                                              
Percentage of equity interests acquired                         100.00%lcut_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfEquityInterestsAcquired
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
100.00%lcut_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfEquityInterestsAcquired
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                 
Business acquisition cash paid               $ 61,500,000lcut_PaymentsToAcquireBusinesses
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
£ 37,400,000lcut_PaymentsToAcquireBusinesses
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                           
Business acquisition, issuance of common stock shares               581,432us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
581,432us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                           
Business acquisition, common stock value               9,000,000lcut_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuableBeforeMarketValueAdjustment
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
5,500,000lcut_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuableBeforeMarketValueAdjustment
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                           
Business acquisition, contingent cash consideration payable                         9,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
5,500,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
      7,700,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_FredAndFriendsMember
         
Projected benefit obligation 6,776,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligation 5,212,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligation               11,700,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligation
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
  7,100,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanBenefitObligation
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                     
Discount rate of obligation plan 3.65%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate 4.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate               3.30%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                         
Additional payment on plan settlement           2,400,000lcut_SettlementPayment
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
1,500,000lcut_SettlementPayment
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                               
Net impact on plan settlements           0us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToSettlements1
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                                 
Net Sales                   67,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                         
Income from operations                   4,100,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationEarningsOrLossOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                         
Business combination increase in fair value of inventory                             900,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentInventory
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_CostOfSalesMember
               
Amortization of intangible assets                     3,400,000lcut_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaAdjustmentAmortizationExpenseIntangibleAssets
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                       
Elimination of acquisition costs                   1,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentConsiderationTransferred
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600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentConsiderationTransferred
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                       
Interest Expense and Debt Issuance Cost                     2,000,000lcut_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaInterestExpenseAndOther
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                       
Adjustment to compensation expense                     2,200,000lcut_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaAdditionalCompensationExpense
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
                       
Business acquisition cash paid               61,302,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
              5,400,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_OtherAcquisitionsMember
14,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_FredAndFriendsMember
           
Value of contingent consideration               2,488,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
[1]                 5,370,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred
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= lcut_FredAndFriendsMember
        4,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred
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= lcut_FredAndFriendsMember
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= lcut_ContingentPaymentMember
1,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred
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= lcut_FredAndFriendsMember
/ us-gaap_ContingentConsiderationByTypeAxis
= lcut_ContractualHoldbackMember
Fair value adjustment to reduce the contingent consideration accrual (4,203,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1       (4,200,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1
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Purchase price allocation, intangible assets                         54,946,000lcut_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationIntangibleAssetsAndGoodwill
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= lcut_ThomasPlantMember
          13,592,000lcut_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationIntangibleAssetsAndGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_FredAndFriendsMember
       
Purchase price allocation, amortizable intangible assets                                       7,200,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
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= lcut_FredAndFriendsMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
3,900,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
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= lcut_FredAndFriendsMember
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= us-gaap_TradeNamesMember
   
Purchase price allocation, goodwill amount $ 18,101,000us-gaap_Goodwill $ 5,085,000us-gaap_Goodwill $ 5,085,000us-gaap_Goodwill $ 2,673,000us-gaap_Goodwill                             $ 2,500,000us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= lcut_FredAndFriendsMember
       
[1] The value of contingent consideration represents the present value of the estimated payments related to the attainment of certain financial targets for the years 2014 through 2016. The maximum undiscounted contingent consideration to be paid on the agreement is £5.5 million ($9.0 million).