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Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 Category Segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | Segment	2
Number of categories | Category	3

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Sales information by product category.

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- Definition

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8672-108599

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