Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
Oct. 24, 2020 USD ($) company
Joybird [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Discount rate for fiscal 2021 milestone contingent consideration	2.20%
Discount rate for fiscal 2023 milestone contingent consideration	3.20%
Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Preferred share investments with common share warrant, number of privately-held companies \| company	2
Additional investments of level 3 assets in the privately held company \| $	$ 1.1

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The number of investments in privately-held companies in which the entity holds a warrant to purchase common shares.

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Amount of purchases of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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