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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2017
Performance Shares, Stock Options, Other Forms Of Compensation And Common Share Repurchaces [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stock-based Compensation Expense [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | October 1, |  | October 2, |  | October 1, |  | October 2, |
(in thousands) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Stock options |  | $ | 57 |  | $ | 157 |  | $ | 173 |  | $ | 209 |
Restricted stock |  |  | (5) |  |  | 15 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 45 |
|  | $ | 52 |  | $ | 172 |  | $ | 183 |  | $ | 254 |
Schedule Of Stock Options Activity [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Average
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Remaining
|  | Number of |  | Weighted Average |  | Contractual
(number of options in thousands) |  | Options |  | Exercise Price |  | Life in Years
Options outstanding at January 1, 2017 |  | 686 |  | $ | 9.15 |  | 5.7
Granted |  | 55 |  |  | 4.29 |  |
Exercised |  | — |  |  | — |  |
Forfeited or expired |  | (217) |  |  | 13.26 |  |
Options outstanding at October 1, 2017 |  | 524 |  | $ | 6.94 |  | 6.0
|  | Nine Months Ended |  |  |
|  | October 1, 2017 |  | Fiscal 2016 |
Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the period |  | $ | 2.42 |  | $ | 1.97 |
Expected life (in years) |  |  | 6.1 |  |  | 5.2 |
Expected stock volatility |  |  | 54.41 | % |  | 39.98 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 2.0 | % |  | 1.2 | %

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5047-113901 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure for stock option plans. Includes, but is not limited to, outstanding awards at beginning and end of year, grants, exercises, forfeitures, and weighted-average grant date fair value. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (e) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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