Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements - Schedule of Impact on Consolidated Statements of Operations (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Net sales		$ 207,054	$ 279,871	$ 366,714	$ 326,434	$ 181,830	$ 260,644	$ 332,727	$ 292,579					$ 1,180,073		$ 1,067,780	[1]	$ 1,017,102	[1]
Cost of goods sold														973,960		873,810	[1]	829,141	[1]
Gross profit		26,314	49,178	69,763	60,858	12,690	59,342	65,588	56,350					206,113		193,970	[1]	187,961	[1]
Operating expenses:
Selling														78,981		74,042	[1]	71,805	[1]
General and administrative														58,749		59,761	[1]	49,601	[1]
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets or businesses														362		(2,863)	[1]	(951)	[1]
Intangible amortization														9,754		10,145	[1]	10,028	[1]
Income from operations														58,267		52,885	[1]	57,478	[1]
Other expense:
Interest expense														19,368		18,807	[1]	18,526	[1]
Other miscellaneous expense (income), net														14,370		(1,177)	[1]	103	[1]
Income before income taxes														24,529		35,255	[1]	38,849	[1]
Income tax expense														9,443		19,949	[1]	15,935	[1]
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates														2,335		3,086	[1]	(266)	[1]
Net income		(13,734)	(1,953)	18,997	9,441	(16,168)	(2,818)	16,657	14,549					12,751	[1]	12,220	[1]	23,180	[1]
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	[1]													4,131		3,593		2,520
Net income attributable to ADS		$ (13,465)	$ (3,325)	$ 16,844	$ 8,566	$ (14,210)	$ (4,877)	$ 14,740	$ 12,974					8,620		8,627	[1]	20,660	[1]
Change in fair value of Redeemable convertible preferred stock														(11,054)		(3,979)	[1]	(5,869)	[1]
Dividends to Redeemable convertible preferred stockholders														(661)		(10,139)	[1]	(735)	[1]
Dividends paid to unvested restricted stockholders														(11)		(418)	[1]	(52)	[1]
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders and participating securities														(3,106)		(5,909)	[1]	14,004	[1]
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities	[1]																	(1,127)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders														$ (3,106)		$ (5,909)	[1]	$ 12,877	[1]
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic														51,344		47,277	[1]	46,698	[1]
Diluted														51,344		47,277	[1]	47,249	[1]
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic		$ (0.26)	$ (0.07)	$ 0.41	$ (0.21)	$ (0.41)	$ (0.21)	$ 0.21	$ 0.21					$ (0.06)		$ (0.12)	[1]	$ 0.28	[1]
Diluted		(0.26)	(0.07)	0.41	(0.21)	$ (0.41)	(0.21)	0.21	0.21					(0.06)		(0.12)	[1]	0.27	[1]
Cash dividends declared per share		$ 0.040	$ 0.040	$ 0.000	$ 0.000		$ 0.029	$ 0.029	$ 0.029	$ 0.026	$ 0.026	$ 0.026	$ 0.026	$ 0.08		$ 1.68	[1]	$ 0.10	[1]
As Previously Reported [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Net sales			$ 278,176	$ 364,724	$ 328,297	$ 181,232	$ 261,435	$ 333,240	$ 293,102							$ 1,069,009		$ 1,017,041
Cost of goods sold																856,118		807,730
Gross profit			50,117	82,442	72,033	23,905	49,764	73,219	66,003							212,891		209,311
Operating expenses:
Selling																75,024		69,451
General and administrative																78,478		67,712
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets or businesses																(5,338)		(2,210)
Intangible amortization																11,412		11,295
Income from operations																53,315		63,063
Other expense:
Interest expense																16,141		16,095
Other miscellaneous expense (income), net																133		283
Income before income taxes																37,041		46,685
Income tax expense																22,575		16,894
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates																1,592		(387)
Net income			499	22,768	14,669	(11,780)	(9,839)	17,783	16,710							12,874		30,178
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest																1,750		2,019
Net income attributable to ADS			$ (367)	$ 22,390	$ 14,241	$ (12,170)	$ (10,324)	$ 17,322	$ 16,296							11,124		28,159
Change in fair value of Redeemable convertible preferred stock																(3,979)		(5,869)
Dividends to Redeemable convertible preferred stockholders																(10,139)		(736)
Dividends paid to unvested restricted stockholders																(418)		(52)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders and participating securities																(3,412)		21,502
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities																		(2,042)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders																$ (3,412)		$ 19,460
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic																47,277		46,698
Diluted																47,277		47,249
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic			$ (0.01)	$ 0.51	$ (0.09)	$ (0.32)	$ (0.32)	$ 0.26	$ 0.27							$ (0.07)		$ 0.42
Diluted			$ (0.01)	$ 0.51	$ (0.09)	$ (0.32)	$ (0.32)	$ 0.26	$ 0.27							(0.07)		0.41
Cash dividends declared per share																$ 1.68		$ 0.10
Adjustments [Member]
Other expense:
