Segment Information (Company's Segments Results) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Net sales		$ 13,264.0	$ 5,915.7		$ 5,727.0
Operating Income (Loss)		1,100.1	601.4		604.7
Restructuring Costs		74.9	77.2		52.8
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization		437.2	171.6		156.1
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets		441.4	211.4		161.9
Identifiable Assets		33,837.5	7,259.5
Depreciation and Amortization, Discontinued Operations			1.5		2.3
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets, Discontinued Operations			1.2		1.7
Writing [Member]
Net sales	[1]	1,941.9	1,763.5		1,708.9
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	462.7	430.8		416.6
Restructuring Costs		9.9	9.3		9.8
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	33.9	23.9		25.9
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	61.8	39.5		34.3
Identifiable Assets		3,152.0	1,286.5
Home Solutions [Member]
Net sales	[1]	1,568.4	1,704.2		1,575.4
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	179.2	238.4		196.0
Restructuring Costs		(1.9)	5.8	[4]	1.6
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	49.1	45.4		29.7
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	59.8	47.6		31.1
Identifiable Assets		1,757.8	776.7
Tools [Member]
Net sales	[1]	760.7	790.0		852.2
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	85.4	85.1		94.6
Restructuring Costs		0.6	2.9		4.5
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	16.7	16.6		15.3
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	19.1	19.2		18.4
Identifiable Assets		1,756.7	578.8
Commercial Products [Member]
Net sales	[1]	776.6	809.7		837.1
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	113.1	100.8		101.3
Restructuring Costs		3.0	2.2		3.2
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	17.5	16.9		21.4
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	22.9	31.1		27.6
Identifiable Assets		989.2	351.7
Baby & Parenting [Member]
Net sales	[1]	919.5	848.3		753.4
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	114.4	55.2		40.6
Restructuring Costs		3.2	3.6	[4]	2.1
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	16.2	15.0		11.1
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	12.5	14.1		8.7
Identifiable Assets		1,048.0	485.1
Branded Consumables [Member]
Net sales	[1]	2,839.2	0.0		0.0
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	330.5	0.0		0.0
Restructuring Costs		10.5	0.0		0.0
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	118.4	0.0		0.0
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	106.7	0.0		0.0
Identifiable Assets		11,103.1	0.0
Consumer Solutions [Member]
Net sales	[1]	1,766.3	0.0		0.0
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	147.1	0.0		0.0
Restructuring Costs		11.6	0.0		0.0
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	30.6	0.0		0.0
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	13.8	0.0		0.0
Identifiable Assets		5,298.8	0.0
Outdoor Solutions [Member]
Net sales	[1]	2,415.9	0.0		0.0
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	90.1	0.0		0.0
Restructuring Costs		10.8	0.0		0.0
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	86.7	0.0		0.0
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	56.3	0.0		0.0
Identifiable Assets		6,975.3	0.0
Process Solutions [Member]
Net sales	[1]	275.5	0.0		0.0
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	14.8	0.0		0.0
Restructuring Costs		0.1	0.0		0.0
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	24.5	0.0		0.0
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	15.9	0.0		0.0
Identifiable Assets		1,020.6	0.0
Corporate [Member]
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	(362.3)	(231.7)		(191.6)
Restructuring Costs		27.1	53.4		31.6
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2],[5]	43.6	52.3		50.4
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	72.6	58.7		40.1
Identifiable Assets	[6]	736.0	3,780.7
Total North America [Member]
Net sales	[1],[7]	10,238.5	4,541.6		4,229.4
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	857.4	493.5		467.9
United States [Member]
Net sales	[1],[7]	9,518.4	4,291.8		3,945.1
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	746.3	440.1		405.2
Canada [Member]
Net sales	[1],[7]	720.1	249.8		284.3
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	111.1	53.4		62.7
Total International [Member]
Net sales	[1],[7]	3,025.5	1,374.1		1,497.6
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	242.7	107.9		136.8
Europe, Middle East and Africa [Member]
Net sales	[1],[7]	1,659.0	591.1		683.5
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	188.9	57.1		82.0
Latin America [Member]
Net sales	[1],[7]	643.6	408.5		409.9
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	6.3	43.4		39.1
Asia Pacific [Member]
Net sales	[1],[7]	722.9	374.5		404.2
Operating Income (Loss)	[2]	$ 47.5	$ 7.4		$ 15.7
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Subsidiaries [Member]
Percentage of sales by major customer		13.50%	10.90%		10.60%
Segment, Continued Operations [Member]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	[2]	$ 437.2	$ 170.1		$ 153.8
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	[3]	$ 441.4	$ 210.2		$ 160.2

[1] All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and subsidiaries amounted to approximately 13.5%, 10.9% and 10.6% of consolidated net sales in 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, substantially across all segments.

[2] Operating income (loss) by segment is net sales less cost of products sold and selling, general & administrative (“SG&A”) expenses. Operating income by geographic area is net sales less cost of products sold, SG&A expenses, impairment charges and restructuring costs. Certain headquarters expenses of an operational nature are allocated to business segments and geographic areas primarily on a net sales basis. Depreciation and amortization is allocated to the segments on a percentage of sales basis, and the allocated depreciation and amortization is included in segment operating income.

[3] Corporate capital expenditures includes capital expenditures related to the SAP and other software implementations and corporate property, plant and equipment. Capital expenditures exclude $1.2 million and $1.7 million associated with discontinued operations in 2015 and 2014, respectively.

[4] Includes $0.3 million of restructuring costs in the Home Solutions segment associated with the integration of Ignite and bubba for 2015 and $2.9 million of restructuring costs for 2015 in the Baby & Parenting segment associated with the integration of Baby Jogger.

[5] Depreciation and amortization excludes $1.5 million and $2.3 million included in discontinued operations for 2015 and 2014, respectively.

[6] Corporate assets primarily include goodwill (in 2015), capitalized software, cash, deferred tax assets and assets held for sale.

[7] Geographic sales information is based on the region from which the products are shipped and invoiced. Long-lived assets by geography are not presented because it is impracticable to do so.