Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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WARRANTS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Jul. 23, 2019	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 27, 2019	Apr. 05, 2019	Apr. 10, 2018	Mar. 19, 2018	Mar. 15, 2018
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares issued per right (in shares)			0.986896			2.8	1.4
Exercise price per right (in dollars per share)				$ 0.30		$ 2		$ 3
B. Riley Financial, Inc. and Vintage
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares issued per right (in shares)	1,666,667	1,666,667
Exercise price per right (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01
Amended Credit Agreement \| B. Riley Financial, Inc. and Vintage
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Exercise price per right (in dollars per share)					$ 0.30
Amended Credit Agreement \| Last Out Term Loan Tranche A-3 \| B. Riley Financial, Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Allocation of fair value to warrants	$ 6.1