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NET LOSS PER SHARE - Anti-Dilutive Awards Excluded from Calculation (Details) - shares		3 Months Ended
	May 01, 2018	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Anti-dilutive Securities Excluded from Calculation of Earnings Per Share
Common stock dividend declared, percentage of shares outstanding	5.00%
Weighted Average
Anti-dilutive Securities Excluded from Calculation of Earnings Per Share
Weighted average number of securities excluded from calculation		667,231	774,572
Stock options
Anti-dilutive Securities Excluded from Calculation of Earnings Per Share
Weighted average number of securities excluded from calculation		87,497	290,838
Restricted stock units
Anti-dilutive Securities Excluded from Calculation of Earnings Per Share
Weighted average number of securities excluded from calculation		546,747	413,385
Restricted stock awards
Anti-dilutive Securities Excluded from Calculation of Earnings Per Share
Weighted average number of securities excluded from calculation		32,987	70,349

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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