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Stock-based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2012
Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Weighted-Average Assumptions For Valuation Of Stock Options Granted [Table Text Block] |
| Year Ended
| December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012 |  | January 2, 2011
Expected term | 4.3 years |  |  | 4.0 years |  |  | 4.0 years |
Expected volatility | 58.9 | % |  | 58.5 | % |  | 57.9 | %
Expected dividend yield | 0.0 | % |  | 0.0 | % |  | 0.0 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 0.7 | % |  | 0.9 | % |  | 1.2 | %
Estimated weighted average fair value per option granted | $ | 15.45 |  |  | $ | 20.54 |  |  | $ | 21.60 |
Schedule of Stock Based Compensation Expense Recognized [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended
|  | December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012 |  | January 2, 2011
Stock-based compensation expense in selling, general and administrative expenses |  | $ | 4,867 |  |  | $ | 6,322 |  |  | $ | 6,771 |
Stock-based compensation expense in cost of sales |  | 100 |  |  | 92 |  |  | 91 |
Total stock-based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations |  | $ | 4,967 |  |  | $ | 6,414 |  |  | $ | 6,862 |
Total related tax benefit |  | $ | 1,753 |  |  | $ | 2,194 |  |  | $ | 2,354 |
Stock-based compensation capitalized |  | $ | 133 |  |  | $ | 144 |  |  | $ | 144 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] |
| Options |  | Weighted average exercise price |  | Weighted average remaining contractual term |  | Total intrinsic value
| (In thousands) |  |  |  | (In years) |  | (In thousands)
Balance, January 4, 2010 | 2,636 |  |  | $ | 33.44 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 316 |  |  | 47.79 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (393 | ) |  | 13.71 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled | (114 | ) |  | 42.59 |  |  |  |  |
Balance, January 2, 2011 | 2,445 |  |  | 38.04 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 436 |  |  | 45.51 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (304 | ) |  | 23.57 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled | (186 | ) |  | 43.54 |  |  |  |  |
Balance, January 1, 2012 | 2,391 |  |  | 40.82 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 432 |  |  | 33.15 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (220 | ) |  | 31.15 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled | (404 | ) |  | 50.26 |  |  |  |  |
Balance, December 30, 2012 | 2,199 |  |  | $ | 38.55 |  |  | 5.83 |  | $ | 10,855 |
Vested and expected to vest at December 30, 2012 | 2,110 |  |  | $ | 38.63 |  |  | 5.70 |  | $ | 10,517 |
Exercisable at December 30, 2012 | 1,525 |  |  | $ | 39.24 |  |  | 4.51 |  | $ | 8,303 |
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range [Table Text Block] |
| Outstanding |  | Exercisable
| Options |  | Weighted Average |
| Remaining Contractual Life |  | Exercise Price |
Range of Exercise Price | Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
| (In thousands) |  | (In years) |  |  |  | (In thousands) |  |
$8.75 — $30.09 | 564 |  |  | 4.78 |  | $ | 26.18 |  |  | 447 |  |  | $ | 25.58 |
$30.12 — $33.30 | 623 |  |  | 5.02 |  | 32.09 |  |  | 441 |  |  | 31.76 |
$33.40 — $46.44 | 553 |  |  | 7.32 |  | 38.65 |  |  | 286 |  |  | 40.35 |
$46.92 — $94.99 | 459 |  |  | 6.42 |  | 62.40 |  |  | 351 |  |  | 65.13 |
| 2,199 |  |  | 5.83 |  | 38.55 |  |  | 1,525 |  |  | 39.24 |

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