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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 4 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 2 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Sep. 04, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Oct. 22, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 15, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired $ 602,300,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired $ 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired $ 26,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired            
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill 319,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill       319,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill   319,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill 319,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill  
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs 5,500,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts       5,500,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts   5,500,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts 5,500,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts  
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue 5,940,000,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue                
Ignite [Member]                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired       312,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
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Cash Acquired from Acquisition       7,200,000us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets       18,500,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill       151,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles       94,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
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Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)       57,600,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssets
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Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life       7 years 6 months          
Goodwill, Gross       142,800,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross
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Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount       105,500,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
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Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual         51,100,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual
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bubba [Member]                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired           82,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets           11,100,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets
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= nwl_BubbaMember
     
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill           41,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles           41,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
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Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life           10 years      
Goodwill, Gross           30,800,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross
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Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount           30,800,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
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Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual             13,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual
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Baby Jogger [Member]                  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]                  
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired                 206,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets                 12,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill                 127,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles                 23,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
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Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)                 104,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssets
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Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life                 5 years
Goodwill, Gross                 91,800,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross
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Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount                 27,900,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
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Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual               $ 4,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual
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