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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of loss from impairment of right-of-use asset from operating lease.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2019	Sep. 28, 2019	Jun. 29, 2019	Mar. 30, 2019	Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 28, 2019	Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairments	$ 6,000,000	$ 5,000,000	$ 16,000,000	$ 29,000,000	$ 7,000,000	$ 56,000,000	$ 7,000,000	$ 4,000,000
Impairment of operating lease ROU assets						$ 46,000,000
Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage used for analysis						7.00%
Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| A 100 basis point decrease in anticipated sales
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decrease in sales for scenario						1.00%
Decrease in gross margin for scenario						0.50%
Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| 50 basis point decrease in anticipated gross margins
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decrease in sales for scenario	1.00%
Maximum \| Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| A 100 basis point decrease in anticipated sales \| Additional impairment charges
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairments	$ 1,000,000
Maximum \| Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| 50 basis point decrease in anticipated gross margins \| Additional impairment charges
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairments	$ 1,000,000