Amount of Decrease inTotal Asset Impairment Comparing to Sum of Independent Sales and Gross Margin Scenarios

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Business Acquisition, Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value, Attrition Rate

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Decrease In Sales For Scenario

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Discounted Cash Flow Analysis, Percentage Used

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Fair Value Assumptions, Credit Spread

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Maximum Future Capital Expenditures

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Number of stores impaired

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Percentage of Sales Declines

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Percentage of Store Leases at Optional Renewal Period

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The charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value.

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Equity impact of paid-in-kind dividends declared by an entity during the period for all classes of stock (common, preferred, etc.). This element includes paid and unpaid dividends declared during the period.

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Equity impact of preferred stock cash dividends declared by an entity during the period. This element includes paid and unpaid dividends declared during the period.

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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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Tangible assets that are held by an entity for use in the production or supply of goods and services, for rental to others, or for administrative purposes and that are expected to provide economic benefit for more than one year; net of accumulated depreciation. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software, net of accumulated depreciation.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2012	Sep. 24, 2011	Sep. 29, 2012	Sep. 24, 2011
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charge	$ 87,998,000	$ 4,528,000	$ 129,753,000	$ 5,197,000
Stock price	$ 2.56		$ 2.56
Stock price volatility rate	64.20%
Risk free rate	2.80%
Credit spread	13.50%
Paid-in-kind dividends	7,700,000
Decreased Stock Price Volatility Scenario
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stock price volatility rate	55.00%
Paid-in-kind dividends	700,000
Increased Stock Price Volatility Scenario
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stock price volatility rate	75.00%
Paid-in-kind dividends	600,000
Decreased Stock Price Scenario
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stock price	$ 1.50		$ 1.50
Paid-in-kind dividends	1,700,000
Increased Stock Price Scenario
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stock price	$ 3.50		$ 3.50
Paid-in-kind dividends	1,100,000
Future dividends paid in cash scenario
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Paid in cash dividend	1,300,000
International Division
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charge	14,000,000
International Division \| Customer Relationships
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage decline in sales	8.00%
International Division \| Customer Relationships \| Minimum
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Anticipated customer attrition percentage per year	11.00%		11.00%
International Division \| Customer Relationships \| Maximum
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Anticipated customer attrition percentage per year	13.00%		13.00%
International Division \| Customer Contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage decline in sales	2.00%
North American Retail Division
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Capital expenditures per year	60,000,000
Capital expenditure, years	5
Asset impairment charge	73,000,000		115,000,000
North American Retail Division \| Within Next Three Years Period
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of store leases at the optional renewal period	36.00%		36.00%
North American Retail Division \| Within Next Five Years Period
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of store leases at the optional renewal period	57.00%		57.00%
North American Retail Division \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Number of stores impaired	360		360
North American Retail Division \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 \| First Year
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage decline in sales			4.00%
North American Retail Division \| Decrease in Sales Scenario \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decrease in sales for scenario	1.00%
North American Retail Division \| Decrease in Sales Scenario \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 \| Additional impairment charges
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charge	4,100,000
North American Retail Division \| Decrease in Gross Margin Scenario \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decrease in gross margin for scenario	0.50%
North American Retail Division \| Decrease in Gross Margin Scenario \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 \| Additional impairment charges
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charge	6,300,000
North American Retail Division \| Decrease in Sales and Decrease in Gross Margin Scenario \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Amount of decrease in asset impairment in scenario	500,000
North American Retail Division \| Expected to be Downsized to Small Format Stores \| At end of lease term over next three years
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Number of stores	245		245
North American Retail Division \| Expected to be Downsized to Small Format Stores \| The following two years
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Number of stores	150		150
North American Retail Division \| Expected to be Downsized to Mid Sized Format Stores \| At end of lease term over next three years
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Number of stores	70		70
North American Retail Division \| Expected to be Downsized to Mid Sized Format Stores \| The following two years
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Number of stores	20		20
North American Retail Division \| Expected To Close
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Number of stores	60		60
North American Retail Division \| Stores Reduced to Estimated Salvage Value \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Number of stores impaired	230		230
Property and equipment, salvage value	7,000,000		7,000,000
North American Retail Division \| Discounted Cash Flow Analysis \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Number of stores impaired	130		130
Property and equipment, fair value	$ 39,000,000		$ 39,000,000
Percentage used for analysis	13.00%