Schedule of Domestic and Foreign Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011 Successor	Dec. 29, 2012 Successor	Jan. 28, 2011 Predecessor	Jan. 01, 2011 Predecessor
Schedule of Income by Domestic and Foreign [Line Items]
Domestic	$ (75,910)	$ (44,664)	$ (19,238)	$ (25,000)
Foreign	2,809	26,281	1,485	41,329
Total	$ (73,101)	$ (18,383)	$ (17,753)	$ 16,329

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to domestic operations.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)(1)(i))

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 08

-Paragraph h

-Subparagraph 1(i)

-Article 4

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