Net income																$ (654)		$ (6,998)
Adjustments [Member] | Leases [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Cost of goods sold																(1,223)		1,522
Gross profit																1,223		(1,522)
Operating expenses:
Selling																(479)		(548)
General and administrative																(393)		(504)
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets or businesses																1,852		240
Income from operations																243		(710)
Other expense:
Interest expense																2,666		2,431
Income before income taxes																(2,423)		(3,141)
Net income																(2,423)		(3,141)
Net income attributable to ADS																(2,423)		(3,141)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders and participating securities																(2,423)		(3,141)
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities																		383
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders																(2,423)		(2,758)
Adjustments [Member] | Inventory [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Cost of goods sold																17,949		18,089
Gross profit																(17,949)		(18,089)
Operating expenses:
Selling																(344)		(23)
General and administrative																(16,122)		(14,925)
Income from operations																(1,483)		(3,141)
Other expense:
Income before income taxes																(1,483)		(3,141)
Net income																(1,483)		(3,141)
Net income attributable to ADS																(1,483)		(3,141)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders and participating securities																(1,483)		(3,141)
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities																		383
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders																(1,483)		(2,758)
Adjustments [Member] | Long-Lived Assets [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Cost of goods sold																(336)		1,292
Gross profit																336		(1,292)
Operating expenses:
Selling																415		99
General and administrative																284		87
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets or businesses																623		1,019
Intangible amortization																(1,267)		(1,267)
Income from operations																281		(1,230)
Other expense:
Other miscellaneous expense (income), net																(25)
Income before income taxes																306		(1,230)
Net income																306		(1,230)
Net income attributable to ADS																306		(1,230)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders and participating securities																306		(1,230)
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities																		150
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders																306		(1,080)
Adjustments [Member] | ADS Mexicana [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Net sales																(1,129)		(1,455)
Cost of goods sold																830		452
Gross profit																(1,959)		(1,907)
Operating expenses:
Selling																(943)		266
General and administrative																(1,820)		(1,728)
Income from operations																804		(445)
Other expense:
Other miscellaneous expense (income), net																(1,200)		(124)
Income before income taxes																2,004		(321)
Net income																2,004		(321)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest																1,527		(123)
Net income attributable to ADS																477		(198)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders and participating securities																477		(198)
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities																		24
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders																477		(174)
Adjustments [Member] | Income Taxes and Other [Member]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Net sales																(100)		1,516
Cost of goods sold																472		56
Gross profit																(572)		1,460
Operating expenses:
Selling																369		2,560
General and administrative																(666)		(1,041)
Income from operations																(275)		(59)
Other expense:
Other miscellaneous expense (income), net																(85)		(56)
Income before income taxes																(190)		(3)
Income tax expense																(2,626)		(959)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates																1,494		121
Net income																942		835
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest																316		624
Net income attributable to ADS																626		211
Dividends to Redeemable convertible preferred stockholders																		1
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders and participating securities																626		212
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities																		(25)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders																$ 626		$ 187

[1] See Note 2. Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements.