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Percent of Investment in Company's Outstanding Common Stock from outside source

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License Cost Reduction

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Reimbursements for approved and documented household expenses

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Reimbursements for business activities at properties covered by license agreement

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Reimbursements for insurance policy premiums

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Talent compensation to which related party is entitled pursuant to employment agreement.

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Tax Gross-up Included on Balance Sheet

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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	Sep. 15, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2010	Jul. 02, 2013	Oct. 21, 2013
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Charitable contributions to related parties		0.02
Lifestyle Research Center
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Reimbursements for approved and documented household expenses		0.03		0.02
Reimbursements for business activities			0.02	0.03	0.03
MS Partnership
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Reimbursements for insurance policy premiums						0.3
Tax on reimbursements for insurance policy premiums				0.3
Martha Stewart
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Talent Compensation Reduction							0.2
Talent compensation							1.8
Target Bonus				1.0
Maximum Annual Bonus Percentage				150.00%
Alexis Stewart
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Martha Stewart Family Members
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Expenses from related parties				0.50	0.40
JCP
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Investment in company's outstanding common stock								16.40%
Revenue from related parties		11.6						8.1
Bonus [Member] \| Martha Stewart
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Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction				0.6
Expenses from related parties				$ 0.03
Stockholders' Equity, Total [Member] \| Martha Stewart Family Members
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Concentration Risk, Percentage				10.00%