The amount of regular quarterly cash dividends that the Company's Board of Directors currently intends to authorize on the Company's common stock beginning in the first quarter of 2017.

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Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Amount of paid and unpaid cash dividends declared for classes of stock, for example, but not limited to, common and preferred.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 405
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957935&loc=d3e64057-112817

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands												12 Months Ended
	Jan. 29, 2018	Dec. 19, 2017	Oct. 30, 2017	Sep. 20, 2017	Jul. 31, 2017	Jun. 20, 2017	May 02, 2017	Mar. 21, 2017	Jan. 30, 2017	Nov. 01, 2016	Nov. 02, 2015	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Quarterly cash dividends approved for subsequent declaration (usd per share)													$ 0.08
Dividends declared (usd per share)			$ 0.08		$ 0.08		$ 0.08		$ 0.08	$ 0.65	$ 0.55
Dividend payment amount		$ 5,350		$ 5,351		$ 5,350		$ 5,342		$ 43,300	$ 36,500	$ 21,393	$ 43,301	$ 36,456
Subsequent Event
Stockholders Equity Note [Line Items]
Dividends declared (usd per share)	$ 0.08
Dividend payment amount	$ 5,400