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Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] | Related Party Transactions Mark Vadon, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Blue Nile, Inc., is the founder, director, and owns a significant number of shares of Zulily, Inc., (“Zulily”). Zulily is an online store offering daily sales of top quality apparel, gear and other products for moms, babies and kids. In addition, Michael Potter and Eric Carlborg, directors of Blue Nile, Inc., are members of Zulily’s board of directors. Mr. Carlborg also has an ownership interest in Zulily. The Company sold products to Zulily of approximately $9,800, $65,000 and $2,300 for the fiscal years ended December 30, 2012, January 1, 2012, and January 2, 2011, respectively. At December 30, 2012, the Company has receivables due from Zulily of approximately $9,800 recorded in trade accounts receivable in the consolidated balance sheet. At January 1, 2012, the Company has receivables due from Zulily of approximately $65,000 recorded in other accounts receivable in the consolidated balance sheet. The Company anticipates that it will continue to sell its products to Zulily or have other transactions with Zulily in the foreseeable future. As set forth in Note 1, the Company owns a minority stake in a privately-held company. Blue Nile, Inc. sold products to this entity of approximately $1.2 million and $1.0 million for fiscal years ended December 30, 2012 and January 1, 2012, respectively. The Company had receivables due from this entity of approximately $0.2 million at December 30, 2012 and January 1, 2012, respectively, recorded in trade accounts receivable in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company did not have any related party transactions with this entity for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2011.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39691-107864 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39622-107864 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 57 -Paragraph 1-4 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39603-107864 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39678-107864 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Paragraph b -Article 3A Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Paragraph k -Article 4 + Details
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