Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 25, 2010	Dec. 26, 2009	Dec. 27, 2008
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted cash	$ 9,000,000	$ 53,000,000
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	50,000,000	64,000,000
Trade receivables, net	631,700,000	687,400,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts	19,671,000	28,047,000
Other receivables	231,100,000	276,400,000
Impairment losses relating to certain under-performing retail stores	11,400,000	2,300,000	3,500,000
Accrued payroll-related expenses	262,000,000	273,000,000
Shipping and warehouse handling costs	727,000,000	747,100,000	767,600,000
Advertising expense	434,600,000	469,500,000	453,300,000
Prepaid advertising costs	28,300,000	40,900,000
Accumulated other comprehensive income	194,522,000	223,807,000
Foreign currency translation adjustments	193,000,000	214,000,000
Unamortized gain on hedge	3,000,000	4,000,000
Deferred pension gain (loss)	1,000,000	(6,000,000)
Investment included in other assets	196,900,000	205,800,000
Cash and cash equivalents	570,681,000	627,478,000	659,898,000	155,745,000
Joint Venture [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Dividend received	25,000,000	14,000,000
Frans Svanstroms & Co AB [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted cash		47,000,000
Buildings [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, minimum, years	15
Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, maximum, years	30
Furniture, Fixtures And Equipment [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, minimum, years	3
Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, maximum, years	10
Computer Software For Common Office Applications [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years	3
Computer Software For Larger Business Applications [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years	5
Computer Software For Enterprise-Wide Systems [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of depreciable assets, years	7
Facility Closure [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Facility closure costs	9,000,000	5,000,000	126,000,000
Operating Leases [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accrued balance relating to future commitments of closed facilities	106,000,000	133,000,000
Maximum [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of total sales	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Vendor Arrangements Receivables [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Other receivables	181,600,000	198,300,000
Foreign [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 174,000,000